Evenly matched teams: Lens vs Rennes match preview

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sun 20.Aug
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Bollaert-Delelis (38223 seats)

After the first set of fixtures it's Lens - Rennes 0-3 in points. Who will carry the day in this second Ligue 1 fixture of the season?

Lens and Rennes 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

Last season, Lens's league stats were 25 wins, 9 draws and 4 losses, providing 2nd spot in the Ligue 1. In these 38 matches they scored {68 goals} and let in 29. Appearing as the home team in the former season Lens delivered 17-1-1 (win-draw-lost) with {41 goals} and 13 conceded.

In their previous game, the manager Haise led his Lens to a defeat away at Brest. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade Bollaert-Delelis. A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Brest) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-3.

In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Auxerre.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Lens have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 2 and lost 1.

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Rennes form and stats

Let's have a look at how Rennes performed last season in the Ligue 1: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 21 victories, 5 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 69 and conceded {39 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 5 and lost 8 with 26/25 goals scored/conceded.

Impressive finishing from Salah (2), Kalimuendo, Gouiri and Doku secured the home win 5-1 against Metz in their previous game. As mentioned above, Rennes was the only team on the pitch versus Metz in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. Attacker Doku got a player rating of 9.15 in the game. "Man of the match" Doku scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 9 of 9 times and had 35 successful passes (of 38 total).

Prior to that result Rennes won their away game at Brest. The scoreline was 2-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Rennes playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 1 Rennes win, 0 draws and 6 defeats.

Head 2 Head

Lens have not lost in the last 6 games (4-2-0) versus Rennes.

Top Goalscorers

RennesI. Salah
I. Salah
2 goals
LensD. Machado Mena
D. Machado Mena
1 goals
LensF. Sotoca
F. Sotoca
1 goals

Lens missing players

Rennes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lens Rennes
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 5
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
8 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 5
6 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
3 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 29
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 14
67% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 36%
 
15 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 9
8 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 3
Lens Last season Rennes
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
25 17   Won W   6 21
9 1   Drew D   5 5
4 1   Lost L   8 12
68 41   Scored S   26 69
29 13   Conceded C   25 39
92% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 97%
68% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   84% 82%
55% 68%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 63%
26% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 29%
8% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 11%
55% 53%   BTTS BTTS   74% 55%
39% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   21% 34%
13% 5%   Failed to Score F T   11% 13%
 
5.4 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 4.6
4.2 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.8 4.1
1.7 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.6
3 1   Red cards R C   3 6
 
14.2 14   Shots (avg) S (   13.5 14.2
4.9 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 5.2
37% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 35%
 
10.6 9.7   Shots against (avg) S A   12.1 10.3
3.7 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.9 3.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rennes 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Monaco 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
3 Brest 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Olympique Marseille 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Toulouse 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Strasbourg 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Montpellier 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Le Havre 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Nice 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Lille 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 PSG 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Lorient 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Lens 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Reims 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Olympique Lyonnais 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Nantes 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Clermont 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Metz 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0
Last season 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 38 27 4 7 89 40 19 13 2 4 45 25 19 14 2 3 44 15 49 85
2 Lens 38 25 9 4 68 29 19 17 1 1 41 13 19 8 8 3 27 16 39 84
3 Olympique Marseille 38 22 7 9 67 40 19 10 4 5 35 24 19 12 3 4 32 16 27 73
4 Rennes 38 21 5 12 69 39 19 15 0 4 43 14 19 6 5 8 26 25 30 68
5 Lille 38 19 10 9 65 44 19 13 4 2 40 25 19 6 6 7 25 19 21 67
6 Monaco 38 19 8 11 70 58 19 9 3 7 37 33 19 10 5 4 33 25 12 65
7 Olympique Lyonnais 38 18 8 12 65 47 19 10 5 4 35 19 19 8 3 8 30 28 18 62
8 Clermont 38 17 8 13 45 49 19 9 3 7 20 28 19 8 5 6 25 21 -4 59
9 Nice 38 15 13 10 48 37 19 7 7 5 24 18 19 8 6 5 24 19 11 58
10 Lorient 38 15 10 13 52 53 19 9 4 6 26 21 19 6 6 7 26 32 -1 55
11 Reims 38 12 15 11 45 45 19 8 6 5 28 23 19 4 9 6 17 22 0 51
12 Montpellier 38 15 5 18 65 62 19 7 3 9 29 29 19 8 2 9 36 33 3 50
13 Toulouse 38 13 9 16 51 57 19 6 6 7 27 27 19 7 3 9 24 30 -6 48
14 Brest 38 11 11 16 44 54 19 7 5 7 24 26 19 4 6 9 20 28 -10 44
15 Strasbourg 38 9 13 16 51 59 19 5 7 7 25 26 19 4 6 9 26 33 -8 40
16 Nantes 38 7 15 16 37 55 19 5 8 6 20 26 19 2 7 10 17 29 -18 36
17 Auxerre 38 8 11 19 35 63 19 5 7 7 18 28 19 3 4 12 17 35 -28 35
18 Ajaccio 38 7 5 26 23 74 19 4 3 12 10 30 19 3 2 14 13 44 -51 26
19 Troyes 38 4 12 22 45 81 19 1 11 7 19 30 19 3 1 15 26 51 -36 24
20 Angers SCO 38 4 6 28 33 81 19 3 3 13 20 36 19 1 3 15 13 45 -48 18

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rennes 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Monaco 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
3 Brest 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Olympique Marseille 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Toulouse 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Strasbourg 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Montpellier 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Le Havre 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
9 Nice 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Lille 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
11 PSG 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Lorient 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
13 Lens 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Reims 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Olympique Lyonnais 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
16 Nantes 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Clermont 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Metz 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 0

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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.