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Lens — Auxerre 5:2

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 : 0.26

Who deserved it

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

The numbers

TeamGoalsxGGoals − xGExpected points
Lens55.12−0.12.66
Auxerre21.71+0.30.26

How it fits the season

Lens: −4.8 for the season (15 in the table). Auxerre: +0.3 (10). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.

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