Lens vs Nîmes Preview & Prediction 25 Apr 2021

The league table in Ligue 1 tells a story about these teams so far, with Lens leading Nîmes by 22 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:

Lens have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Nîmes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Nîmes are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Lens form and stats

6-6-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Lens so far this season. Lens haven’t lost a league-game in twelve attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Nice, 91 days ago.

The home team returns to Stade Bollaert-Delelis after being equal after 90 minutes with Brest (placed 15th) on their last time out; the Ligue 1 game ended 1-1. Ahead of that match, Lens won a home game hosting Lorient (4-1).

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Lens's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won two matches, drawn zero and lost one.

Lens have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Bollaert-Delelis with 26 goals in 16 league matches. Lens have conceded 22 in these home matches.

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Nîmes form and stats

The visitors are W5-D3-L8 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 1.

Nîmes played 1-1 against Strasbourg in their previous match. Before that, Nîmes travelled to Brest and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Nîmes when being an outsider away as they are today, we find nine matches with the visitors losing seven times, drawing one and winning one game.

The attacking power of Nîmes when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 16 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Nîmes have conceded 28 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Nîmes - Lens 1-1 played earlier this season. Lens-Nîmes H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Lens three wins, Nîmes four wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

G. Kakuta

11 goals

R. Ripart

9 goals

F. Sotoca

8 goals

Lens missing players

Nîmes missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Lens				Nîmes
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
33	16	6	Played	P	5	16	33
14	6	4	Won	W	2	5	8
11	6	1	Drew	D	1	3	7
8	4	1	Lost	L	2	8	18
52	26	11	Scored	S	4	14	32
45	22	6	Conceded	C	8	28	60
97%	94%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	80%	94%	97%
82%	75%	83%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	80%	81%	82%
55%	56%	67%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	80%	62%	48%
33%	38%	17%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	19%	27%
18%	19%	17%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	6%	12%
67%	69%	83%	BTTS	BTTS	40%	44%	45%
21%	19%	0%	Clean Sheets	C S	20%	25%	21%
15%	19%	17%	Failed to Score	F T	60%	38%	36%

0	0	0	Corners for (avg)	C F	0	0	0
0	0	0	Corners against (avg)	C A	0	0	0
2.5	2.3	2.2	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	1.2	1.6	1.7
5	0	0	Red cards	R C	1	1	5

11.6	11.9	11.8	Shots (avg)	S (	9.8	9.5	9.5
3.8	3.7	3.3	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	3.6	3.8	3.3
41%	44%	55%	Goal Efficiency	G E	22%	23%	29%

Lens			First Half	Nîmes
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
33	16	6	Played	P	5	16	33
15	7	4	Won	W	1	1	4
8	6	1	Drew	D	2	8	14
10	3	1	Lost	L	2	7	15
27	12	6	Scored	S	2	5	12
20	8	2	Conceded	C	4	16	28
82%	69%	83%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	60%	62%	67%
36%	38%	33%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	40%	50%	36%
24%	19%	17%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	20%	19%	15%
0%	0%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	3%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
27%	25%	17%	BTTS	BTTS	20%	25%	18%
48%	62%	67%	Clean Sheets	C S	40%	38%	42%
42%	44%	33%	Failed to Score	F T	80%	75%	73%

Lens			Second Half	Nîmes
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
33	16	6	Played	P	5	16	33
11	5	2	Won	W	1	5	10
12	5	2	Drew	D	2	5	9
10	6	2	Lost	L	2	6	14
25	14	5	Scored	S	2	9	20
25	14	4	Conceded	C	4	12	32
85%	88%	83%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	60%	81%	85%
39%	50%	50%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	40%	44%	52%
12%	12%	17%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	20%	6%	18%
6%	6%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	3%
3%	6%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
27%	31%	33%	BTTS	BTTS	20%	19%	24%
45%	38%	33%	Clean Sheets	C S	40%	44%	42%
42%	44%	50%	Failed to Score	F T	80%	56%	48%

Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:

Lens have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Nîmes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

