Ligue 1: A pair of sides who have performed splendidly up to now. Let's get ready for Lens - Olympique Lyonnais with this thorough guide!
- Lens have won all their matches at home so far.
- Olympique Lyonnais have the fewest points (1) away in Ligue 1
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Lens form and stats
4 victories, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what Lens have to build on here at Stade Bollaert-Delelis in the Ligue 1. Ever since the Brest game Lens has been unbeatable here at Stade Bollaert-Delelis producing four straight wins.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Brice Samba not having conceded a league goal in 199 minutes.
Lens drew their last game, 0-0 away at Nantes (placed 15th). Goalkeeper Samba got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.74 out of ten. Samba topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Lens had a home game versus Troyes which ended with a victory 1-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Lens perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Lens as a small favourite), we find 11 games. Lens has won 5 of these, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Lens are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (11 goals in 4 games). On the other hand, Lens have conceded 5 goals.
Olympique Lyonnais form and stats
The Ligue 1 season is young and Olympique Lyonnais have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far. Recent form does not give Lyon much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Lens will be a tough nut to crack.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus PSG with 0-1 on the scoreboard. It is not a good sign for Olympique Lyonnais that their goalie Lopes managed six saves in the PSG game, but still couldn't save them from a beating.
A 1-2 defeat away at Monaco before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Olympique Lyonnais playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 2 Olympique Lyonnais wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
3 goals so far away for Olympique Lyonnais, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 6. All from 3 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Olympique Lyonnais have put together a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without losing (4-2-0) when playing Lens.Top Goalscorers
  F. Sotoca 5 goals |  L. Openda 4 goals |   K. Toko Ekambi 4 goals |
Lens missing players
Olympique Lyonnais missing players
| Lens | Olympique Lyonnais | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | 11 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 50% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 38% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 62% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 5.6 | 6.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6.3 | 6.5 |
| 2.8 | 2.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 1.3 | 3.1 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 1.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.2 | 15.2 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 16.3 | 16.1 |
| 4.5 | 5.2 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 6 | 6.8 |
| 44% | 52% | 62% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 17% | 30% |
| 10.9 | 9.2 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 9.7 | 8.9 |
| 4 | 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4 |
- All of Olympique Lyonnais's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Lens have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lens have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Lens have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Olympique Lyonnais have scored away.
- Lens have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Lens have won all their matches at home so far.
- Lens have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Olympique Lyonnais have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Olympique Lyonnais have the fewest points (1) away in Ligue 1
- Olympique Lyonnais have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Olympique Lyonnais have yet to win a game away.
- Olympique Lyonnais 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 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 22 | 22 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 20 |
| 3 | Lorient | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Lens | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 5 | Monaco | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | Olympique Lyonnais | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | Lille | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | Rennes | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| 9 | Montpellier | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| 10 | Troyes | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Clermont | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 10 |
| 12 | Toulouse | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 13 | Nice | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -4 | 8 |
| 14 | Angers SCO | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 8 |
| 15 | Nantes | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | Auxerre | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 7 |
| 17 | Reims | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -7 | 6 |
| 18 | Strasbourg | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 19 | Brest | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -10 | 5 |
| 20 | Ajaccio | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 4 |
