Early betting action imply Lens advantage when welcoming Reims

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Fri 12.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Bollaert-Delelis (38223 seats)

Ligue 1: Lens welcome Reims in what is nearly guaranteed to be an action-packed football game. Here's all the pre-match info you need!

Insights:
  • Lens have the fewest conceded goals (26) in Ligue 1
  • Lens have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Reims have scored away.

Lens and Reims should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Lens form and stats

Lens have been outstanding at home so far in the Ligue 1 with 15 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss. Ever since the Lille game Lens has been unbeatable here at Stade Bollaert-Delelis producing four straight wins.

Lens's last game was hosting Olympique Marseille (placed 3rd) and winning 2-1. The hosts have an in-form goalscorer in Openda, having found the net in three matches in a row. The striker Openda was declared "man of the match" for Lens with the rating of 7.41/10. Openda scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

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

Goals decide football matches and Lens are scoring many of them at home; 36 on target from 17 league matches. Lens are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Bollaert-Delelis in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 17 matches.

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Reims form and stats

4-9-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Reims in their Ligue 1 matches away. Reims has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Reims won their last game, 1-0 versus Lille played at home. That victory felt sweet as this club had gone four league games without victory. Goalkeeper Diouf got the top player rating of the team with 8.11/10. Diouf topped it up with a clean sheet.

A 0-1 defeat away at Clermont before that.

Observe: 11 of the latest 13 league matches involving this club have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).

The attacking power of Reims when travelling is not overwhelming with 16 goals scored from 17 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Lens have won at least one point in the last 5 matches (2-3-0) facing Reims.

The fixture lists shows this result when the contenders faced each other earlier this campaign; Reims - Lens 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

LensL. Openda
L. Openda
19 goals
ReimsF. Balogun
F. Balogun
18 goals
ReimsM. Munetsi
M. Munetsi
7 goals

Lens missing players

Reims missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lens Reims
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
34 17 6 Played P 5 17 34
21 15 5 Won W 1 4 12
9 1 0 Drew D 2 9 14
4 1 1 Lost L 2 4 8
57 36 12 Scored S 4 16 41
26 12 4 Conceded C 9 17 35
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 76% 82%
65% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 53% 62%
50% 65% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 29% 38%
24% 24% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 18% 21%
9% 12% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 12% 12%
53% 53% 33% BTTS BTTS 60% 41% 44%
41% 41% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 41% 41%
15% 6% 17% Failed to Score F T 20% 41% 32%
 
5.4 5.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 3.9 4.4
4 3.8 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 5.2 4.6
1.6 1.4 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 2 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 5 8
 
14.4 14.4 15.7 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 12 14.4
4.8 5.2 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.2 5
35% 40% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 15% 22% 24%
 
