The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Lens are in the 9th position while the guesting Nantes worry at 14th.
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
Lens have collected 10 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 3-1-0.
A strong away win for Lens against Dijon the last match, as Arnaud Kalimuendo were on target. Before that, Lens drew at home versus Reims.
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 six wins, four draws and two defeats.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Lens, as the Ligue 1 home game vs Angers SCO is only four days away.
The Lens manager F. Haise has got the team scoring with 9 from 4 home games in the league. 5 goals have been conceded.
Nantes form and stats
1-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Nantes in their Ligue 1 matches away.
Nantes delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Metz (placed 10th) in their previous match; a Ligue 1 game. Prior to that result Nantes won their away game at Lorient. The scoreline was 2-0.
We have checked recent matches where Nantes have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were three victories, one draw and six defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Nantes now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Ligue 1 game at Olympique Marseille is waiting in only three days.
The attacking power of Nantes when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. 6 goals have been conceded by Nantes in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Lens victories, one draw and five Nantes wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Kakuta 4 goals |  I. Kpene Ganago 4 goals | F. Sotoca 3 goals |
Lens missing players
Nantes missing players
| Lens | Nantes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | 9 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 14 | 5 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 80% | 90% |
| 78% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 90% |
| 56% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 60% |
| 33% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 22% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | 60% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | 20% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 30% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 102 | 45 | 18 | Total Shots | T S | 17 | 49 | 103 |
| 37 | 15 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 14 | 30 |
| 41% | 60% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 29% | 40% |
- Lens have not yet lost a game at home.
- Lens have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nantes have scored 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 | PSG | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 24 |
| 2 | Lille | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 22 |
| 3 | Olympique Lyonnais | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 20 |
| 4 | Monaco | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
| 5 | Montpellier | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Olympique Marseille | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | Rennes | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Nice | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Lens | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 17 |
| 10 | Metz | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 11 | Angers SCO | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 13 | Brest | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 15 |
| 14 | Nantes | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 15 | Nimes | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -8 | 11 |
| 16 | Saint-Etienne | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 10 |
| 17 | Reims | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | -3 | 9 |
| 18 | Lorient | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 8 |
| 19 | Strasbourg | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -10 | 6 |
| 20 | Dijon | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -15 | 4 |