Auxerre took the lead in the French Ligue 1 after a 2:0 home win over AS Monaco, while Polish striker Ireneusz Jelen rose to 2nd place in the FTBL ranking of forwards in the league.

After 87 minutes on the pitch, Jelen picked up 14.63 rating points in the FTBL system to boost his overall score to 141.52 points. It took him just 5 games to double his score; he had 60 points in mid-October.

Now Jelen will face a combined plank of more than 100 rating points to beat in our system in his next 5 games, the price for his recent run of successes. Even though that is challenging, let’s remember that Auxerre have won 5 straight games, and if they can add another 5 wins while Jelen scores at least 3 goals, then he will not only retain his current score, but even boost it considerably.