A vital fixture in Ligue 1 as both participants are challenging for the top league positions. With Lens in 6th place and Olympique Marseille at 3rd, this is almost guaranteed to be a thriling fight. Read on to learn more!
- Lens have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Olympique Marseille have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Ligue 1
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 and Olympique Marseille should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Lens form and stats
When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Lens have managed 5 wins, 4 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 10 games.
It's back home for Lens, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Saint-Etienne away with the result 2-1. Fofana and Sotoca found the net in that victory. Midfield player Doucouré got a match rating of 7.73 in that game, the max score being 10. Doucouré hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 68 successful passes (of 75 total).
Ahead of that match, Lens won a home game hosting Rennes (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 ten games. Lens has won five of these, drawn three and lost two.
Lens have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Bollaert-Delelis with 19 goals in 10 league matches. Lens have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Olympique Marseille form and stats
Olympique Marseille have an excellent away record in the Ligue 1 so far with 6-2-1 from 9 games. Olympique has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Nice.
Olympique Marseille's last game was the home draw against Lille (1-1). Payet, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.15. Payet served one assist, hit six key passes and had 69 successful passes (of 81 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Bordeaux at their stadium, the result 1-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Olympique Marseille playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were four Olympique Marseille wins, five draws and one defeat.
The visiting Olympique Marseille have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 9 games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (5 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Lens and Olympique Marseille have played each other previously this season: Olympique Marseille - Lens 2-3. Head-to-head statistics (for the prior ten meetings): Lens won three games, two matches ended with a tie and Olympique Marseille managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  D. Payet 7 goals |   S. Fofana 6 goals |  A. Muinga 6 goals |
Lens missing players
Olympique Marseille missing players
| Lens | Olympique Marseille | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 36 | 19 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 28 |
| 29 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 85% |
| 81% | 70% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 56% | 65% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 11% | 30% |
| 48% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 25% |
| 19% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 15% |
| 62% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 22% | 45% |
| 24% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 67% | 50% |
| 14% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 20% |
| 5.6 | 6.5 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5 | 5.8 |
| 4.4 | 3.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 13.4 | 15.2 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 12.2 | 13.7 |
| 5.3 | 6.3 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 32% | 30% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 29% | 33% |
| 11.2 | 9.4 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.5 | 8.4 | 9.2 |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2 | 3.1 |
- Lens have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Olympique Marseille have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Olympique Marseille have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Ligue 1
- Olympique Marseille have the most clean sheets (10) in Ligue 1
- Olympique Marseille have the most clean sheets (6) away in Ligue 1
- Olympique Marseille have the most matches under the total-line (13) 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 | PSG | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 24 | 50 |
| 2 | Nice | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 16 | 39 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 37 |
| 4 | Rennes | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 21 | 34 |
| 5 | Monaco | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 33 |
| 6 | Lens | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 33 |
| 7 | Strasbourg | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 32 |
| 8 | Montpellier | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 31 |
| 9 | Nantes | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 29 |
| 10 | Lille | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 29 |
| 11 | Olympique Lyonnais | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 28 |
| 12 | Angers SCO | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 26 |
| 13 | Brest | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -7 | 25 |
| 14 | Reims | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 24 |
| 15 | Metz | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -17 | 19 |
| 16 | Clermont | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -16 | 18 |
| 17 | Troyes | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 17 |
| 18 | Lorient | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 17 |
| 19 | Bordeaux | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 29 | -20 | 17 |
| 20 | Saint-Etienne | 20 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -24 | 12 |
