RC Strasbourg beat RC Lens 2-1 in Ligue 1, using a 4-3-3 structure to edge a contest in which Lens produced the higher xG total. Gessime Yassine scored both Strasbourg goals, while Florian Thauvin replied for Lens. Strasbourg held 52% possession and registered 16 shots, with seven on target, compared with Lens’s 17 attempts and seven on target. The visitors generated 2.91 xG to Strasbourg’s 1.83, underlining the importance of Strasbourg’s defensive resilience and goalkeeping. Strasbourg’s goalkeeper saved 85.71% of the seven shots on target faced and finished 0.74 goals above expected saved, helping the home side protect its narrow lead. Lens’s goalkeeper posted a 71.43% save rate from seven shots on target faced, but conceded twice. Strasbourg made sharper use of their decisive moments despite Lens’s superior chance-quality figure. The win strengthened Strasbourg’s early-season form.
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.
RC Strasbourg GK
PSxG conceded1.74
Goals conceded1
Goals saved0.74
Save %85.7%
RC Lens GK
PSxG conceded2.64
Goals conceded2
Goals saved0.64
Save %71.4%
RC Strasbourg's keeper stopped about 0.7 goal more than an average keeper would, while RC Lens's keeper stopped about 0.6 goal more than an average keeper would.
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Attack vs DefensexG, shots & goals — Home/Away per competition
Form Index & ReboundL5 momentum bar with rebound state per team
Goal Geolocation MapWhere the team scores & concedes — pitch heat
Cards IntelligenceYellow/Red filtered by referee & formation
Corner MasteryDistribution per opponent & tactical context
Top Scorers Cross-RefSquad ranked vs opponent & double-scorer combos
Referee TendencyTeam output under each referee they played for
Goalkeeper WeaknessWhere the keeper concedes — by zone & foot
