Lens 1–0 Auxerre
- Saïd 65'
17 January 2026
The match in data
Lens got the better of Auxerre, 1–0, on 17 January 2026, on matchday 18 of the 2025-26 Ligue 1.
Player of the match: Malang Sarr (Lens), rated 75, thanks above all to 7 final-third passes and 4 tackles. Sarr produced 1.4 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It is their 3rd time as player of the match this season.
For Auxerre, the highest-rated player was Lassine Sinayoko, with 59.
Malang Sarr
Lens · 90'
Produced 1.43× and cost 0.32× their position's average
- 7 final-third passes 1.3×
- 4 tackles 2.3×
- 3 interceptions 2.5×
- 6 misplaced passes 1.0×
- 1 duel lost 0.3×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malang Sarr ★ | Defender | 90 | 75 |
| Wesley Saïd | Forward | 66 | 69 |
| Mamadou Sangaré | Midfielder | 33 | 62 |
| Morgan Guilavogui | Forward | 24 | 61 |
| Ruben Aguilar | Defender | 24 | 50 |
| Ismaëlo Ganiou | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Abdallah Sima | Forward | 34 | 47 |
| Matthieu Udol | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Samson Baidoo | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Rayan Fofana | Forward | 56 | 44 |
| Florian Thauvin | Forward | 86 | 37 |
| Andrija Bulatovic | Midfielder | 90 | 35 |
| Adrien Thomasson | Midfielder | 57 | 32 |
| Saud Abdulhamid | Defender | 66 | 26 |
| Robin Risser | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Florian Sotoca | Forward | 4 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lassine Sinayoko | Forward | 90 | 59 |
| Sinaly Diomandé | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Kévin Danois | Midfielder | 76 | 56 |
| Clément Akpa | Defender | 90 | 50 |
| Fredrik Oppegård | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Naouirou Ahamada | Midfielder | 76 | 46 |
| Danny Namaso | Forward | 88 | 45 |
| Oussama El Azzouzi | Midfielder | 88 | 45 |
| Lamine Sy | Defender | 90 | 32 |
| Marvin Senaya | Defender | 76 | 30 |
| Donovan Léon | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Josué Casimir | Forward | 14 | no rating |
| Romain Faivre | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Rudy Matondo | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Assane Dioussé | Midfielder | 2 | no rating |
| Sékou Mara | Forward | 2 | no rating |
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.