Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Linas-Montlhery & Lens face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coupe de France. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both squads have had sufficient rest since their previous competitive action. Let's aim for an energetic match!
Linas-Montlhery form and stats
Last season their Coupe de France adventure ended in the round of 32.Linas-Montlhery's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Les Mureaux. The home side are looking to build on that result.
Preceding that match was the home National 3: Group K game against Paris II that was lost 1-5.Lens form and stats
Last season their Coupe de France adventure ended in the round of 16.3-4-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Lens in their Ligue 1 matches away.
Impressive finishing from Openda, Claude-Maurice and Frankowski secured the home win 3-1 against Paris Saint Germain in their previous game. Attacker Openda got a player rating of 8.21 in the game. "Man of the match" Openda scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Before that, Lens travelled to Nice and returned home with a draw after the Ligue 1 game finished 0-0.The schedule is very tough for Lens now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Ligue 1 game at Strasbourg is waiting in only four days.
Lens are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Openda 8 goals |   P. Leno 7 goals |  F. Sotoca 6 goals |
Linas-Montlhery missing players
Lens missing players
| Linas-Montlhery | Lens | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 29 | 18 | Scored | S | 14 | 41 | ||
| 37 | 20 | Conceded | C | 6 | 15 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 45% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 60% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.3 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 13.4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 36% | ||
| 19 | 19 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 9.3 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.3 | ||
| 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 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 33 | 44 |
| 2 | Lens | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 40 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 33 |
| 4 | Monaco | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 33 |
| 5 | Rennes | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 31 |
| 6 | Lorient | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 31 |
| 7 | Lille | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 29 |
| 8 | Olympique Lyonnais | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 24 |
| 9 | Clermont | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | -5 | 22 |
| 10 | Nice | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 21 |
| 11 | Reims | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 20 |
| 12 | Toulouse | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -10 | 19 |
| 13 | Montpellier | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Nantes | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 17 |
| 15 | Troyes | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -5 | 15 |
| 16 | Ajaccio | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -11 | 15 |
| 17 | Brest | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -15 | 13 |
| 18 | Auxerre | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 23 | -19 | 13 |
| 19 | Strasbourg | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -10 | 11 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -21 | 8 |