		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	33	20	10	3	54	20	17	9	6	2	26	11	16	11	4	1	28	9	34	70
2	Paris Saint Germain	33	22	3	8	74	25	17	11	1	5	38	13	16	11	2	3	36	12	49	69
3	Monaco	33	21	5	7	70	38	17	11	5	1	39	17	16	10	0	6	31	21	32	68
4	Olympique Lyonnais	32	18	10	4	63	31	16	10	3	3	34	16	16	8	7	1	29	15	32	64
5	Lens	33	14	11	8	52	45	16	6	6	4	26	22	17	8	5	4	26	23	7	53
6	Olympique Marseille	33	14	10	9	46	41	17	9	4	4	28	20	16	5	6	5	18	21	5	52
7	Rennes	33	14	9	10	43	35	16	7	3	6	18	19	17	7	6	4	25	16	8	51
8	Montpellier	33	12	11	10	53	54	17	7	3	7	33	33	16	5	8	3	20	21	-1	47
9	Metz	33	11	10	12	36	38	16	5	4	7	17	19	17	6	6	5	19	19	-2	43
10	Nice	33	12	7	14	41	44	16	5	3	8	19	25	17	7	4	6	22	19	-3	43
11	Reims	33	9	14	10	38	38	16	4	8	4	14	15	17	5	6	6	24	23	0	41
12	Angers SCO	33	11	8	14	34	50	16	5	3	8	16	24	17	6	5	6	18	26	-16	41
13	Saint-Étienne	33	10	9	14	38	50	16	4	6	6	18	26	17	6	3	8	20	24	-12	39
14	Strasbourg	33	10	7	16	42	51	16	4	4	8	17	23	17	6	3	8	25	28	-9	37
15	Brest	33	10	7	16	45	56	17	8	4	5	31	27	16	2	3	11	14	29	-11	37
16	Bordeaux	33	10	6	17	35	48	17	5	4	8	15	21	16	5	2	9	20	27	-13	36
17	Lorient	33	8	8	17	40	61	16	7	2	7	23	27	17	1	6	10	17	34	-21	32
18	Nîmes	33	8	7	18	32	60	17	3	4	10	18	32	16	5	3	8	14	28	-28	31
19	Nantes	32	5	13	14	32	49	16	2	8	6	16	25	16	3	5	8	16	24	-17	28
20	Dijon	33	3	9	21	22	56	17	1	6	10	7	22	16	2	3	11	15	34	-34	18

Nîmes:

Nimes Olympique

Table

		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	33	20	10	3	54	20	17	9	6	2	26	11	16	11	4	1	28	9	34	70
2	Paris Saint Germain	33	22	3	8	74	25	17	11	1	5	38	13	16	11	2	3	36	12	49	69
3	Monaco	33	21	5	7	70	38	17	11	5	1	39	17	16	10	0	6	31	21	32	68
4	Olympique Lyonnais	32	18	10	4	63	31	16	10	3	3	34	16	16	8	7	1	29	15	32	64
5	Lens	33	14	11	8	52	45	16	6	6	4	26	22	17	8	5	4	26	23	7	53
6	Olympique Marseille	33	14	10	9	46	41	17	9	4	4	28	20	16	5	6	5	18	21	5	52
7	Rennes	33	14	9	10	43	35	16	7	3	6	18	19	17	7	6	4	25	16	8	51
8	Montpellier	33	12	11	10	53	54	17	7	3	7	33	33	16	5	8	3	20	21	-1	47
9	Metz	33	11	10	12	36	38	16	5	4	7	17	19	17	6	6	5	19	19	-2	43
10	Nice	33	12	7	14	41	44	16	5	3	8	19	25	17	7	4	6	22	19	-3	43
11	Reims	33	9	14	10	38	38	16	4	8	4	14	15	17	5	6	6	24	23	0	41
12	Angers SCO	33	11	8	14	34	50	16	5	3	8	16	24	17	6	5	6	18	26	-16	41
13	Saint-Étienne	33	10	9	14	38	50	16	4	6	6	18	26	17	6	3	8	20	24	-12	39
14	Strasbourg	33	10	7	16	42	51	16	4	4	8	17	23	17	6	3	8	25	28	-9	37
15	Brest	33	10	7	16	45	56	17	8	4	5	31	27	16	2	3	11	14	29	-11	37
16	Bordeaux	33	10	6	17	35	48	17	5	4	8	15	21	16	5	2	9	20	27	-13	36
17	Lorient	33	8	8	17	40	61	16	7	2	7	23	27	17	1	6	10	17	34	-21	32
18	Nîmes	33	8	7	18	32	60	17	3	4	10	18	32	16	5	3	8	14	28	-28	31
19	Nantes	32	5	13	14	32	49	16	2	8	6	16	25	16	3	5	8	16	24	-17	28
20	Dijon	33	3	9	21	22	56	17	1	6	10	7	22	16	2	3	11	15	34	-34	18