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Full time · Ligue 1 · Sat 29 Aug 2026, 16:15 UTC

Strasbourg 21 Lens

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What the chances were worth

Strasbourg
1.66
expected goals (xG)
Lens
2.89
expected goals (xG)

The scoreline says 2–1; by chance quality the match ran 1.66–2.89.

What the model expected

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

Strasbourg
40%
Draw
26%
Lens
34%

The model made Strasbourg to win its most likely call before kick-off, and that is what happened. It had the result at 40% 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 1.7–2.9, with the shot count roughly even (16–17, 7–7 on target). Lens's finishing let them down — 1 from 2.9 xG despite 7 of 17 shots on target (a finishing read inferred from shots on target and goals vs xG — not measured shot placement). The 2–1 flatters Strasbourg — on chances created, Lens shaded it.

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

Strasbourg
Lens
52%
Ball Possession
48%
16
Total Shots
17
7
Shots on Goal
7
6
Shots off Goal
6
3
Blocked Shots
4
12
Shots inside box
12
4
Shots outside box
5
1.66
Expected goals (xG)
2.89
3
Corner Kicks
6
3
Offsides
3
444
Total passes
415
387
Passes accurate
353
87%
Passes %
85%
10
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
2
6
Goalkeeper Saves
5
-0.06
Goals prevented
-0.06

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

Confirmed line-ups

Captured from the official team sheets in the last hour before kick-off. The pick test requires these to be in before any call counts.

Strasbourg 4-2-3-1

  1. 1 F. Jörgensen (G)
  2. 2 A. Omobamidele (D)
  3. 4 J. Mitchell (D)
  4. 10 G. Reyna (M)
  5. 11 S. Nanasi (M)
  6. 16 G. Antwi (D)
  7. 21 P. Diop (M)
  8. 23 Diogo Sousa (M)
  9. 24 L. Høgsberg (D)
  10. 30 J. Ortega (F)
  11. 80 Gessime Yassine (M)

Bench: S. Amo-Ameyaw, M. Amougou, Fabio Amadu Uri Baldé, B. Brantlind, Abdoul Karim Coulibaly, M. Del Blanco, S. Mara, Tyrese Noubissie, M. Piekutowski

Lens 3-4-2-1

  1. 3 M. Nawrocki (D)
  2. 8 Y. Titraoui (M)
  3. 10 F. Thauvin (M)
  4. 14 M. Udol (M)
  5. 19 A. Sima (F)
  6. 22 M. Skóraś (M)
  7. 25 I. Ganiou (D)
  8. 27 M. Cuisance (M)
  9. 29 F. Ivanović (M)
  10. 31 S. Sagnan (D)
  11. 40 R. Risser (G)

Bench: F. Sotoca, Mezian Mesloub, T. Hazard, A. Haidara, R. Fofana, N. Čelik, R. Aguilar, A. Bulatović

The market’s read

Strasbourg
25%
market implied · price 3.85 · opened 28%
Draw
26%
market implied · price 3.74 · opened 27%
Lens
50%
market implied · price 1.93 · opened 45%
MarketConsensus priceImplied chanceMove
Double chance Strasbourg or draw1.8750.6%-3.9 pts
Double chance Lens or draw1.2675.1%+3.5 pts
Double chance either team1.2874.3%+0.4 pts
Draw no bet — Strasbourg2.7334.0%-5.2 pts
Draw no bet — Lens1.4066.0%+5.2 pts
Over 1.5 goals1.1880.1%+1.8 pts
Over 2.5 goals1.6159.3%+2.3 pts
Over 3.5 goals2.4638.4%+2.0 pts
Both teams to score1.5460.7%+0.7 pts
Strasbourg over 1.5 team goals2.5636.5%-1.2 pts
Lens over 1.5 team goals1.7154.7%+4.1 pts
Strasbourg clean sheet5.5017.2%-3.5 pts
Lens clean sheet3.2529.0%+1.2 pts

Shortest-priced scorelines: 1-1 6.91 · 1-2 7.90 · 0-1 9.16 · 0-2 10.50 · 2-2 10.94

Consensus of bookmaker prices captured 2026-08-29 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
27 Feb 26Strasbourg1-1Lens
22 Nov 25Lens1-0Strasbourg