It's advantage Lens so far with their 6th position in the Ligue 1 table, welcoming Olympique Marseille who are placed 7th.
- Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Lens have less rest than Olympique Marseille in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Ligue 1 game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Montpellier.
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.
Lens form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Lens at their home stadium (Stade Bollaert-Delelis) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Lens, their manager F. Haise and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
A strong away win for Lens against Montpellier the last match, as Gaël Kakuta and Cheick Doucouré were on target. Ahead of that match, Lens lost 0-1 at home to Nice.
Jean-Louis Leca loved the game against Montpellier. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-1 victory.
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 seven games. Lens has won three of these, drawn two and lost two.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Lens as they have a new game in only three days, a Ligue 1 match thankfully also at home. Rennes are visiting.
The Lens fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 10 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Lens defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Olympique Marseille form and stats
5-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Olympique Marseille in their Ligue 1 matches away. Three has not been a lucky number for Olympique as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Dijon match.
There might be some fixture complaints from Olympique as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Ligue 1 match against Monaco (1-3). Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Lens.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Olympique in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Olympique Marseille, one draw and two defeats.
After this away game Olympique Marseille return home for a Ligue 1 game against PSG. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Olympique have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 12 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Olympique have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Olympique Marseille - Lens 0-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Lens won three, Olympique Marseille won five and two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Kakuta 9 goals |   F. Thauvin 6 goals |  F. Sotoca 5 goals |
Lens missing players
Olympique Marseille missing players
| Lens | Olympique Marseille | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 32 | 15 | 7 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 27 |
| 31 | 15 | 9 | Conceded | C | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 77% | 70% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 60% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 45% |
| 27% | 30% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | 25% |
| 18% | 20% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| 55% | 60% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 50% | 65% |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 50% | 25% |
| 18% | 20% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 15% |
| 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 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 11.1 | 11.1 | 13.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.2 | 7.6 | 9.2 |
| 3.7 | 3.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.2 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
| 39% | 44% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 80% | 48% | 42% |
- 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 | Olympique Lyonnais | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 46 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 26 | 46 |
| 2 | PSG | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 37 | 45 |
| 3 | Lille | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 21 | 45 |
| 4 | Monaco | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 39 |
| 5 | Rennes | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 36 |
| 6 | Lens | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 34 |
| 7 | Olympique Marseille | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 32 |
| 8 | Bordeaux | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 32 |
| 9 | Metz | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 31 |
| 10 | Angers SCO | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | -7 | 30 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -7 | 28 |
| 12 | Nice | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | -5 | 26 |
| 13 | Brest | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 31 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 21 | -6 | 26 |
| 14 | Reims | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -2 | 24 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 19 | -3 | 24 |
| 16 | Saint-Etienne | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -15 | 19 |
| 17 | Nantes | 21 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -14 | 18 |
| 18 | Dijon | 21 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -15 | 15 |
| 19 | Lorient | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -17 | 15 |
| 20 | Nimes | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -25 | 15 |