Ligue 1

• 5–0Biggest win: Saint-Etienne 5–0 LilleSat 19 May 2018
• 62Biggest upset: Toulouse beat Guingamp, a side Vesta rated 62 points strongerToulouse 2–1 Guingamp, Sat 19 May 2018
• 3goals, a hat-trick: Memphis DepayLyon 3–2 Nice
• 3goals, a hat-trick: Romain HamoumaSaint-Etienne 5–0 Lille
• 2goals: Alassane PléaLyon 3–2 Nice
• 2goals: Rony LopesTroyes 0–3 Monaco

• Biggest winParis Saint Germain 8–0 DijonWed 17 Jan
• Most goals in a matchMarseille 6–3 MetzFri 2 Feb

• 74%of the teams ahead at half-time won the match159 of 215; 12 matches turned round
• 9points won after trailing at half-time: Rennes, the mostBehind at the break 10 times
• 12points dropped after leading at half-time: Nantes, the mostAhead at the break 12 times
• 0–1at half-time, 3–1 at the end: Saint-Etienne v Metz, the biggest turnaroundSat 14 Oct 2017

• 53%of the matches won by Vesta's favourite54% expected from its own percentages
• 65%Paris Saint Germain, the most predictable teamAverage chance Vesta gave to the result of its matches; then Monaco and Marseille
• 32%Montpellier, the least predictableThen Rennes and Angers
• 6%Lyon 1–2 LilleLille won with 6%; Lyon was the favourite at 81%. Wed 29 Nov 2017
• 6%Paris Saint Germain 0–2 RennesRennes won with 6%; Paris Saint Germain was the favourite at 82%. Sat 12 May 2018
• 7%Strasbourg 2–1 Paris Saint GermainStrasbourg won with 7%; Paris Saint Germain was the favourite at 79%. Sat 2 Dec 2017
• 8%Paris Saint Germain 2–2 GuingampA draw with 8%; Paris Saint Germain was the favourite at 88%. Sun 29 Apr 2018

Vesta's forecasts reconstructed with the season hidden (how); the published ones are in the Track record.

• 12%of the goals in the last five minutes and stoppage time125 goals, 57 of them in stoppage time
• 67%of the teams that scored first won the match241 of 359; 75 drew, 43 lost
• 9points won in the last five minutes: Monaco, the most8 goals scored from the 86th minute on
• 9points thrown away in the last five minutes: Metz, the most11 goals conceded from the 86th minute on
• 22points won after going behind: Monaco, the mostBehind at some point in 16 matches
• 27points dropped after going ahead: Nice, the mostAhead at some point in 26 matches
• 1'the fastest goal, with 5 others in the same minute: Rémy Cabella, Saint-EtienneSaint-Etienne 1–1 Angers, Sun 10 Sep 2017
• 90+5'the latest winning goal, with 2 others in the same minute: Nabil Fekir, LyonLyon 3–2 Monaco, Fri 13 Oct 2017

Goal minutes known. Minutes as the match reports write them; a winning goal is the one past the loser's final total (the second of a 3–1).

• 24.8years: Rennes, the youngest of the 5 teams with enough birth datesAverage age, weighted by minutes played
• 28.1years: Marseille, the oldest of the 5 teams with enough birth datesAverage age, weighted by minutes played
• 18years and 262 days: Kylian Mbappe-Lottin, the youngest scorer with a known birth dateFri 8 Sep 2017
• 41years: Benjamin Nivet, the oldest scorer with a known birth dateSat 28 Apr 2018
• 55%of the minutes played by players from France57 nationalities; fewest: Paris Saint Germain (37%), most: Caen (63%)

Birth dates and citizenships of the players known with certainty: 70% of the minutes played. A player can hold more than one citizenship. Team ages only where at least 75% of the minutes are covered (5 of 20 teams).

• 16.5Most shots per match: Paris Saint Germainshots a match, 38 matches
• 41%Most accurate shooting: Paris Saint Germain255 of 626 shots on target
• 17%Best conversion: Monaco85 goals from 490 shots
• 6.7Most corners per match: Paris Saint Germaincorners a match, 38 matches
• 15.4Most fouls per match: Toulousefouls a match, 38 matches
• 2.5Most cards per match: Toulouse93 yellow and 3 red in 38 matches
• 1.7Fewest cards per match: Lille60 yellow and 6 red in 38 matches

Match statistics of the season, match by match.

• Most chances createdParis Saint Germain2.37 xG per match
• Fewest chances concededParis Saint Germain0.84 xG against per match
• Sharpest finishingMonaco85 goals from 62.4 xG
• Least clinicalCaen27 goals from 41.2 xG
• Most goals preventedAmiens42 conceded from 51.7 xG