Lens are placed 2nd, while Nice are lingering 17 points behind in the standings. Can they decrease the gap?
- Lens have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Ligue 1
- Lens have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nice have scored away.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Nice, who are travelling more than 1100 kilometers to play this game.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Lens and Nice.
Lens form and stats
Lens have been outstanding at home so far in the Ligue 1 with 10 wins, 0 draws and only 0 losses. days ago.
Lens drew their last game, 1-1 away at Troyes (placed 15th). The hometeam coach Haise made a successful contribution in the game against Troyes, bringing on Thomasson who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Midfielder Frankowski was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.51 (out of ten) in that game. Frankowski hit eight key passes and had 59 successful passes (of 67 total).
In the game before, a nice away win at Brest. A Coupe de France match. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Lens handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
The manager Haise will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Brest in only four days.
Goals decide football matches and Lens are scoring many of them at home; 22 on target from 10 league matches. From these home matches, Lens have conceded only 7 goals.
Nice form and stats
As the visiting team in Ligue 1 matches, Nice have produced an overall stat of 3-4-3 so far.
Nice have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel. It's been 190 minutes since they last conceded in Ligue 1.
Nice won their last game, 1-0 versus Lille played at home. Goalkeeper Schmeichel was absolutely vital in the Nice victory against Lille, making seven saves. Schmeichel was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.52. The agile goalkeeper Schmeichel topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Reims that ended 0-0.Nice are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. From a total of 7 matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Nice manager Digard as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Olympique Marseille.
{10 goals} so far away for Nice, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 10. All from 10 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Lens and Nice have met earlier this season: Nice - Lens 0-0. Head to head totals (for the preceeding ten meetings): Lens won three games, three matches ended with a tie and Nice got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Openda 9 goals |  F. Sotoca 6 goals |   A. Delort 6 goals |
Lens missing players
Nice missing players
| Lens | Nice | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 13 | 10 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 33 | 22 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 55% | 60% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 60% |
| 45% | 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 35% |
| 25% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 15% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 50% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 70% | 55% |
| 45% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.7 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14.4 | 15 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10 | 11.8 |
| 4.5 | 5.2 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.7 |
| 36% | 42% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 28% | 24% |
| 9.7 | 8.7 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.3 | 11.9 | 12.1 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
- 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 Nice have scored away.
- Lens have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Lens have the fewest conceded goals (14) in Ligue 1
- Lens have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in Ligue 1
- Lens have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Ligue 1
- Lens have the most points (30) 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.
- Nice have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nice have won significantly less corners away then 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 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 34 | 48 |
| 2 | Lens | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 45 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 23 | 43 |
| 4 | Monaco | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 38 |
| 5 | Rennes | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 37 |
| 6 | Lorient | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 35 |
| 7 | Lille | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 34 |
| 8 | Clermont | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -3 | 29 |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| 10 | Nice | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 28 |
| 11 | Reims | 20 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 13 | -2 | 26 |
| 12 | Toulouse | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -4 | 26 |
| 13 | Nantes | 20 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -3 | 22 |
| 14 | Montpellier | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 30 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 22 | -10 | 20 |
| 15 | Troyes | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 27 | -10 | 19 |
| 16 | Brest | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -11 | 18 |
| 17 | Strasbourg | 20 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -11 | 15 |
| 18 | Ajaccio | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -20 | 15 |
| 19 | Auxerre | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 24 | -27 | 13 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 20 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 17 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -28 | 8 |
