Lens vs Olympique Lyonnais match preview

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 03.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Bollaert-Delelis (38223 seats)

Lens and Olympique Lyonnais are both riding high in the Ligue 1 with their 5th and 3rd positions respectively. Expect a great game!

Insights:
  • Lens have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Olympique Lyonnais have the most scored goals in the first half (32) 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!

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Lens form and stats

Overall Ligue 1 stats at home this season for Lens are 5-5-4 (wins-draw-losses).

Lens enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Strasbourg's place. The match ended 2-1 with Massadio Haïdara and Seko Fofana scoring. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Metz.

Lens have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Bollaert-Delelis with 21 goals in 14 league matches. Lens's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Olympique Lyonnais form and stats

Olympique Lyonnais's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Olympique Lyonnais collect 30 points from their 15 away matches in the Ligue 1. 8 victories and 6 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Montpellier game have they lost an away game, meaning Olympique has taken points from 13 away matches in a row.

Home advantage was not enough for Olympique in their previous game, as they lost their Ligue 1-match, hosting Paris Saint Germain, 2-4. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Reims that ended 1-1.

A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Olympique, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

The travelling fans enjoy Olympique Lyonnais's attacking play in away games, having scored 28 goals in 15 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (14 so far).

Head 2 Head

Lens and Olympique Lyonnais have met before this season: Olympique Lyonnais - Lens 3-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Lens three wins, zero draws and Olympique Lyonnais seven victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Olympique LyonnaisM. Depay
M. Depay
14 goals
Olympique LyonnaisK. Toko Ekambi
K. Toko Ekambi
12 goals
Olympique LyonnaisT. Kadewere
T. Kadewere
10 goals

Lens missing players

Olympique Lyonnais missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lens Olympique Lyonnais
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 14 2 Played P 3 15 30
13 5 1 Won W 1 8 17
9 5 1 Drew D 2 6 9
8 4 0 Lost L 0 1 4
46 21 3 Scored S 3 28 59
42 20 2 Conceded C 2 14 30
97% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 93%
80% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 73% 77%
57% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 47% 60%
33% 36% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 37%
17% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 27% 27%
63% 64% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 63%
23% 21% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 33%
17% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 10%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 1.7 1.8
3 0 0 Red cards R C 3 5 6
 
11.8 12.1 15.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9 14.6 15.6
3.9 3.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 5.5 5.5
40% 42% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 34% 36%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Lens have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Olympique Lyonnais have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Ligue 1
  • Olympique Lyonnais have the most scored goals in the first half (32) in Ligue 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 30 20 3 7 67 21 15 10 1 4 35 10 15 10 2 3 32 11 46 63
2 Lille 30 18 9 3 50 19 16 9 5 2 25 10 14 9 4 1 25 9 31 63
3 Olympique Lyonnais 30 17 9 4 59 30 15 9 3 3 31 16 15 8 6 1 28 14 29 60
4 Monaco 30 18 5 7 60 38 15 9 5 1 32 17 15 9 0 6 28 21 22 59
5 Lens 30 13 9 8 46 42 14 5 5 4 21 20 16 8 4 4 25 22 4 48
6 Olympique Marseille 30 12 9 9 38 36 15 7 4 4 23 18 15 5 5 5 15 18 2 45
7 Rennes 30 12 8 10 37 33 15 6 3 6 17 19 15 6 5 4 20 14 4 44
8 Montpellier 30 12 8 10 48 49 16 7 2 7 30 30 14 5 6 3 18 19 -1 44
9 Metz 30 11 9 10 36 32 15 5 4 6 17 17 15 6 5 4 19 15 4 42
10 Angers SCO 30 11 7 12 33 43 14 5 2 7 15 20 16 6 5 5 18 23 -10 40
11 Nice 30 11 6 13 39 41 15 5 2 8 19 25 15 6 4 5 20 16 -2 39
12 Reims 30 9 11 10 36 36 14 4 6 4 12 13 16 5 5 6 24 23 0 38
13 Bordeaux 30 10 6 14 32 38 15 5 4 6 13 15 15 5 2 8 19 23 -6 36
14 Brest 30 10 5 15 43 53 15 8 2 5 29 25 15 2 3 10 14 28 -10 35
15 Strasbourg 30 9 6 15 37 44 15 4 4 7 16 19 15 5 2 8 21 25 -7 33
16 Saint-Etienne 30 8 9 13 30 46 15 3 6 6 14 25 15 5 3 7 16 21 -16 33
17 Lorient 30 7 8 15 36 54 15 6 2 7 22 27 15 1 6 8 14 27 -18 29
18 Nimes 30 8 5 17 30 56 15 3 3 9 17 29 15 5 2 8 13 27 -26 29
19 Nantes 30 5 13 12 31 46 15 2 8 5 15 23 15 3 5 7 16 23 -15 28
20 Dijon 30 2 9 19 20 51 16 0 6 10 5 22 14 2 3 9 15 29 -31 15

Olympique Lyonnais:
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 Paris Saint Germain 30 20 3 7 67 21 15 10 1 4 35 10 15 10 2 3 32 11 46 63
2 Lille 30 18 9 3 50 19 16 9 5 2 25 10 14 9 4 1 25 9 31 63
3 Olympique Lyonnais 30 17 9 4 59 30 15 9 3 3 31 16 15 8 6 1 28 14 29 60
4 Monaco 30 18 5 7 60 38 15 9 5 1 32 17 15 9 0 6 28 21 22 59
5 Lens 30 13 9 8 46 42 14 5 5 4 21 20 16 8 4 4 25 22 4 48
6 Olympique Marseille 30 12 9 9 38 36 15 7 4 4 23 18 15 5 5 5 15 18 2 45
7 Rennes 30 12 8 10 37 33 15 6 3 6 17 19 15 6 5 4 20 14 4 44
8 Montpellier 30 12 8 10 48 49 16 7 2 7 30 30 14 5 6 3 18 19 -1 44
9 Metz 30 11 9 10 36 32 15 5 4 6 17 17 15 6 5 4 19 15 4 42
10 Angers SCO 30 11 7 12 33 43 14 5 2 7 15 20 16 6 5 5 18 23 -10 40
11 Nice 30 11 6 13 39 41 15 5 2 8 19 25 15 6 4 5 20 16 -2 39
12 Reims 30 9 11 10 36 36 14 4 6 4 12 13 16 5 5 6 24 23 0 38
13 Bordeaux 30 10 6 14 32 38 15 5 4 6 13 15 15 5 2 8 19 23 -6 36
14 Brest 30 10 5 15 43 53 15 8 2 5 29 25 15 2 3 10 14 28 -10 35
15 Strasbourg 30 9 6 15 37 44 15 4 4 7 16 19 15 5 2 8 21 25 -7 33
16 Saint-Etienne 30 8 9 13 30 46 15 3 6 6 14 25 15 5 3 7 16 21 -16 33
17 Lorient 30 7 8 15 36 54 15 6 2 7 22 27 15 1 6 8 14 27 -18 29
18 Nimes 30 8 5 17 30 56 15 3 3 9 17 29 15 5 2 8 13 27 -26 29
19 Nantes 30 5 13 12 31 46 15 2 8 5 15 23 15 3 5 7 16 23 -15 28
20 Dijon 30 2 9 19 20 51 16 0 6 10 5 22 14 2 3 9 15 29 -31 15

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.