FootballEdgeSeason 2026/27Self-updating record
Full time · Ligue 1 · Sat 22 Aug 2026, 16:15 UTC

Lens 52 Auxerre

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What the chances were worth

Lens
4.45
expected goals (xG)
Auxerre
1.79
expected goals (xG)

The scoreline says 5–2; by chance quality the match ran 4.45–1.79.

What the model expected

Its probabilities for this match, logged before kick-off and never changed. The result is highlighted.

Lens
56%
Draw
25%
Auxerre
20%

The model made Lens to win its most likely call before kick-off, and that is what happened. It had the result at 56% beforehand.

One match tells you nothing on its own — whether these percentages are any good is the whole point of the calibration page, where every one of them is scored.

The brain read

Lens created the better chances — the xG read 4.5–1.8 and the shot count agreed (12–10, 9–4 on target). Lens got into the box far more often (10 shots inside it to 5). On the balance of chances, the 5–2 reads fair.

A second opinion written by rule from the numbers on this page — where the shot picture and the xG disagree, it says so rather than picking a winner. Backward-looking only; it claims nothing about any future result.

The match in numbers

Lens
Auxerre
53%
Ball Possession
47%
12
Total Shots
10
9
Shots on Goal
4
2
Shots off Goal
3
1
Blocked Shots
3
10
Shots inside box
5
2
Shots outside box
5
4.45
Expected goals (xG)
1.79
4
Corner Kicks
7
1
Offsides
3
470
Total passes
415
415
Passes accurate
338
88%
Passes %
81%
6
Fouls
21
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
2
Goalkeeper Saves
4
-0.65
Goals prevented
-0.65

As returned by the data feed at full time. Bars show each side’s share of the stat.

The market’s read

Lens
64%
market implied · price 1.48 · opened 59%
Draw
21%
market implied · price 4.52 · opened 22%
Auxerre
15%
market implied · price 6.32 · opened 18%
MarketConsensus priceImplied chanceMove
Double chance Lens or draw1.1284.4%+3.1 pts
Double chance Auxerre or draw2.6036.4%-4.2 pts
Double chance either team1.1979.2%+1.1 pts
Draw no bet — Lens1.1680.1%+4.2 pts
Draw no bet — Auxerre4.6819.9%-4.2 pts
Over 1.5 goals1.1879.6%+0.5 pts
Over 2.5 goals1.6358.5%+0.2 pts
Over 3.5 goals2.5237.3%+0.3 pts
Both teams to score1.7354.0%-2.2 pts
Lens over 1.5 team goals1.5062.4%+2.5 pts
Auxerre over 1.5 team goals3.7525.0%-3.2 pts
Lens clean sheet2.2541.1%+4.8 pts
Auxerre clean sheet7.0013.6%-1.4 pts

Shortest-priced scorelines: 2-1 7.49 · 2-0 7.63 · 1-0 7.66 · 1-1 7.91 · 3-0 10.61

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-08-22 17:40 UTC. These are the closing prices — the market’s last word before kick-off. The Move column is how each market’s implied chance has shifted since the first price we captured: green = the chance has risen (the price shortened, backing coming in), red = the chance has fallen (the price eased out — what punters call the price ‘drifting’).

Prices are observations, not offers. Each price is the average across the bookmakers the collector sees, and the implied chance is that price with the bookmaker’s margin stripped out. The market’s read is published so the model’s read can be judged against it — nothing here is advice, and nothing here is staked.

Head to head

DateHomeScoreAway
17 Jan 26Lens1-0Auxerre
04 Oct 25Auxerre1-2Lens