Lens — Auxerre 5:2

Lens

5:2

Auxerre

Ligue 1 · 22 Aug 2026 · season 2026/27

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.

Score5:2

Home xG5.12Lens

Away xG1.71Auxerre

Expected points2.66 : 0.27

Who deserved it

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

The numbers

Team	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Expected points
Lens	5	5.12	−0.1	2.66
Auxerre	2	1.71	+0.3	0.27

Goals

Minute	Goal	Team	Shot xG	Assist
11'	Florian Thauvin (penalty)	Lens	0.76
48'	Franjo Ivanovic	Lens	0.56	Abdallah Sima
53'	Saud Abdulhamid	Lens	0.61	Florian Thauvin
60'	Danny Namaso (penalty)	Auxerre	0.76
65'	Pierre Ganiou	Lens	0.65	Michal Skóras
68'	Lamine Sy	Auxerre	0.66	Rayan Mandengue
87'	Florian Thauvin (penalty)	Lens	0.76

Key chances

Minute	Player	Team	xG	Outcome
68'	Lamine Sy	Auxerre	0.66	goal
65'	Pierre Ganiou	Lens	0.65	goal
40'	Michaël Cuisance	Lens	0.61	off target

Shots: Lens 12, Auxerre 10; big chances (xG 0.3 and above): 7 and 2.

How the game went

In the first half xG was Lens 1.83, Auxerre 0.19: a big edge for Lens. In the second half xG was Lens 3.29, Auxerre 1.51: a big edge for Lens. The edge in chances lasted the whole match.

Shot data: Understat. xG rates the quality of a chance; it is not a forecast of the result.