Lens 2-1 Paris FC: Thauvin and Hazard turn it round after the break
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- xG 0.93, Lens's lowest in 10 games this season
- Paris FC: 1 shot on target vs 5 average
- Thauvin: 9 of 17 duels won, 2 key passes
From 1-0 down to a home win
Lens beat Paris FC 2-1 at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis after conceding in first-half stoppage time. Luca Koleosho put the visitors ahead, but the hosts came back after the break with goals from Florian Thauvin and Thorgan Hazard. Each had a hand in the other's finish, and that exchange made the difference.
Fewer shots, sharper finishing
This was Lens's lowest-xG match of the season: 0.93, the lowest of their 10 games. Their shot count and the number of shots they allowed were both season lows as well. Yet they outperformed their xG by 1.07, which suggests the finishing, not volume carried them.
Paris FC managed one shot on target
Paris FC's only shot on target was Koleosho's goal, far below their average of five across seven matches this season. They won just one corner as well. For a side that led at the break, a single effort on target is a thin return, and it left them reliant on that first-half moment.
Hazard's winner turned a level match
Thauvin levelled from Hazard's pass, and Hazard put Lens ahead in the 83rd minute from Thauvin's. That second goal was worth +1.5 FN xPts to Lens, while Paris FC's FN xPts fell by 0.9. Taken together, it was the largest change of the match, a goal that took a level game to a lead.
FN MOM
Highest FN Score · our own pick by a published formula, not the official Player of the Match
Florian Thauvin 8.5Dominant
A goal and an assist, two key passes and nine of 17 duels won.
The FN MOM earned most of his value in attack. He levelled the match himself and supplied the pass for the winner, so he was involved in both goals that overturned the half-time deficit. He also won six fouls and nine of 17 duels, though only two of his six dribbles succeeded, giving Lens regular relief.
Game state
0-11-12-1
Lens ahead 7 min · level 65 min · Paris FC ahead 18 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.
45+2'
Luca Koleosho
Goal · scorer +0.7 · assist Lassine Sinayoko +0.3 · RCL −0.8
+1.0
63'
Florian Thauvin
Goal · scorer +0.6 · assist Thorgan Hazard +0.3 · PFC −1.2
+0.9
83'
Thorgan Hazard
Goal · scorer +1.0 · assist Florian Thauvin +0.5 · PFC −0.9
+1.5
Lens
Expected (last two seasons) 1.7Own moments +2.4Opponent moments −0.8Time effect −0.3→ League points won 3
Paris FC
Expected (last two seasons) 1.0Own moments +1.0Opponent moments −2.1Time effect +0.1→ 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
LensParis FC
0.93Expected goals (xG)0.43
Compared with usual
Lens
10 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.7 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.8 | |
| xG | 0.93 | 2 | low |
| xG against | 0.43 | 1.8 | low |
| Shots | 9 | 16.8 | low |
| On target | 3 | 6.3 | |
| Shots faced | 4 | 12 | low |
| xG per shot | 0.1 | 0.14 | |
| Possession | 56% | 52.4% | |
| Passes | 554 | 489.9 | |
| Corners | 6 | 6.6 | |
| Fouls | 17 | 10.7 | |
Paris FC
7 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.7 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | |
| xG | 0.43 | 1.9 | |
| xG against | 0.93 | 1 | |
| Shots | 4 | 14.4 | |
| On target | 1 | 5 | |
| Shots faced | 9 | 9.9 | |
| xG per shot | 0.11 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 44% | 51.7% | |
| Passes | 455 | 579.1 | |
| Corners | 1 | 3.9 | |
| Fouls | 17 | 13.6 | |
Timeline
- 19'
VAR
Matthieu Udol
- 28'
Yellow
Moustapha Mbow
- 29'
Yellow
Pierre Lees Melou
- 45'
Sub
Luca Koleosho → E. Mbemba
- 45+2'
Goal
Luca Koleosho league goal #1 assist Lassine Sinayoko
- 51'
VAR
Jean-Clair Todibo
- 51'
Yellow
Florian Thauvin
- 61'
Sub
Jean-Clair Todibo → Kyllian Antonio
- 61'
Sub
Franjo Ivanović → Thorgan Hazard
- 63'
Goal
Florian Thauvin league goal #4 assist Thorgan Hazard
- 67'
Sub
Adama Camara → Moses Simon
- 67'
Sub
Pablo Pagis → Rudy Matondo
- 71'
Sub
Amadou Haidara → Yassine Titraoui
- 74'
Yellow
Samson Baidoo
- 76'
Sub
Ilan Kebbal → Ras Zabi
- 81'
Sub
Rudy Matondo → Thibault De Smet
- 83'
Goal
Thorgan Hazard league goal #1 assist Florian Thauvin
- 85'
Sub
Florian Sotoca → Junior Kadile
- 85'
Sub
Saud Abdulhamid → Michal Skoras
- 89'
Yellow
Michal Skoras
- 90+2'
Yellow
Otávio
- 90+5'
Yellow
Y. Cahuzac (coaching staff)
Category leaders
- Key passesFlorian Thauvin2
- Duels wonFlorian Thauvin9/17
- DribblesFlorian Thauvin2/6
- Defensive actionsMichaël Cuisance6
- ShotsFlorian Sotoca3 (on target 0)
- Fouls wonFlorian Thauvin6
#Lens#Paris FC#Ligue 1#Florian Thauvin#Thorgan Hazard#Luca Koleosho
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.