National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Poitiers or Lens that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both participants have had plentiful rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's agree to expect an active fixture!
Poitiers form and stats
Poitiers participated in Coupe de France the last season, where they reached the 32nd finals.Poitiers's last game was hosting Tartas-St Yaguen and winning 6-0. As mentioned above, Poitiers "killed" Tartas-St Yaguen in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Prior to that, an away loss at Libourne in the National 3: Group I.Lens form and stats
They also participated in Coupe de France last season. This ended in the 16th finals.Playing away, Lens have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season.
Lens play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-3 to Nantes. Leading 2-0 was not enough for Lens in their fight with Nantes last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 2-3 loss. Attacker Costa got a player rating of 8.61 in the game. "Man of the match" Costa scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Paris Saint Germain in the Ligue 1.Lens have another match that requires travelling in just three nights, a Ligue 1 match against Nice. A back-breaking calendar for the visitors!
Lens has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 9 games. Lens have conceded 17 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Cuvier 9 goals | C. Fourmy 5 goals |   S. Fofana 5 goals |
Poitiers missing players
Lens missing players
| Poitiers | Lens | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 42 | 30 | Scored | S | 16 | 41 | ||
| 25 | 16 | Conceded | C | 21 | 35 | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 4 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 13.5 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | ||
| 13 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.1 | 11.6 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 22 | 45 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 32 |
| 3 | Rennes | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 31 |
| 4 | Nice | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 30 |
| 5 | Montpellier | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Lens | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Strasbourg | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 26 |
| 8 | Monaco | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 26 |
| 9 | Angers SCO | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Nantes | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 25 |
| 11 | Lille | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 25 |
| 12 | Brest | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 24 |
| 13 | Olympique Lyonnais | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 23 |
| 14 | Reims | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 22 |
| 15 | Bordeaux | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 23 | -12 | 17 |
| 16 | Clermont | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -12 | 17 |
| 17 | Troyes | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 16 |
| 18 | Metz | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -16 | 15 |
| 19 | Lorient | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 15 |
| 20 | Saint-Étienne | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -22 | 12 |