Lens 2-1 Lyon: Thauvin creates both goals
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Key numbers
- Thauvin: 5 key passes, 2 assists
- 36' opener worth +0.9 FN xPts
- Lens led for 54 minutes of 90
Lens hold on after the red card
Lens beat Lyon 2-1 and led for 54 of the 90 minutes. Matthieu Udol was sent off in the 84th minute and Khalis Merah pulled one back a minute later, but the lead survived until full-time.
Sotoca's opener set the tone
Florian Sotoca's opener in the 36th minute was worth +0.9 FN xPts, as it broke the deadlock. Thauvin provided the assist for that goal and for Udol's strike in the 76th minute, which made it 2-0.
FN MOM
Highest FN Score · our own pick by a published formula, not the official Player of the Match
Florian Thauvin 8.7Dominant
Two assists and five key passes meant he was involved in both Lens goals.
Thauvin's creativity mattered because it produced the opener in the 36th minute, which gave Lens a lead they held for 54 minutes. His second assist, for Udol in the 76th minute, doubled that advantage, and both of his shots were on target.
Game state
1-02-02-1
Lens ahead 54 min · level 36 min · Lyon ahead 0 min
- Lens: Red card 84' → ~6 min a player down
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist. The value next to a team code is what the same moment did to the other side's expected points; the decisive moment is the one with the largest combined change for both teams.
36'
Florian Sotoca
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Florian Thauvin +0.2 · OL −0.7
+0.8
76'
Matthieu Udol
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Florian Thauvin +0.1 · OL −0.2
+0.4
84'
Matthieu Udol
Red card · OL 0.0
0.0
85'
Khalis Merah
Goal · RCL −0.3
+0.2
Lens
Expected (last two seasons) 1.4Own moments +1.2Opponent moments −0.3Time effect +0.7→ League points won 3
Lyon
Expected (last two seasons) 1.3Own moments +0.2Opponent moments −0.9Time effect −0.6→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
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Match stats
LensLyon
1.41Expected goals (xG)1.01
Compared with usual
Lens
6 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 2 | 2 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.8 | |
| xG | 1.41 | 2.3 | |
| xG against | 1.01 | 1.9 | |
| Shots | 15 | 16.7 | |
| On target | 7 | 6.7 | |
| Shots faced | 13 | 12.2 | |
| xG per shot | 0.09 | 0.16 | |
| Possession | 48% | 53% | |
| Passes | 454 | 478 | |
| Corners | 7 | 7.3 | |
| Fouls | 13 | 10.8 | |
Lyon
6 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 1 | 2 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0.5 | |
| xG | 1.01 | 1.7 | |
| xG against | 1.41 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 13 | 13.3 | |
| On target | 5 | 5.8 | |
| Shots faced | 15 | 11.7 | |
| xG per shot | 0.08 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 52% | 50.7% | |
| Passes | 486 | 446.5 | |
| Corners | 4 | 4.8 | |
| Fouls | 12 | 11.8 | |
Timeline
- 23'
Yellow
Abner
- 36'
Goal
Florian Sotoca league goal #1 assist Florian Thauvin
- 50'
Yellow
Jonathan Gradit
- 53'
Sub
Jonathan Gradit → Samson Baidoo
- 54'
Sub
Yassine Titraoui → Amadou Haidara
- 60'
Sub
Loïs Openda → Keito Nakamura
- 60'
Sub
Mads Bidstrup → Noah Nartey
- 69'
Sub
Odsonne Édouard → Franjo Ivanović
- 69'
Sub
Florian Sotoca → Junior Kadile
- 71'
Sub
Ernest Nuamah → Kaïl Boudache
- 76'
Goal
Matthieu Udol league goal #2 assist Florian Thauvin
- 77'
Sub
Tyler Morton → Tanner Tessmann
- 78'
Sub
Pavel Šulc → Khalis Merah
- 83'
Sub
Michaël Cuisance → Andrija Bulatović
- 84'
Red
Matthieu Udol
- 85'
Goal
Khalis Merah league goal #1
Category leaders
- Key passesFlorian Thauvin5
- Duels wonIsmaelo Ganiou8/11
- DribblesErnest Nuamah2/4
- Defensive actionsMatthieu Udol5
- ShotsFlorian Sotoca4 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonLoïs Openda4
#Ligue 1#Lens#Lyon#Florian Thauvin#Florian Sotoca#Matthieu Udol
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.