Auxerre — Angers 1:3

Auxerre

1:3

Angers

The score says how it ended. xG says how it should have ended: it is the sum of the chances each shot was worth, not an opinion about the game.

Who deserved it

The score matched the game: Angers was the better side by chances too.

The numbers

Team	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Expected points
Auxerre	1	1.77	−0.8	1.38
Angers	3	1.78	+1.2	1.40

Goals

Minute	Goal	Team	Shot xG	Assist
4'	Branco van den Boomen	Angers	0.01
34'	Remy Labeau Lascary	Auxerre	0.08	Romain Faivre
69'	Djibirin Harouna	Angers	0.08	Amine El Ouazzani
77'	Amine El Ouazzani	Angers	0.42	Ousmane Camara

Key chances

Minute	Player	Team	xG	Outcome
58'	Anthony Bermont	Angers	0.57	off target, header
77'	Amine El Ouazzani	Angers	0.42	goal, from a corner
19'	Clément Akpa	Auxerre	0.35	off target, header, from a corner

Shots: Auxerre 19, Angers 15; big chances (xG 0.3 and above): 3 and 2.

How the game went

In the first half xG was Auxerre 1.42, Angers 0.25: a clear edge for Auxerre. In the second half xG was Auxerre 0.34, Angers 1.52: a clear edge for Angers. The edge in chances passed from Auxerre to Angers. Angers scored 3 from 1.78 xG: more than they created. As a rule, finishing like this evens out over time.

How it fits the season

Auxerre: −0.4 for the season (14 in the table). Angers: −1.6 (16). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.

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