Lens clashes with LOSC Lille in Ligue 1 confrontation

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 08.Oct
Match begins: 15:05 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Bollaert-Delelis (38223 seats)

Lens are banking on their home fans to support them when playing this game against LOSC Lille. Who triumphs at Stade Bollaert-Delelis?

Insights:
  • Lens have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • LOSC Lille have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Europa Conference League game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at KI. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Lens form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Lens have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 3 games.

Lens's previous match was a Champions League game also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Arsenal. The home side hope to to continue in that form.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Strasbourg and winning 1-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Lens perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Lens as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Lens has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.

At Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens has the goal stats of 3-3 (for/against) from 3 league fixtures.

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LOSC Lille form and stats

The visitors are W1-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1.

It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to KI in their previous outing. The Europa Conference League fixture ended 0-0. Defender Ribeiro was the best team player with a rating of 8.04. Ribeiro hit two key passes and won 6 of 7 duels.

Preceding that game was the away Ligue 1 victory against Le Havre with the score of 2-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with LOSC Lille playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 2 LOSC Lille wins, 6 draws and 0 defeats.

Lille are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. In the opposite end, LOSC Lille have conceded 7 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Lens wins - draws - LOSC Lille wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LensD. Machado Mena
D. Machado Mena
2 goals
LensM. Guilavogui
M. Guilavogui
2 goals
LOSC LilleJ. David
J. David
2 goals

Lens missing players

LOSC Lille missing players

Lens LOSC Lille
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 1 4 7
2 1 1 Won W 0 1 3
1 1 0 Drew D 0 2 2
4 1 0 Lost L 1 1 2
7 3 2 Scored S 1 6 10
12 3 1 Conceded C 4 7 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 86%
57% 33% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 43%
29% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 29%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 25% 14%
57% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 57%
14% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 43%
29% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6.7 9.7 9 Corners for (avg) C F 8 4.8 5
3.3 1.7 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.8 4.4
2.7 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.5 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
16.3 24.3 27 Shots (avg) S ( 18 14 14.7
4.4 7 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 6 5.9
23% 14% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 25% 24%
 
10.1 6.3 7 Shots against (avg) S A 9 7.2 7.7
4.6 3 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 3.2 4
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of LOSC Lille's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • LOSC Lille have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • LOSC Lille have scored in all their matches so far.
  • LOSC Lille haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Lens have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Lens have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Monaco 7 4 2 1 18 10 4 3 0 1 9 3 3 1 2 0 9 7 8 14
2 Brest 7 4 2 1 8 6 3 2 1 0 4 2 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 14
3 Reims 7 4 1 2 13 8 3 2 0 1 5 2 4 2 1 1 8 6 5 13
4 Nice 7 3 4 0 8 4 4 1 3 0 3 1 3 2 1 0 5 3 4 13
5 Paris Saint Germain 7 3 3 1 14 6 4 2 1 1 9 4 3 1 2 0 5 2 8 12
6 Rennes 7 2 5 0 13 7 4 2 2 0 12 6 3 0 3 0 1 1 6 11
7 LOSC Lille 7 3 2 2 10 9 3 2 0 1 4 2 4 1 2 1 6 7 1 11
8 Strasbourg 7 3 1 3 7 9 4 2 1 1 6 4 3 1 0 2 1 5 -2 10
9 Montpellier 7 2 3 2 12 9 3 0 2 1 3 5 4 2 1 1 9 4 3 9
10 Le Havre 7 2 3 2 10 9 4 2 0 2 6 5 3 0 3 0 4 4 1 9
11 Toulouse 7 2 3 2 9 8 3 1 2 0 6 3 4 1 1 2 3 5 1 9
12 Olympique Marseille 7 2 3 2 9 11 3 2 1 0 4 1 4 0 2 2 5 10 -2 9
13 Nantes 7 2 2 3 12 14 4 1 2 1 10 9 3 1 0 2 2 5 -2 8
14 Metz 7 2 2 3 7 13 3 0 2 1 4 5 4 2 0 2 3 8 -6 8
15 Lens 7 2 1 4 7 12 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 1 0 3 4 9 -5 7
16 Lorient 7 1 3 3 10 15 4 1 2 1 7 7 3 0 1 2 3 8 -5 6
17 Clermont 7 0 2 5 5 12 4 0 1 3 2 6 3 0 1 2 3 6 -7 2
18 Olympique Lyonnais 7 0 2 5 3 13 3 0 1 2 2 8 4 0 1 3 1 5 -10 2

Read more about Ligue 1

Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.