Lens 0-2 Sporting CP: 21 shots, none past Kaique
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Key numbers
- xG 1.79 v 1.73: chances were close to level
- xG per shot 0.16 v 0.09 in Sporting's favour
- Kaique made 6 saves in a clean sheet
Level on chances, apart on finishing
Lens had more of the ball and more of the shots, yet lost 0-2 at home. The expected-goals totals were almost level, 1.79 for Lens and 1.73 for Sporting, so the gap came down to a clinical edge in front of goal. Only the visitors turned their openings into goals.
Plenty of shots, few clean openings
Compared with their seven-match season average, Lens shot more than usual but at lower quality: 0.09 xG per shot against an average of 0.15. That points to volume over quality, and every shot on target they managed ended up with Kaique, who made six saves.
Thauvin and Haidara ran the middle
Lens's midfield did its job. Florian Thauvin created nine chances, the most of any player on the pitch, while Amadou Haidara won nine of his 12 duels. Between them they supplied and protected the ball well, but the end product never arrived.
Suárez's opener set the terms
Luis Javier Suárez's goal in the 22nd minute, set up by Nestory Irankunda, was worth +0.7 FN xPts to Sporting and −0.7 to Lens, the largest combined change in the match. A goalless draw became a lead. Silas Andersen then assisted Issa Doumbia a minute after coming on to make it two. It was Suárez's second Champions League goal and Doumbia's first.
FN MOM
Highest FN Score · our own pick by a published formula, not the official Player of the Match
Florian Thauvin 8.3Dominant
Nine key passes and two shots on target drove Lens's attacking play.
Lens's FN MOM earned most of his credit going forward. His nine key passes were the most by anyone on either side, and two of his three shots tested the keeper. The problem was that all six Lens efforts on target were saved, so his work never turned into a goal and the deficits created in the 22nd and 74th minutes stayed in place.
Game state
0-10-2
Lens ahead 0 min · level 22 min · Sporting CP ahead 68 min
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.
22'
Luis Javier Suárez
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Nestory Irankunda +0.2 · RCL −0.7
+0.7
74'
Issa Doumbia
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Silas Andersen +0.2 · RCL −0.4
+0.5
Lens
Expected (last two seasons) 2.0Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −1.1Time effect −0.9→ League points won 0
Sporting CP
Expected (no record yet, starting estimate) 0.8Own moments +1.2Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +1.0→ League points won 3
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
LensSporting CP
1.79Expected goals (xG)1.73
Compared with usual
Lens
7 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 0 | 2 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.7 | |
| xG | 1.79 | 2.1 | |
| xG against | 1.73 | 1.8 | |
| Shots | 21 | 16.4 | |
| On target | 6 | 6.7 | |
| Shots faced | 11 | 12.3 | |
| xG per shot | 0.09 | 0.15 | |
| Possession | 56% | 52.3% | |
| Passes | 545 | 474.6 | |
| Corners | 6 | 7.3 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 11.1 | |
Timeline
- 22'
Goal
Luis Javier Suárez competition goal #2 assist Nestory Irankunda
- 58'
Sub
Samson Baidoo → Ruben Aguilar
- 58'
Sub
Franjo Ivanović → Odsonne Édouard
- 66'
Sub
Geny Catamo → Luis Guilherme
- 68'
Sub
Saud Abdulhamid → Michal Skoras
- 68'
Sub
Junior Kadile → Mezian Mesloub
- 71'
Yellow
Michaël Cuisance
- 73'
Sub
João Simões → Silas Andersen
- 73'
Sub
Nestory Irankunda → Jesse Derry
- 74'
Goal
Issa Doumbia competition goal #1 assist Silas Andersen
- 80'
Sub
Amadou Haidara → Yassine Titraoui
- 81'
Yellow
Florian Thauvin
- 85'
Sub
Luis Javier Suárez → Fotis Ioannidis
- 85'
Sub
Issa Doumbia → Pedro Lima
Category leaders
- Key passesFlorian Thauvin9
- Duels wonAmadou Haidara9/12
- DribblesFranjo Ivanović3/5
- Defensive actionsAmadou Haidara7
- ShotsMichaël Cuisance3 (on target 0)
- Fouls wonSaud Abdulhamid3
#Champions League#Lens#Sporting CP#Florian Thauvin#Issa Doumbia#Luis Javier Suárez
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.