Auxerre 1-1 Le Mans: Bretelle's work earns the visitors a point
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Key numbers
- 60% possession, above season average of 45%
- xG per shot 0.07, below the 0.14 season average
- Bretelle: 11 defensive actions, 3 key passes
Two goals in eight minutes after the break
The goals came in a burst just after the restart. Lucas Buades put Le Mans ahead, and Cameron Archer levelled in the 56th minute. That equaliser was worth +0.9 FN xPts to Auxerre and cost Le Mans −1.1, the largest combined change of the match, because it turned a lead for the visitors back into parity.
Auxerre had the ball, not the sharper shots
Auxerre's 60% possession was well above their average over seven matches this season. Yet their xG per shot was only 0.07, below that same season average. That suggests a good deal of the ball did not turn into dangerous shooting positions, and it left the hosts with plenty of territory but little to show for it.
Bretelle did the work at both ends
Le Mans had less of the ball but the higher xG, at 1.23. Lucas Bretelle led the match with 11 defensive actions and three key passes, so both ends of the pitch seemed to run through him. His pass created Buades's opener, which gave the visitors the lead they held for roughly eight minutes.
Shots on target did not become goals
Auxerre's shooting brought one goal, while Nicolas Kocik made five saves for Le Mans. Cameron Archer's fifth league goal was the hosts' only reward. Kévin Danois led the match in duels won and dribbles completed, yet none of that work reached the scoresheet in the form of a second goal.
FN MOM
Highest FN Score · our own pick by a published formula, not the official Player of the Match
Lucas Bretelle 8.9Dominant
He made 11 defensive actions and three key passes, and set up Buades's opening goal.
Bretelle made six tackles and five interceptions and won 11 of his 15 duels, which mattered for a Le Mans side that had less of the ball. He also supplied three key passes, one of which became the assist for Buades in the 48th minute. That gave the visitors an attacking outlet as well as a defensive screen.
Game state
0-11-1
Auxerre ahead 0 min · level 82 min · Le Mans ahead 8 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.
48'
Lucas Buades
Goal · scorer +0.7 · assist Lucas Bretelle +0.3 · AJA −0.9
+1.0
56'
Cameron Archer
Goal · LMF −1.1
+0.9
Auxerre
Expected (last two seasons) 1.9Own moments +0.9Opponent moments −0.9Time effect −0.9→ League points won 1
Le Mans
Expected (last two seasons) 0.9Own moments +1.0Opponent moments −1.1Time effect +0.2→ League points won 1
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
AuxerreLe Mans
0.91Expected goals (xG)1.23
Compared with usual
Auxerre
7 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.6 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2.4 | |
| xG | 0.91 | 1.6 | |
| xG against | 1.23 | 2 | |
| Shots | 13 | 12.1 | |
| On target | 5 | 5.1 | |
| Shots faced | 11 | 14.9 | |
| xG per shot | 0.07 | 0.14 | |
| Possession | 60% | 45% | |
| Passes | 492 | 386 | |
| Corners | 7 | 5.6 | |
| Fouls | 15 | 15.1 | |
Le Mans
7 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.4 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2.1 | |
| xG | 1.23 | 1.6 | |
| xG against | 0.91 | 2.2 | |
| Shots | 11 | 10.6 | |
| On target | 2 | 4.1 | |
| Shots faced | 13 | 16.6 | |
| xG per shot | 0.11 | 0.15 | |
| Possession | 40% | 44.7% | |
| Passes | 336 | 409 | |
| Corners | 1 | 2.7 | |
| Fouls | 12 | 14.9 | |
Timeline
- 21'
Yellow
Alexandre Lauray
- 26'
Yellow
Lucas Buades
- 44'
Yellow
William Still (coaching staff)
- 48'
Goal
Lucas Buades league goal #1 assist Lucas Bretelle
- 48'
VAR
Lucas Buades
- 53'
Sub
Djibril Sidibé → Noa Boissé
- 56'
Goal
Cameron Archer league goal #5
- 63'
Sub
Habibou Diallo → Dame Gueye
- 63'
Sub
Alexandre Lauray → Jean Vercruysse
- 69'
Yellow
Kévin Danois
- 73'
Sub
Lamine Sy → Rayan Mandengue
- 86'
Sub
Antoine Rabillard → Daouda Traore
- 86'
Sub
Kévin Danois → Pierre Ekwah
- 86'
Sub
Danny Namaso → Aristide Zossou
- 87'
Sub
Lucas Buades → Rayan Bamba
- 90+8'
Sub
Naouirou Ahamada → Arthur Piedfort
- 90+8'
Sub
Cameron Archer → Youssef Khoudda
Category leaders
- Key passesLucas Bretelle3
- Duels wonKévin Danois11/19
- DribblesKévin Danois5/6
- Defensive actionsLucas Bretelle11
- ShotsRomain Faivre3 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonRomain Faivre3
#Auxerre#Le Mans#Ligue 1#Lucas Bretelle#Cameron Archer#Lucas Buades
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.