This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Lens at Stade Bollaert-Delelis when the Champions League tournament arrives in town and PSV with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Lens form and stats
The Ligue 1 results playing at home this season for Lens are 1-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
The home team returns to Stade Bollaert-Delelis after drawing with Le Havre on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. Midfield player Aguilar got a match rating of 8.23 in that game, the max score being 10. Aguilar hit three key passes and had 57 successful passes (of 67 total).
Before that, Lens drew at home versus Lille.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 10 games. Lens has won 5 of these, drawn 4 and lost 1.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Ligue 1 game versus Nantes in only four days. This game is also played here at Stade Bollaert-Delelis.
Early season league goal statistics from Lens's 4 home games: {4 goals}, 4 conceded.
PSV form and stats
As the visiting team in Eredivisie matches, PSV have produced an overall stat of 4-0-0 so far.
Impressive finishing from Bakayoko, Ramalho and Til secured the home win 3-1 against Fortuna Sittard in their previous game. Bakayoko got a match rating of 8.85 in that game, top player of the team. Bakayoko scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times and had 53 successful passes (of 62 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Sparta Rotterdam at their stadium, the result 4-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by PSV in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for PSV, 3 draws and 0 defeats.
The PSV manager Bosz has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 15 goals in 4 league matches away. PSV's manager Bosz has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {1 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. de Jong 7 goals |  G. Til 4 goals |  N. Lang 4 goals |
Lens missing players
PSV missing players
| Lens | PSV | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 9 | 19 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 41 | 27 | Scored | S | 27 | 63 | ||
| 29 | 13 | Conceded | C | 11 | 24 | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 28% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 6.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.8 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.8 | 19.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 7.7 | ||
| 36% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 33% | ||
| 9.8 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 9.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 2.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lens | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | PSV | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nice | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| 2 | PSG | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 18 |
| 3 | Monaco | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Brest | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Reims | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Lille | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | Olympique Marseille | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Rennes | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | Nantes | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 10 | Strasbourg | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -6 | 10 |
| 11 | Toulouse | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 12 | Le Havre | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 13 | Montpellier | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 14 | Lens | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 9 |
| 15 | Metz | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 8 |
| 16 | Lorient | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 7 |
| 17 | Olympique Lyonnais | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -10 | 3 |
| 18 | Clermont | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | PSV | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 27 | 27 |
| 2 | AZ | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 25 |
| 3 | Feyenoord | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 26 | 23 |
| 4 | FC Twente | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 21 |
| 5 | Excelsior | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Go Ahead Eagles | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Sparta Rotterdam | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 8 | Heracles | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -5 | 11 |
| 9 | NEC | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 10 | RKC Waalwijk | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 9 |
| 11 | Fortuna Sittard | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 9 |
| 12 | Almere City | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 8 |
| 13 | PEC Zwolle | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -7 | 7 |
| 14 | Vitesse | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -9 | 7 |
| 15 | SC Heerenveen | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 7 |
| 16 | Ajax | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 17 | FC Volendam | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 4 |
| 18 | FC Utrecht | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -13 | 3 |
