Lens manager F. Haise looking for three points in Reims showdown

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Fri 01.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Bollaert-Delelis (38223 seats)

The home team, Lens, should be odds-on favourites in this match, but Reims have exhibited both capability and bravery. Learn more about the game!

Insights:
  • Lens have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

Lens and Reims 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.

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Lens form and stats

When playing at home in the Ligue 1, Lens have managed 1 win, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.

A strong away win for Lens against Olympique Marseille the last match, as Florian Sotoca, Przemysław Frankowski and Wesley Saïd were on target. Manager F. Haise felt very clever after Wesley Saïd scored the winning goal against Olympique Marseille, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 63rd minute. The attacker Florian Sotoca was announced as "man of the match" for Lens with a rating of 8.61/10. Sotoca scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 37 successful passes (of 43 total).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Strasbourg (0-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Lens handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, five draws and five defeats.

The Lens fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. On the other hand, Lens have conceded 5 goals.

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Reims form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Reims are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the Ligue 1 against Nantes (placed 10th). Midfield player Alexis Flips was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.83/10. Flips signed up for two assists and hit three key passes.

Prior to that match, the Reims manager Ó. García Junyent faced defeat when travelling to Lille and losing 1-2.

Reims are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, five draws and three defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Reims have scored 4 goals in 4 league games away. It's not easy to score on Reims as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Lens victories, four draws and three Reims wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LensS. Fofana
S. Fofana
3 goals
ReimsH. Ekitike
H. Ekitike
3 goals
LensF. Sotoca
F. Sotoca
2 goals

Lens missing players

Reims missing players

Lens Reims
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 1 4 8
4 1 1 Won W 0 1 2
3 2 0 Drew D 1 2 4
1 1 1 Lost L 0 1 2
14 5 1 Scored S 0 4 10
10 5 1 Conceded C 0 3 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 75% 75%
75% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 75% 75%
50% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 38%
50% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
62% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
25% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 38%
12% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 25% 38%
 
6.5 6.5 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 5 4.9
4.4 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.2 5
1.6 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.5 1.5
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.8 16.8 13 Shots (avg) S ( 5 9 11.1
5.6 6.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 4.2
31% 19% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 29%
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Lens have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • 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 PSG 8 8 0 0 22 7 4 4 0 0 12 3 4 4 0 0 10 4 15 24
2 Lens 8 4 3 1 14 10 4 1 2 1 5 5 4 3 1 0 9 5 4 15
3 Olympique Marseille 7 4 2 1 14 8 4 2 1 1 9 6 3 2 1 0 5 2 6 14
4 Nice 7 4 2 1 15 3 3 1 2 0 6 2 4 3 0 1 9 1 12 13
5 Angers SCO 8 3 4 1 11 7 4 2 1 1 6 4 4 1 3 0 5 3 4 13
6 Lorient 8 3 4 1 9 8 3 3 0 0 4 1 5 0 4 1 5 7 1 13
7 Olympique Lyonnais 8 3 3 2 13 12 5 2 3 0 11 7 3 1 0 2 2 5 1 12
8 Monaco 8 3 2 3 11 11 4 1 1 2 4 6 4 2 1 1 7 5 0 11
9 Lille 8 3 2 3 11 14 3 2 0 1 4 6 5 1 2 2 7 8 -3 11
10 Nantes 8 3 1 4 11 10 4 2 0 2 5 4 4 1 1 2 6 6 1 10
11 Reims 8 2 4 2 10 9 4 1 2 1 6 6 4 1 2 1 4 3 1 10
12 Strasbourg 8 3 1 4 12 13 5 2 1 2 8 6 3 1 0 2 4 7 -1 10
13 Rennes 8 2 3 3 10 9 4 2 1 1 8 3 4 0 2 2 2 6 1 9
14 Montpellier 8 2 3 3 15 15 4 2 1 1 10 7 4 0 2 2 5 8 0 9
15 Clermont 8 2 3 3 11 19 4 1 2 1 6 6 4 1 1 2 5 13 -8 9
16 Bordeaux 8 1 4 3 11 17 4 0 2 2 4 7 4 1 2 1 7 10 -6 7
17 Troyes 8 1 3 4 8 12 4 0 2 2 4 6 4 1 1 2 4 6 -4 6
18 Metz 8 1 3 4 9 16 4 0 2 2 5 8 4 1 1 2 4 8 -7 6
19 Brest 8 0 4 4 9 16 4 0 2 2 5 8 4 0 2 2 4 8 -7 4
20 Saint-Etienne 8 0 3 5 7 17 4 0 2 2 3 7 4 0 1 3 4 10 -10 3

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Read more about Ligue 1

Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.