Possible nail-biting contest in Lens - Bordeaux game

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 19.September
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Bollaert-Delelis (38223 seats)

The Ligue 1 season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Lens and Bordeaux promises to be an interesting one.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Lens form and stats

Lens have only played one Ligue 1 game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 9 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats from 14 matches. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stade Bollaert-Delelis.

Happy days for Lens in their previous game, a Ligue 1 match away at Lorient (placed 14th) that ended with a 3-2 victory. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against PSG.

Manager F. Haise felt very clever after I. Ganago scored the winning goal against Lorient, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 57th minute.

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 four games. Lens has won three of these, drawn one and lost zero.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Lens at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Bordeaux form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Ligue 1, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats from 15 matches.

292 minutes! That's how long the Bordeaux goalkeeper Benoit Costil and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

There were no winners in Bordeaux's previous match, a Ligue 1 home game that ended 0-0 vs Olympique Lyonnais (placed 10th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Angers SCO at their stadium, the result 2-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Bordeaux playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were five Bordeaux wins, four draws and five defeats.

2 goals so far away for Bordeaux, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Lens wins - draws - Bordeaux wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LensG. Kakuta
G. Kakuta
2 goals
LensI. Kpene Ganago
I. Kpene Ganago
2 goals
LensF. Medina
F. Medina
1 goals

Lens missing players

Bordeaux missing players

Lens Bordeaux
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 1 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
5 1 0 Scored S 0 2 2
4 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 33%
67% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 33%
67% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
33% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 67%
 
4.3 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 7 4.3
2.3 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5 4.3
2.7 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
38 8 0 Total Shots T S 0 7 19
14 4 0 Shots on Target S O 0 6 8
36% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 25%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Bordeaux has the most clean sheets (3) in Ligue 1
Lens Last season Bordeaux
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
28 14   Played P   15 28
15 9   Won W   5 9
8 3   Drew D   5 10
5 2   Lost L   5 9
39 19   Scored S   21 40
24 9   Conceded C   22 34
86% 86%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
68% 50%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   87% 79%
39% 36%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 43%
21% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 29%
11% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 7%
43% 29%   BTTS BTTS   73% 61%
50% 71%   Clean Sheets C S   13% 21%
21% 14%   Failed to Score F T   13% 21%
 
