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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 13.February
Match begins: 16:05 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Bollaert-Delelis (38223 seats)

Lens have managed 5 home wins so far this season, Bordeaux have won 2 away. Which team enhances their standings in this one?

Insights:
  • Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Bordeaux have the most conceded goals (58) in Ligue 1

Lens and Bordeaux 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 collected 19 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 5-4-2.

Lens are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 180 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Fofana).

Lens lost their last game at Lorient (placed 17th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Midfield player Berg got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, the max score being 10. Berg hit one key pass and had 43 successful passes (of 53 total).

A decent goal production from Lens in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

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Bordeaux form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Bordeaux so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-5 (win-draw-lose). Bordeaux has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Two away games in a row for Bordeaux, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-5 versus Reims. Midfield player Guilavogui was the top player of the team with a match rating of 6.85/10. Guilavogui had 45 successful passes (of 52 total).

That result followed a home victory 4-3 versus Strasbourg.

Bordeaux are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Bordeaux can't defend away. 34 goals have been scored by the opposition in 11 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these teams meet on the pitch this season, as the statistics show this recent match: Bordeaux - Lens 2-3. Lens-Bordeaux H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Lens four wins, Bordeaux five wins, one draw. nine of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

BordeauxU. Hwang
U. Hwang
9 goals
BordeauxA. Elis Martínez
A. Elis Martínez
8 goals
LensS. Fofana
S. Fofana
6 goals

Lens missing players

Bordeaux missing players

Lens Bordeaux
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 5 Played P 1 11 23
9 5 3 Won W 0 2 4
6 4 2 Drew D 1 4 8
8 2 0 Lost L 0 5 11
36 19 14 Scored S 3 15 34
33 11 5 Conceded C 3 34 58
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 73% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 96%
57% 45% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 91% 74%
43% 45% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 64% 57%
17% 9% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 45% 43%
57% 45% 60% BTTS BTTS 100% 64% 74%
22% 36% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
22% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 36% 26%
 
5.7 6.6 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6 2.7 3.9
4.3 3.5 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.3 5.9
2.1 1.9 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.2
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
12.9 14.6 17.6 Shots (avg) S ( 16 10.4 11.5
5 6 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 3.2 4
32% 29% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 43% 37%
 
11 9.5 9.6 Shots against (avg) S A 15 15.7 15.3
3.3 3 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.6 5.9
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • All of Bordeaux's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bordeaux have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Bordeaux have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Bordeaux have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Bordeaux have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bordeaux have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Ligue 1
  • Bordeaux have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Ligue 1
  • Bordeaux have the most conceded goals (34) away in Ligue 1
  • Bordeaux have the most conceded goals (58) in Ligue 1
  • Bordeaux have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Ligue 1
  • Bordeaux have the most conceded goals in the second half (32) in Ligue 1
  • Bordeaux have the most matches over the total-line (13) in Ligue 1
  • Bordeaux have the the worst goal difference (-24) in Ligue 1
  • Bordeaux have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Bordeaux haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 23 17 5 1 51 19 11 10 1 0 27 6 12 7 4 1 24 13 32 56
2 Olympique Marseille 23 12 7 4 36 20 12 5 5 2 22 13 11 7 2 2 14 7 16 43
3 Nice 23 13 4 6 36 19 12 5 3 4 16 14 11 8 1 2 20 5 17 42
4 Strasbourg 23 11 5 7 45 29 12 7 2 3 27 13 11 4 3 4 18 16 16 38
5 Rennes 23 11 4 8 43 21 12 8 1 3 27 8 11 3 3 5 16 13 22 37
6 Monaco 23 10 6 7 37 26 12 7 3 2 25 11 11 3 3 5 12 15 11 36
7 Montpellier 23 10 4 9 38 33 12 7 2 3 22 13 11 3 2 6 16 20 5 34
8 Olympique Lyonnais 23 9 8 6 31 30 12 6 5 1 21 13 11 3 3 5 10 17 1 34
9 Lens 23 9 6 8 36 33 11 5 4 2 19 11 12 4 2 6 17 22 3 33
10 Nantes 23 9 5 9 30 28 11 6 2 3 18 12 12 3 3 6 12 16 2 32
11 Lille 23 8 8 7 31 35 11 5 4 2 15 16 12 3 4 5 16 19 -4 32
12 Angers SCO 23 7 8 8 30 34 11 5 1 5 14 14 12 2 7 3 16 20 -4 29
13 Brest 23 7 7 9 28 35 11 4 3 4 15 16 12 3 4 5 13 19 -7 28
14 Reims 23 6 9 8 27 27 11 4 3 4 16 11 12 2 6 4 11 16 0 27
15 Clermont 23 6 6 11 23 39 11 3 4 4 12 14 12 3 2 7 11 25 -16 24
16 Troyes 23 5 6 12 20 31 12 2 5 5 11 13 11 3 1 7 9 18 -11 21
17 Lorient 23 4 8 11 20 38 11 4 4 3 10 9 12 0 4 8 10 29 -18 20
18 Metz 23 4 8 11 24 43 11 1 4 6 14 23 12 3 4 5 10 20 -19 20
19 Bordeaux 23 4 8 11 34 58 12 2 4 6 19 24 11 2 4 5 15 34 -24 20
20 Saint-Étienne 23 4 6 13 22 44 12 2 4 6 14 24 11 2 2 7 8 20 -22 18

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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.