A very important game in Ligue 1 as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Lens in 5th position and Paris Saint Germain placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to learn more!
- Lens have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals (35) 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 collected 15 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 4-3-1.
The home team returns to Stade Bollaert-Delelis after being equal after 90 minutes with Clermont (placed 17th) on their last time out; the Ligue 1 game ended 2-2. Midfielder Seko Fofana was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.53 (out of ten) in that game. Fofana scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 24 successful passes (of 27 total).
Before that, Lens drew at home versus Angers SCO.The Lens manager F. Haise has got the team scoring with 17 from 8 home games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 10 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 8 goals have been conceded.
Paris Saint Germain form and stats
Paris Saint Germain's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Paris Saint Germain collect 19 points from their 8 away matches in the Ligue 1. 6 victories and 1 draw have created these points (and only 1 defeat). It could be a hat trick of victories away for PSG, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Paris Saint Germain's last game was the home draw against Nice (0-0). Attacker Lionel Messi got a player rating of 7.85 in the game. "Man of the match" Messi hit four key passes and had 52 successful passes (of 61 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Saint-Etienne at their stadium, the result 3-1.A quick return to home after this game, as PSG are hosting Club Brugge in the Champions League only three days away.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, PSG are regular goalscorers on their travels. Paris Saint Germain have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the prior ten meetings between these two participants are: one win for Lens, three draws and six wins for Paris Saint Germain. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Mbappé Lottin 7 goals |   S. Fofana 4 goals |  W. Saïd 4 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 | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | 17 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 16 | 35 |
| 22 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 88% | 88% |
| 81% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 88% | 88% |
| 62% | 62% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 62% | 69% |
| 56% | 62% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 38% | 38% |
| 19% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 19% |
| 56% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 62% | 62% |
| 25% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 31% |
| 19% | 12% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 25% | 19% |
| 5.4 | 5.6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 4.2 | 3.5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
| 2.1 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14.1 | 15.4 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13.5 | 14.2 |
| 5.7 | 6.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
| 32% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 41% | 43% |
| 11.2 | 9.4 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 12.1 | 11.1 |
| 3.1 | 2.6 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
- Lens have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Paris Saint Germain have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Paris Saint Germain have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain have the most points (19) away in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain have the most points from losing position (15) in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals (16) away in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals (35) in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain have the most scored goals in the second half (19) in Ligue 1
- Paris Saint Germain have the the best goal difference (+20) 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 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 20 | 41 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 29 |
| 3 | Rennes | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 28 |
| 4 | Nice | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 5 | Lens | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Strasbourg | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 23 |
| 7 | Monaco | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Angers SCO | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 22 |
| 9 | Montpellier | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 22 |
| 10 | Olympique Lyonnais | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 22 |
| 11 | Brest | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 21 |
| 12 | Lille | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -2 | 21 |
| 13 | Nantes | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 19 |
| 14 | Reims | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 19 |
| 15 | Troyes | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 16 |
| 16 | Lorient | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -12 | 15 |
| 17 | Clermont | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -12 | 14 |
| 18 | Bordeaux | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 22 | -13 | 13 |
| 19 | Metz | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -15 | 12 |
| 20 | Saint-Etienne | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -15 | 12 |