This could be quite the exciting run-in at Stade Bollaert-Delelis in the Ligue 1. Lens is in 3rd place and receive Lorient in 5th spot. Read about the game here!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Lorient have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 4-14-22 (win-draw-loss) from 40 matches.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Lens and Lorient.
Lens form and stats
As mentioned below, Lens are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Ligue 1 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stade Bollaert-Delelis.
Lens's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Rennes (placed 13th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfielder Fofana was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.9 (out of ten) in that game. Fofana scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 54 successful passes (of 57 total).
In the game before, an away victory match versus Monaco with a 4-1 scoreline.The manager Haise will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Reims in only four days.
Early season league goal statistics from Lens's 2 home games: 5 goals, 3 conceded.
Lorient form and stats
Lorient are still undefeated on their travels in the Ligue 1. They have only played two games though, winning one and drawing the other.
Moffi (2) scored in Lorient's previous match, the home game against Clermont that ended 2-1. Midfielder Lauriente was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.44. Lauriente hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 27 successful passes (of 31 total).
Before that, Lorient travelled to Toulouse and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.The schedule is very tough for Lorient now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Ligue 1 game at Ajaccio is waiting in only four days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Lorient has managed 3 goals and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Lens victories, three draws and four Lorient wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Sotoca 3 goals |  S. Fofana 2 goals |  L. Openda 2 goals |
Lens missing players
Lorient missing players
| Lens | Lorient | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.2 | 6.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.2 | 17 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.5 | 13.3 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 5.3 |
| 45% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 50% | 31% |
| 10 | 9.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15 | 13 |
| 4.5 | 5.5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3.3 |
| Lens | Last season | Lorient | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Drew | D | 6 | 12 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 11 | 18 | ||
| 62 | 35 | Scored | S | 15 | 35 | ||
| 48 | 20 | Conceded | C | 41 | 63 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 84% | 87% | ||
| 82% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 74% | 68% | ||
| 58% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 42% | ||
| 39% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 29% | ||
| 13% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 26% | 18% | ||
| 61% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 50% | ||
| 21% | 32% | Clean Sheets | C S | 26% | 29% | ||
| 21% | 16% | Failed to Score | F T | 37% | 34% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 13.3 | 15.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 11.6 | ||
| 5 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 32% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 23% | ||
| 10.8 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.4 | 12.5 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Lens | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Olympique Lyonnais | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Lorient | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Lille | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Auxerre | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | Montpellier | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | Clermont | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 10 | Toulouse | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Nantes | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Monaco | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 13 | Rennes | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 14 | Brest | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -6 | 4 |
| 15 | Troyes | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 3 |
| 16 | Strasbourg | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 2 |
| 17 | Angers SCO | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
| 18 | Nice | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 2 |
| 19 | Reims | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 2 |
| 20 | Ajaccio | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 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 | Paris Saint Germain | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 90 | 36 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 24 | 54 | 86 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 63 | 38 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 25 | 71 |
| 3 | Monaco | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 65 | 40 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 25 | 69 |
| 4 | Rennes | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 82 | 40 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 42 | 66 |
| 5 | Nice | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 36 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 15 | 16 | 66 |
| 6 | Strasbourg | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 60 | 43 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 63 |
| 7 | Lens | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 62 | 48 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 14 | 62 |
| 8 | Olympique Lyonnais | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 66 | 51 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 15 | 61 |
| 9 | Nantes | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 55 | 48 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 7 | 55 |
| 10 | Lille | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 48 | 48 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 0 | 55 |
| 11 | Brest | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 49 | 57 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 28 | -8 | 48 |
| 12 | Reims | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 43 | 44 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 21 | -1 | 46 |
| 13 | Montpellier | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 49 | 61 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 35 | -12 | 43 |
| 14 | Angers SCO | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 44 | 55 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 32 | -11 | 41 |
| 15 | Troyes | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 37 | 53 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 34 | -16 | 38 |
| 16 | Lorient | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 35 | 63 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 41 | -28 | 36 |
| 17 | Clermont | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 38 | 69 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 33 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 36 | -31 | 36 |
| 18 | Saint-Etienne | 38 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 42 | 77 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 38 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 39 | -35 | 32 |
| 19 | Metz | 38 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 35 | 69 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 38 | -34 | 31 |
| 20 | Bordeaux | 38 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 52 | 91 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 58 | -39 | 31 |
