The host team, Strasbourg, should be the favourites in this fixture, but Lens have exhibited both smartness and bravery. Read more about the fixture!
- Strasbourg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Lens have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Strasbourg form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Strasbourg at their home stadium (Stade de la Meinau) is 8 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Matz Sels not having conceded a league goal in 186 minutes.
Strasbourg shared the glory with Lorient in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Midfield player Liénard got a match rating of 7.72 in that game, the max score being 10. Liénard hit two key passes and had 50 successful passes (of 58 total).
Ahead of that match, Strasbourg won a home game hosting Monaco (1-0).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Strasbourg handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, four draws and five defeats.
Strasbourg have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Lens form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
Impressive finishing from Haïdara, Danso and Sotoca secured the home win 3-1 against Clermont in their previous game. Haïdara, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.0. Haïdara scored one goal and won 7 of 11 duels.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Metz that ended 0-0.Lens are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and three defeats. From a total of six matches.
Lens find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Lens rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 23 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Lens - Strasbourg 0-1. Strasbourg-Lens H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Strasbourg four wins, Lens three wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Ajorque 10 goals |  H. Diallo 9 goals |  K. Gameiro 9 goals |
Strasbourg missing players
Lens missing players
| Strasbourg | Lens | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 29 |
| 13 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 50 | 28 | 9 | Scored | S | 5 | 19 | 45 |
| 32 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 23 | 39 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 76% | 79% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 79% |
| 45% | 50% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | 55% |
| 34% | 36% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | 41% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 21% | 17% |
| 52% | 50% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 64% | 59% |
| 38% | 36% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 17% | 21% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 24% |
| 4.9 | 5.9 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
| 5 | 4.9 | 6.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 13.1 | 14.4 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.1 | 13.1 |
| 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 3.6 | 5 |
| 39% | 41% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 37% | 31% |
| 10.6 | 9.7 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 12 | 10.5 |
| 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
- Lens have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Strasbourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Strasbourg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | Paris Saint Germain | 29 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 59 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 32 | 65 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 18 | 53 |
| 3 | Rennes | 29 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 63 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 35 | 52 |
| 4 | Nice | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 50 |
| 5 | Strasbourg | 29 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 50 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 48 |
| 6 | Lille | 29 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 38 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 46 |
| 7 | Monaco | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 44 |
| 8 | Lens | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 44 |
| 9 | Nantes | 29 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 42 |
| 10 | Olympique Lyonnais | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 40 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 42 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 29 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 43 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 41 |
| 12 | Reims | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 32 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 36 |
| 13 | Brest | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -7 | 35 |
| 14 | Angers SCO | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -9 | 32 |
| 15 | Troyes | 29 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 42 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -15 | 29 |
| 16 | Lorient | 29 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 29 | -19 | 28 |
| 17 | Clermont | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 51 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 32 | -23 | 28 |
| 18 | Saint-Etienne | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 51 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -22 | 27 |
| 19 | Metz | 29 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 52 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 27 | -26 | 23 |
| 20 | Bordeaux | 29 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 38 | 70 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 41 | -32 | 22 |
