Full round in Ligue 1 today ,ahead of which ............all the stats you need !

Jan 06, 2021

France: Ligue 1

League table order through 17 rounds.

Lyon 193-100 60-21

Lille 125-96 36-18

PSG 183-98 62-31

Rennes 155-93 31-25

**Marseille 98-109 30-25

Monaco 161-96 44-31

*Lens 120-100 44-25

Montpellier 138-139 29-32

Angers 127-114 30-37

Metz 105-131 25-22

Brest 135-160 36-35

*Nice 97-145 29-28

Bordeaux 112-116 23-30

St Etienne 112-111 31-36

Reims 97-129 22-49

Nantes 124-158 25-43

Strasbourg 110-122 32-45

Lorient 103-139 33-29

Dijon 106-164 21-44

Nîmes 96-177 17-54

* Played 16 games.

** Played 15 games.

First column shows ITB attempts created- allowed, second column in blue type is for BC's created-given up.

Top 6 for net ITB:

Lyon +93

PSG +85

Monaco +65

Rennes +62

Lille +29

Lens +20

Angers (+13) and St Etienne (+1) are the only other teams on positive numbers ! Marseille are -11 which is not a top 5 number.

Bottom 6 for net ITB:

Reims -32

Nantes -34

Lorient -36

Nice -48

Dijon -58

Nîmes -81

Top 6 for net BC's

Lyon +39

PSG +31

Lens +19

Lille +18

Monaco +13

Rennes +6

Bottom 6 for net BC's

Bordeaux/Angers -7

Strasbourg -13

Nantes -18

Dijon -23

Reims - 27

Nîmes-37

Top 10 for xP:

Lyon 39 pts

PSG 35

Lille 31

Rennes 29

Lens 29

Monaco 28

Metz 24

St Etienne 24

Lorient 23

Marseille 22

Lorient are 9th and also come out 8th for BC's, they are related numbers of course , but still indicate there is likely improvement to come.

Glossary:

ITB= inside the box attempts, Goal of the month competitions usually feature several long range contenders and we always remember those 30 yard bullets into the top corner, but only 12.87% of Premier League goals over the last three seasons have been scored from outside the box , good coaches are known to encourage players to look for better scoring opportunities and it is usually only supporters urging "shoooooot" everytime the goal is within sight, even if there are 20 players between ball and net .

XG= expected goals.

XGF= expected goals for.

XGA = expected goals against.

XGD = expected goal difference.

XP = expected points.

BC = big scoring chance.

Good luck !