Ligue 1 25/26 · 20 Sep 2025

RC Lens 3–0 Lille

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Aug 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Footybot made RC Lens favourites at 48%.

RC Lens won and made the better chances: 3.6 xG to 2.1.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Wesley Saïd, 76.1 in 74′.

Well above their usual level: Wesley Saïd +27.7, Florian Thauvin +8.4, Robin Risser +8.2.

Each side's last five results before this match.

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score	vs usual
Wesley Saïd Forward	74	1	1	0.78	76.1	+27.7
Morgan Guilavogui Forward	16	0	0	0.43	67.4	–
Florian Thauvin Forward	86	1	0	1.54	61.2	+8.4
Robin Risser Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	59.5	+8.2
Samson Baidoo Defender	90	0	0	–	55.7	–
Rayan Fofana Forward	69	1	0	0.61	52.5	–
Odsonne Édouard Forward	21	0	0	–	50.6	–
Mamadou Sangare Midfielder	86	0	0	0.02	48.8	−2.5
Fode Sylla Midfielder	10	0	0	–	46.8	–
Matthieu Udol Midfielder	90	0	0	0.09	46.3	−5.1
Malang Sarr Defender	90	0	0	–	45.3	−4.3
Adrien Thomasson Midfielder	90	0	0	–	44.1	−10.8
Ruben Aguilar Midfielder	69	0	0	0.10	40.3	−13.8
Saud Abdulhamid Midfielder	21	0	0	–	39.9	–
Jonathan Gradit Defender	90	0	0	–	39.3	−19.7
Florian Sotoca Forward	10	0	0	–	28.3	–

Player	Min	xG	Score	vs usual
Ethan Mbappé Midfielder	13	–	100.0	–
Romain Perraud Defender	18	–	83.4	–
Ngal'ayel Mukau Midfielder	31	0.07	63.8	–
Calvin Verdonk Defender	72	0.02	61.7	–
Chancel Mbemba Defender	90	0.04	57.7	–
Matías Fernández-Pardo Forward	90	0.02	57.0	+3.5
Nathan Ngoy Defender	90	–	56.1	−0.5
Nabil Bentaleb Midfielder	77	–	52.8	–
Osame Sahraoui Midfielder	45	0.13	52.8	–
Hamza Igamane Forward	12	0.07	52.6	–
Félix Correia Midfielder	45	1.01	48.2	−1.5
Ayyoub Bouaddi Midfielder	90	0.01	46.6	−5.4
Hakon Arnar Haraldsson Midfielder	59	0.47	45.5	−18.5
Aïssa Mandi Defender	90	0.07	45.0	–
Olivier Giroud Forward	78	0.14	44.0	−12.0
Berke Özer Goalkeeper	90	–	40.9	−2.7