10.2 9.4 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 16 14 13.2
3.7 3.2 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.6 4.4 4.4
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • 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 Reims have scored away.
  • Lens have the fewest conceded goals (12) at home in Ligue 1
  • Lens have the fewest conceded goals (26) in Ligue 1
  • Lens have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (12) in Ligue 1
  • Lens have the most points (46) at home in Ligue 1
  • Lens have the the best goal difference (+24) at home in Ligue 1
  • 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 33 24 3 6 76 34 17 12 2 3 38 22 16 12 1 3 38 12 42 75
2 Lens 34 21 9 4 57 26 17 15 1 1 36 12 17 6 8 3 21 14 31 72
3 Olympique Marseille 34 21 7 6 62 34 17 9 4 4 31 21 17 12 3 2 31 13 28 70
4 Monaco 33 18 7 8 66 50 17 9 2 6 36 31 16 9 5 2 30 19 16 61
5 Lille 34 17 8 9 60 41 17 11 4 2 36 23 17 6 4 7 24 18 19 59
6 Rennes 34 17 5 12 56 38 17 13 0 4 37 14 17 4 5 8 19 24 18 56
7 Olympique Lyonnais 33 15 8 10 52 37 16 7 5 4 24 14 17 8 3 6 28 23 15 53
8 Nice 34 13 12 9 42 32 17 6 6 5 21 17 17 7 6 4 21 15 10 51
9 Reims 34 12 14 8 41 35 17 8 5 4 25 18 17 4 9 4 16 17 6 50
10 Clermont 33 14 7 12 36 43 17 7 3 7 16 27 16 7 4 5 20 16 -7 49
11 Lorient 33 13 9 11 46 45 16 7 4 5 21 16 17 6 5 6 25 29 1 48
12 Montpellier 33 13 4 16 52 52 17 7 2 8 26 25 16 6 2 8 26 27 0 43
13 Toulouse 33 12 5 16 48 55 17 6 4 7 26 26 16 6 1 9 22 29 -7 41
14 Brest 33 8 11 14 37 48 16 5 5 6 20 23 17 3 6 8 17 25 -11 35
15 Auxerre 33 8 9 16 31 55 16 5 6 5 15 22 17 3 3 11 16 33 -24 33
16 Strasbourg 33 7 11 15 44 55 17 4 6 7 22 25 16 3 5 8 22 30 -11 32
17 Nantes 33 6 14 13 35 48 16 4 8 4 19 21 17 2 6 9 16 27 -13 32
18 Troyes 33 4 10 19 41 70 16 1 9 6 16 25 17 3 1 13 25 45 -29 22
19 Ajaccio 33 6 4 23 22 61 16 3 2 11 9 25 17 3 2 12 13 36 -39 22
20 Angers SCO 33 3 5 25 27 72 17 2 3 12 17 33 16 1 2 13 10 39 -45 14

Reims:
Table
  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 33 24 3 6 76 34 17 12 2 3 38 22 16 12 1 3 38 12 42 75
2 Lens 34 21 9 4 57 26 17 15 1 1 36 12 17 6 8 3 21 14 31 72
3 Olympique Marseille 34 21 7 6 62 34 17 9 4 4 31 21 17 12 3 2 31 13 28 70
4 Monaco 33 18 7 8 66 50 17 9 2 6 36 31 16 9 5 2 30 19 16 61
5 Lille 34 17 8 9 60 41 17 11 4 2 36 23 17 6 4 7 24 18 19 59
6 Rennes 34 17 5 12 56 38 17 13 0 4 37 14 17 4 5 8 19 24 18 56
7 Olympique Lyonnais 33 15 8 10 52 37 16 7 5 4 24 14 17 8 3 6 28 23 15 53
8 Nice 34 13 12 9 42 32 17 6 6 5 21 17 17 7 6 4 21 15 10 51
9 Reims 34 12 14 8 41 35 17 8 5 4 25 18 17 4 9 4 16 17 6 50
10 Clermont 33 14 7 12 36 43 17 7 3 7 16 27 16 7 4 5 20 16 -7 49
11 Lorient 33 13 9 11 46 45 16 7 4 5 21 16 17 6 5 6 25 29 1 48
12 Montpellier 33 13 4 16 52 52 17 7 2 8 26 25 16 6 2 8 26 27 0 43
13 Toulouse 33 12 5 16 48 55 17 6 4 7 26 26 16 6 1 9 22 29 -7 41
14 Brest 33 8 11 14 37 48 16 5 5 6 20 23 17 3 6 8 17 25 -11 35
15 Auxerre 33 8 9 16 31 55 16 5 6 5 15 22 17 3 3 11 16 33 -24 33
16 Strasbourg 33 7 11 15 44 55 17 4 6 7 22 25 16 3 5 8 22 30 -11 32
17 Nantes 33 6 14 13 35 48 16 4 8 4 19 21 17 2 6 9 16 27 -13 32
18 Troyes 33 4 10 19 41 70 16 1 9 6 16 25 17 3 1 13 25 45 -29 22
19 Ajaccio 33 6 4 23 22 61 16 3 2 11 9 25 17 3 2 12 13 36 -39 22
20 Angers SCO 33 3 5 25 27 72 17 2 3 12 17 33 16 1 2 13 10 39 -45 14

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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.