Metz 2:0 RC Lens: xG & match report · Ligue 1

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Match report · Ligue 1

Metz Home 3.42 xG · 16 shots

RC Lens Away 1.32 xG · 10 shots

20 The scoreline reflected the chances

Goals

87' Gauthier Hein (pen.) Metz · 0.82 xG chance 1–0
90' Gauthier Hein Metz · 0.82 xG chance 2–0

The shots behind it

Metz RC Lens

Shots: 16; 10
On target: 7; 2
Inside the box: 10; 6
xG per shot: 0.22; 0.13
Open play xG: 2.28; 0.94
Set-piece xG: 0.38; 0.39
Penalties: 1; 0

Shot-level xG may differ from the published match total

The provider publishes the match total separately from its shot-by-shot values. Those values are rounded to two decimals and, leaving out penalties and own goals, add up to its non-penalty xG: 2.68 for Metz and 1.32 for RC Lens.

Shot map

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All shots

26 shots · 4.81 xG

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Recent form

Last 6 · xG per match

Metz

0.98 xG created 2.37 xGA

D 1.71 created, 2.27 conceded against Angers
L 2.16 created, 3.50 conceded against AS Monaco
D 0.47 created, 0.27 conceded against Le Havre
L 0.16 created, 2.71 conceded against Olympique de Marseille
L 0.08 created, 2.54 conceded against Toulouse
L 1.29 created, 2.92 conceded against Lille

RC Lens

1.60 xG created 1.18 xGA

L 1.16 created, 1.07 conceded against Paris Saint-Germain
W 3.54 created, 1.90 conceded against Lille
D 1.04 created, 1.19 conceded against Stade Rennais
W 0.41 created, 1.71 conceded against Auxerre
W 1.63 created, 0.52 conceded against Paris FC
W 1.80 created, 0.66 conceded against Olympique de Marseille

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

Model details

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Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.