There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Ligue 1 table so far. Here's the Lens - Brest latest:
- Lens have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Brest has the most matches over the total-line (12) in Ligue 1
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Lens form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Lens at their home stadium (Stade Bollaert-Delelis) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. The Lens manager F. Haise might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
No payout for Lens in their previous match, an away game at Metz that ended in defeat 0-2. In the preceding match a 3-0 victory visiting Monaco.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Lens handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, four draws and three defeats.
A decent goal production from Lens in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Lens defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Brest form and stats
Brest have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 2-1-5 (8 played).
There were no winners in Brest's previous match, a Ligue 1 home game that ended 2-2 vs Montpellier (placed 6th). Before that, Brest travelled to Olympique Lyonnais and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.
Brest are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, three draws and eight defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Brest have scored 10 goals in 8 league games away. Brest have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Lens four wins, one draw and Brest five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Kakuta 7 goals |  I. Kpene Ganago 5 goals |  R. Faivre 4 goals |
Lens missing players
Brest missing players
| Lens | Brest | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 24 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 27 |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 15 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 88% | 88% |
| 53% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 62% | 75% |
| 33% | 43% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 50% | 56% |
| 20% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 12% | 31% |
| 53% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 62% |
| 33% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 19% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.2 | 11.3 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 12.5 | 12.7 |
| 4.1 | 3.9 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
| 39% | 48% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | 36% |
- Brest has the fewest matches under the total-line (4) in Ligue 1
- Brest has the most matches over the total-line (12) in Ligue 1
- Brest haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Lens have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lens have scored in all their home matches so far.
- 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 | Lille | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 33 |
| 2 | Olympique Lyonnais | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 33 |
| 3 | Paris Saint Germain | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 25 | 32 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Rennes | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Montpellier | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 27 |
| 7 | Monaco | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Lens | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 24 |
| 9 | Angers SCO | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | -4 | 24 |
| 10 | Metz | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| 11 | Brest | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 23 |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 22 |
| 13 | Nice | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | -1 | 21 |
| 14 | Saint-Étienne | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 17 |
| 15 | Nantes | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 16 | Strasbourg | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 14 | -6 | 14 |
| 17 | Reims | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -6 | 14 |
| 18 | Nîmes | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -18 | 12 |
| 19 | Lorient | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -14 | 11 |
| 20 | Dijon | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -16 | 9 |