Faithful supporters at Stade Bollaert-Delelis haven’t witnessed many wins this season, with Lens decaying in the 15th spot. The guesting Nantes will believe to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Lens have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Nantes have won significantly more corners away than at home.
Not a lot of time to rest for the hosts, as they were involved in a Champions League game only four days back. Thankfully the previous game, versus PSV, was also a home game here at Stade Bollaert-Delelis. The away team is better rested.
Lens form and stats
Lens have collected 5 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 1-2-1.
The home regulars witnessed a 1-1 draw versus PSV in the Champions League last time out and are hoping for a win here. Defender Gradit got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.81/10. Gradit hit one key pass and won 12 of 18 duels.
Before that, Lens played out a Ligue 1 draw 0-0 when visiting Le Havre.Lens has scored {4 goals-1} so far and conceded {4 goals-2} from 4 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Nantes form and stats
2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Nantes playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season.
Nantes had fun at their own home (Stade Bollaert-Delelis) last time out, beating Montpellier 2-0. Bamba and Mollet scored. Goalkeeper Lafont was absolutely vital in the Nantes victory against Montpellier, making six saves. Goalkeeper Lafont got the top player rating of the team with 8.8/10. Lafont topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that result Nantes won their away game at Strasbourg. The scoreline was 2-1.Nantes's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 6 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Lens victories, four draws and three Nantes wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Abdallah 5 goals |   D. Machado Mena 3 goals |  M. Guilavogui 2 goals |
Lens missing players
Nantes missing players
| Lens | Nantes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 89% |
| 44% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 56% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 56% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 67% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 22% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 6.4 | 9.2 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.8 | 4.6 |
| 3.4 | 2.5 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| 2.7 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15.7 | 21.8 | 21 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12 | 11.4 |
| 4.8 | 6.5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| 19% | 15% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 19% | 36% |
| 10.3 | 6.8 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 15.2 | 16 |
| 4.4 | 3 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.8 | 6.2 |
- Lens have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Lens have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Lens have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Nantes have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Nantes 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 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 20 |
| 2 | Nice | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| 3 | PSG | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 18 |
| 4 | Lille | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Brest | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | Reims | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | Nantes | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Olympique Marseille | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Rennes | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | Toulouse | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | Le Havre | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Lorient | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 10 |
| 13 | Strasbourg | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -6 | 10 |
| 14 | Montpellier | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 15 | Lens | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 9 |
| 16 | Metz | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 8 |
| 17 | Clermont | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 18 | Olympique Lyonnais | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -11 | 3 |