4.7 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 4.9
3.8 3.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.3 5.9
2 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2
4 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
283 144   Total Shots T S   158 313
118 58   Shots on Target S O   53 111
33% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   40% 36%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rennes 3 2 1 0 7 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 5 3 3 7
2 Monaco 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
3 Lille 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
4 Saint-Etienne 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6
5 Olympique Marseille 2 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 6
6 Lens 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 6
7 Nice 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 6
8 Angers SCO 3 2 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
9 Bordeaux 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 5
10 Olympique Lyonnais 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 4
11 Nantes 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 4
12 Nimes 3 1 0 2 7 6 2 1 0 1 6 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
13 Montpellier 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
14 Lorient 3 1 0 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
15 Brest 3 1 0 2 4 7 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 4 -3 3
16 Reims 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 1
17 Metz 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
18 PSG 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0
19 Dijon 3 0 0 3 1 7 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 -6 0
20 Strasbourg 3 0 0 3 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 5 -6 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lorient 28 17 3 8 45 25 14 9 1 4 22 12 14 8 2 4 23 13 20 54
2 Lens 28 15 8 5 39 24 14 9 3 2 19 9 14 6 5 3 20 15 15 53
3 Ajaccio 28 15 7 6 38 22 14 6 4 4 17 12 14 9 3 2 21 10 16 52
4 Troyes 28 16 3 9 34 25 14 8 1 5 20 17 14 8 2 4 14 8 9 51
5 Clermont 28 14 8 6 35 25 14 7 3 4 21 14 14 7 5 2 14 11 10 50
6 Le Havre 28 11 11 6 38 25 14 5 7 2 18 10 14 6 4 4 20 15 13 44
7 Valenciennes 28 11 9 8 24 20 14 7 5 2 14 7 14 4 4 6 10 13 4 42
8 Guingamp 28 10 9 9 40 33 14 5 6 3 20 14 14 5 3 6 20 19 7 39
9 Grenoble Foot 38 28 7 14 7 27 29 14 3 8 3 13 13 14 4 6 4 14 16 -2 35
10 Chambly 28 9 8 11 26 32 15 4 4 7 12 21 13 5 4 4 14 11 -6 35
11 Auxerre 28 8 10 10 31 30 14 5 7 2 19 12 14 3 3 8 12 18 1 34
12 Nancy 28 6 16 6 27 26 14 6 6 2 16 9 14 0 10 4 11 17 1 34
13 Caen 28 8 10 10 33 34 14 4 5 5 14 17 14 4 5 5 19 17 -1 34
14 Sochaux 28 8 10 10 28 30 14 6 5 3 17 11 14 2 5 7 11 19 -2 34
15 Chateauroux 28 9 7 12 22 38 14 3 4 7 11 23 14 6 3 5 11 15 -16 34
16 Rodez 28 8 8 12 31 34 14 6 3 5 22 18 14 2 5 7 9 16 -3 32
17 Paris 28 7 7 14 22 40 13 3 2 8 9 22 15 4 5 6 13 18 -18 28
18 Niort 28 6 8 14 30 41 14 4 5 5 16 16 14 2 3 9 14 25 -11 26
19 Le Mans 28 7 5 16 30 45 14 5 3 6 16 17 14 2 2 10 14 28 -15 26
20 Orleans 28 4 7 17 21 43 14 2 2 10 8 23 14 2 5 7 13 20 -22 19
Last season 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 27 22 2 3 75 24 14 12 1 1 44 11 13 10 1 2 31 13 51 68
2 Olympique Marseille 28 16 8 4 41 29 14 8 4 2 21 14 14 8 4 2 20 15 12 56
3 Rennes 28 15 5 8 38 24 14 9 2 3 25 14 14 6 3 5 13 10 14 50
4 Lille 28 15 4 9 35 27 15 11 2 2 24 9 13 4 2 7 11 18 8 49
5 Reims 28 10 11 7 26 21 14 5 7 2 12 7 14 5 4 5 14 14 5 41
6 Nice 28 11 8 9 41 38 15 8 4 3 28 20 13 3 4 6 13 18 3 41
7 Olympique Lyonnais 28 11 7 10 42 27 13 5 4 4 17 7 15 6 3 6 25 20 15 40
8 Montpellier 28 11 7 10 35 34 14 10 2 2 26 10 14 1 5 8 9 24 1 40
9 Monaco 28 11 7 10 44 44 14 8 2 4 29 22 14 3 5 6 15 22 0 40
10 Angers SCO 28 11 6 11 28 33 15 8 3 4 20 13 13 3 3 7 8 20 -5 39
11 Strasbourg 27 11 5 11 32 32 13 7 3 3 22 14 14 4 2 8 10 18 0 38
12 Bordeaux 28 9 10 9 40 34 13 4 5 4 19 12 15 5 5 5 21 22 6 37
13 Nantes 28 11 4 13 28 31 14 6 2 6 11 11 14 5 2 7 17 20 -3 37
14 Brest 28 8 10 10 34 37 14 6 6 2 21 11 14 2 4 8 13 26 -3 34
15 Metz 28 8 10 10 27 35 14 5 4 5 18 17 14 3 6 5 9 18 -8 34
16 Dijon 28 7 9 12 27 37 14 6 6 2 20 15 14 1 3 10 7 22 -10 30
17 Saint-Etienne 28 8 6 14 29 45 14 4 6 4 15 18 14 4 0 10 14 27 -16 30
18 Nimes 28 7 6 15 29 44 14 6 2 6 17 15 14 1 4 9 12 29 -15 27
19 Amiens SC 28 4 11 13 31 50 14 3 5 6 17 23 14 1 6 7 14 27 -19 23
20 Toulouse 28 3 4 21 22 58 13 3 0 10 11 24 15 0 4 11 11 34 -36 13

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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.