Moving closer to the top clubs is the target when these mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be targeting to strenghten their league table standing, Lens in 8th and Olympique Lyonnais in 7th spot.
- Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Lens have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Olympique Lyonnais have scored away.
This looks to be an exciting fixture with lots of action and bustle as both contenders are well renewed since they last played a game. Game on!
Lens form and stats
6 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Lens have to build on here at Stade Bollaert-Delelis in the Ligue 1.
Lens's last game was hosting Bordeaux (placed 20th) and winning 3-2. Medina was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.42 out of 10. The defender Medina won 2 of 3 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Lens lost 0-2 at Lorient's place.Lens have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Bollaert-Delelis with 22 goals in 12 league matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
Olympique Lyonnais form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.
Olympique Lyonnais are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the game against Nice (placed 3rd). Midfielder Paquetá was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.22. Paquetá hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times and had 53 successful passes (of 59 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Monaco's place.The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Lyon's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 17 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The latest head-to-head game ended Olympique Lyonnais - Lens 2-1, earlier this season. Stats for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Lens, one draw and seven wins for Olympique Lyonnais. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Dembélé 8 goals |   S. Fofana 7 goals |  A. Muinga 7 goals |
Lens missing players
Olympique Lyonnais missing players
| Lens | Olympique Lyonnais | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 39 | 22 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 33 |
| 35 | 13 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 17 | 30 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 91% | 96% |
| 83% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 64% | 79% |
| 58% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 45% | 46% |
| 46% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 25% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 12% |
| 58% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 45% | 62% |
| 21% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 75% | 36% | 29% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 27% | 12% |
| 5.7 | 6.6 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| 4.2 | 3.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.2 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 12.8 | 14.2 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 13.4 | 13.9 |
| 5.1 | 6.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| 32% | 30% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 23% | 30% |
| 11 | 9.5 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 14.7 | 12.3 |
| 3.4 | 3.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.8 | 4.9 |
- Lens have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Olympique Lyonnais have scored 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 | Paris Saint Germain | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 52 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 33 | 59 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 46 |
| 3 | Nice | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 42 |
| 4 | Strasbourg | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 41 |
| 5 | Rennes | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 37 |
| 6 | Monaco | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 37 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 37 |
| 8 | Lens | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 4 | 36 |
| 9 | Nantes | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 35 |
| 10 | Lille | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 19 | -3 | 35 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 34 |
| 12 | Brest | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -3 | 31 |
| 13 | Angers SCO | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 20 | -5 | 29 |
| 14 | Reims | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -1 | 27 |
| 15 | Clermont | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -17 | 24 |
| 16 | Troyes | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -15 | 21 |
| 17 | Lorient | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -18 | 21 |
| 18 | Saint-Etienne | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 21 | -21 | 21 |
| 19 | Metz | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -20 | 20 |
| 20 | Bordeaux | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 61 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 37 | -25 | 20 |
