Ligue 1: A pair of teams who have performed splendidly up to now. Get smart on Lens - Paris Saint Germain with this complete preview!
- Lens have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals (45) in Ligue 1
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Lens and Paris Saint Germain.
Lens form and stats
Lens have been very solid at home in the Ligue 1 so far, with 24 points collected from 8 matches (8-0-0). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table. After failing to beat Brest here at Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with eight wins in a row.
An away draw last time out for Lens, facing Nice in a game that ended 0-0. The goalie Samba was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.23 out of ten. Samba topped it up with a clean sheet.
In the game before, an away victory match versus Angers SCO with a 2-1 scoreline.It should be considered that a peek at the 10 most recent league fixtures shows that 8 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
Lens can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 18 times. From these home matches, Lens have conceded only 6 goals.
Paris Saint Germain form and stats
The strength of Paris Saint Germain on their travels this season is incredible with 22 points collected from 8 Ligue 1 away games. Paris Saint Germain has 7-1-0 on the road, with 24 goals scored and 2 conceded. Paris Saint Germain have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of six victories in a row regardless of arena.
PSG had fun at their own home (Stade Bollaert-Delelis) last time out, beating Strasbourg 2-1. Marquinhos and Mbappé scored. Paris Saint Germain made it very difficult for themselves in their last game, Neymar receiving a red card in the 62nd minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Paris Saint Germain won the match 2-1! Ruiz got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, top player of the team. Ruiz had 69 successful passes (of 75 total).
That result followed a home victory 5-0 versus Auxerre.Will there be lots of goals? This team have played 5 consecutive league fixtures all ending with three or more goals (over 2.5 goals).
The Paris Saint Germain defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average ({2 goals} in 8 games). It's worth mentioning that 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the preceeding ten meetings between these two teams are: one win for Lens, four draws and five wins for Paris Saint Germain. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games. The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Mbappé Lottin 13 goals |  N. da Silva Santos Junior 11 goals |   L. Openda 7 goals |
Lens missing players
Paris Saint Germain missing players
| Lens | Paris Saint Germain | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 11 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | 18 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 24 | 45 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 81% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 50% | 62% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 44% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 69% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 31% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 25% | 31% |
| 44% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 25% | 44% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 75% | 56% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 5.5 | 5.9 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 6.5 | 6.2 |
| 3.7 | 3.6 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3 | 3.2 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14.2 | 16 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 16.8 | 16.6 |
| 4.7 | 5.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 10 | 8.1 | 7.7 |
| 35% | 40% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 70% | 37% | 37% |
| 9.8 | 8.1 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 12.6 | 11.1 |
| 3.5 | 2.9 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
- 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 in all their home matches so far.
- Lens have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Ligue 1
- Lens have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Ligue 1
- Lens have the most points (24) at home in Ligue 1
- Lens have won all their matches at home so far.
- Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Paris Saint Germain have not yet lost a game.
- Paris Saint Germain have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Paris Saint Germain have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Paris Saint Germain have the fewest conceded goals (2) away in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2) in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain have the most clean sheets (6) away in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain have the most clean sheets (9) in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain have the most points (22) away in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals (24) away in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals (45) in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain have the the best goal difference (+22) away in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain have the the best goal difference (+35) in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
- Paris Saint Germain is in the best form (6-0-0) 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 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 35 | 44 |
| 2 | Lens | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 37 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 33 |
| 4 | Rennes | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 31 |
| 5 | Monaco | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Lille | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 29 |
| 7 | Lorient | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 28 |
| 8 | Olympique Lyonnais | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 24 |
| 9 | Nice | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 21 |
| 10 | Reims | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 20 |
| 11 | Clermont | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | -6 | 19 |
| 12 | Montpellier | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 16 | -3 | 17 |
| 13 | Toulouse | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -12 | 16 |
| 14 | Troyes | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -5 | 15 |
| 15 | Ajaccio | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -9 | 15 |
| 16 | Nantes | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -7 | 14 |
| 17 | Brest | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -14 | 13 |
| 18 | Auxerre | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -18 | 13 |
| 19 | Strasbourg | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | -10 | 11 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -20 | 8 |
