Troyes beat Lorient 2-1 in Ligue 1, overcoming a territorial deficit through a more efficient attacking approach. Lorient held 67.0% possession in their 3-4-2-1 and registered 15 shots, including six on target, but their 1.15 xG did not match Troyes’ 2.12 from 11 attempts. Jean-Victor Makengo scored Lorient’s goal, while Lucas Maronnier and Renaud Ripart provided Troyes’ decisive finishes. Troyes’ 4-2-3-1 absorbed extended spells without the ball and protected its advantage with important goalkeeping: their keeper saved 83.33% of the six shots on target faced and finished 1.46 goals above expected. Lorient’s goalkeeper, by contrast, conceded 2.0 goals from a 1.78 post-shot xG against, with -0.22 goals saved above expected. The result rewards Troyes’ sharper execution in the key moments.
Read it this way: PSxG conceded is how dangerous the shots on target were, Goals conceded is how many actually went in, Goals saved is the gap between the two (higher is better, a minus means he should have saved more), and Save % is the share of on-target shots kept out.
Lorient GK
PSxG conceded1.78
Goals conceded2
Goals saved-0.22
Save %0.0%
Troyes GK
PSxG conceded2.46
Goals conceded1
Goals saved1.46
Save %83.3%
Troyes's keeper stopped about 1.5 goal more than an average keeper would, while Lorient's keeper performed right in line with expectations.
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