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 7th position while the guesting Nice worry at 14th.
- Lens have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
The hosts Lens saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Ligue 1. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Olympique Marseille.
It's quite the trip for Nice when visiting Lens as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
Lens form and stats
4 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Lens have to build on here at Stade Bollaert-Delelis in the Ligue 1.
It's back home for Lens, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Olympique Marseille away with the result 1-0. Simon Banza found the net in that victory. Preceding that game was the away draw at Nantes that finished 1-1.
The Lens fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 9 league matches. Lens have conceded 14 from these games.
Nice form and stats
4 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Nice playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season.
Nice might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Bordeaux proved too strong as Nice slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Allianz Riviera. Before that, Nice travelled to Metz and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
Nice goalkeeper Walter Benítez had a great day against Bordeaux, but despite making six saves the loss could not be avoided.
Nice have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 12 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Nice as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Nice - Lens 2-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Lens victories, four draws and three Nice wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Kakuta 8 goals |   A. Gouiri 6 goals |  F. Sotoca 5 goals |
Lens missing players
Nice missing players
| Lens | Nice | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 6 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 30 | 15 | 7 | Scored | S | 7 | 12 | 22 |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 78% | 89% |
| 80% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 78% | 84% |
| 50% | 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 58% |
| 30% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 22% | 26% |
| 20% | 22% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 55% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 33% | 53% |
| 30% | 22% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 56% | 26% |
| 15% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 32% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.2 | 11.2 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.4 | 10.4 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
| 39% | 45% | 88% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 36% | 34% |
- Lens have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 33 | 42 |
| 2 | Lille | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 20 | 42 |
| 3 | Olympique Lyonnais | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 39 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 40 |
| 4 | Monaco | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 39 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 36 |
| 5 | Rennes | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 36 |
| 6 | Olympique Marseille | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 32 |
| 7 | Lens | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 31 |
| 8 | Angers SCO | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 18 | -6 | 30 |
| 9 | Bordeaux | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 29 |
| 10 | Metz | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 28 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | -2 | 28 |
| 12 | Brest | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 31 | 36 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -5 | 26 |
| 13 | Strasbourg | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 29 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 18 | -3 | 23 |
| 14 | Nice | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | -6 | 23 |
| 15 | Reims | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -3 | 21 |
| 16 | Saint-Etienne | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -10 | 19 |
| 17 | Nantes | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 18 |
| 18 | Nimes | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -25 | 15 |
| 19 | Dijon | 19 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -14 | 14 |
| 20 | Lorient | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -18 | 12 |