Ligue 1: High-profile vs below average, at least based on the matches so far. Lens - Auxerre. Home victory or a shock result?
- Lens have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Ligue 1
- Auxerre have the most conceded goals (40) in Ligue 1
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Lens form and stats
Home games in the Ligue 1 have been a walk in the park for Lens so far, with 27 points won from 9 matches; 9 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses. Lens has won so many consecutive home games (nine in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stade Bollaert-Delelis. We remember; it was Brest.
The Lens coach Haise and his pawns return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Strasbourg (placed 19th). The attacker Sotoca was declared "man of the match" for Lens with the rating of 8.02/10. Sotoca served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that game, a strong away win at Linas-Montlhery. A Coupe de France match.
Goals decide football matches and Lens are scoring many of them at home; 21 on target from 9 league matches. Lens have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Auxerre form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Auxerre so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-7 (win-draw-lose). With the Auxerre losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
Fofana (own goal) was the last player to score for the away team. Auxerre haven't scored a league goal in the last 202 minutes.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Toulouse with 0-5 on the scoreboard. Auxerre lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one. Midfield player Sakhi was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.41/10. Sakhi hit two key passes.
Preceding that, 2-2 away against Dunkerque (after extra-time, 4-5 on penalties) in the Coupe de France.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Auxerre's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 23 goals in 9 travels. Auxerre has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Lens have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (3-1-0) when facing Auxerre.Top Goalscorers
  L. Openda 9 goals |  F. Sotoca 6 goals |  W. Saïd 5 goals |
Lens missing players
Auxerre missing players
| Lens | Auxerre | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 12 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 31 | 21 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 10 | 23 | 40 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 56% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 83% |
| 50% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 61% |
| 28% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 39% |
| 17% | 22% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 28% |
| 50% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 61% |
| 44% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 28% |
| 5.3 | 5.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 5.9 | 5.2 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 14.1 | 15.2 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 11.1 | 12.1 |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
| 36% | 43% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 28% | 25% |
| 10.1 | 9 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 14.4 | 12.4 |
| 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 6.8 | 5.4 |
- Auxerre have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Auxerre have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Auxerre have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Auxerre have the most conceded goals (23) away in Ligue 1
- Auxerre have the most conceded goals (40) in Ligue 1
- Auxerre have the the worst goal difference (-16) away in Ligue 1
- Auxerre have the the worst goal difference (-24) in Ligue 1
- Auxerre haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Lens have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lens have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Lens have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Auxerre have scored away.
- Lens have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Lens have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Ligue 1
- Lens have the most points (27) at home in Ligue 1
- Lens have won all their matches at home so far.
- Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSG | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 35 | 47 |
| 2 | Lens | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 41 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 39 |
| 4 | Rennes | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 34 |
| 5 | Monaco | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 34 |
| 6 | Lorient | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 32 |
| 7 | Lille | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 31 |
| 8 | Olympique Lyonnais | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 25 |
| 9 | Clermont | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | -4 | 25 |
| 10 | Nice | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 24 |
| 11 | Reims | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -2 | 24 |
| 12 | Toulouse | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -5 | 22 |
| 13 | Troyes | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 22 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | Nantes | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 18 |
| 15 | Montpellier | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 22 | -9 | 17 |
| 16 | Ajaccio | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -12 | 15 |
| 17 | Brest | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -15 | 14 |
| 18 | Auxerre | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 23 | -24 | 13 |
| 19 | Strasbourg | 18 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -11 | 12 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -23 | 8 |
