Lens are enjoying their 6th, while Brest are bringing up the rear 8 points behind in the league table. Can they shorten the gap?
- Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Brest have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
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!
Lens form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Lens at their home stadium (Stade Bollaert-Delelis) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats.
Happy days for Lens in their previous game, a fixture away at Angers SCO (placed 14th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Midfield player Clauss got a match rating of 8.34 in that game, the max score being 10. Clauss scored one goal and hit two key passes.
In the match before that, Lens hosted Olympique Lyonnais and drew the game 1-1.A decent goal production from Lens in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 13 league matches. On the other hand, Lens have conceded 14 goals.
Brest form and stats
3-5-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Brest in their Ligue 1 matches away.
Brest's previous game was their home loss versus Lorient (0-1).
Before that, Brest travelled to Reims and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.The visiting Brest have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 13 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Brest rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 20 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The participants have played each other already this season, with the final score Brest - Lens 4-0 registered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Lens four wins, two draws and Brest four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less. The matches between these sides have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  F. Honorat 8 goals |   S. Fofana 7 goals |  A. Muinga 7 goals |
Lens missing players
Brest missing players
| Lens | Brest | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 42 | 23 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | 34 |
| 37 | 14 | 1 | Conceded | C | 10 | 20 | 38 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 77% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 58% | 46% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 46% | 46% |
| 42% | 46% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 15% | 23% |
| 19% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 62% | 54% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 85% | 65% |
| 19% | 31% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 19% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 15% | 19% |
| 5.5 | 6.4 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.7 | 14.2 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 10.3 | 10.9 |
| 5 | 6.2 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
| 32% | 29% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 29% | 32% |
| 11 | 9.5 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.2 | 14.3 | 12.4 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.8 | 5.5 | 4.6 |
- All of Brest's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Brest have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Brest 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 | Paris Saint Germain | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 56 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 33 | 62 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 47 |
| 3 | Nice | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 16 | 46 |
| 4 | Rennes | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 51 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 26 | 43 |
| 5 | Strasbourg | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 48 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 43 |
| 6 | Lens | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 42 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 5 | 40 |
| 7 | Nantes | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 39 |
| 8 | Lille | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | -2 | 39 |
| 9 | Monaco | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 38 |
| 10 | Olympique Lyonnais | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 38 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 41 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 37 |
| 12 | Brest | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -4 | 32 |
| 13 | Reims | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 30 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 31 |
| 14 | Angers SCO | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 21 | -7 | 29 |
| 15 | Clermont | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 25 | -15 | 28 |
| 16 | Lorient | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 39 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -18 | 24 |
| 17 | Troyes | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 41 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 27 | -18 | 22 |
| 18 | Metz | 26 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 45 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -20 | 22 |
| 19 | Saint-Etienne | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | -23 | 22 |
| 20 | Bordeaux | 26 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 38 | 63 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 38 | -25 | 22 |
