The season is still fairly new and the Ligue 1 table has to be read with caution. So far Lens find themselves in 5th position and Saint-Étienne are placed 3rd.
Lens and Saint-Étienne 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
As mentioned below, Lens are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Ligue 1 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Lens here at Stade Bollaert-Delelis, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
A nice win for Lens last time playing, versus Bordeaux. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Gaël Kakuta and Igniatius Ganago scoring for the victors. A strong away win before that one, visiting Lorient and winning 3-2.
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 five games. Lens has won four of these, drawn one and lost zero.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Lens at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Saint-Étienne form and stats
Four points from two away games for Saint-Étienne, meaning one draw and one victory in the Ligue 1 so far.
Home advantage was not enough for Saint-Étienne in their previous game, as they lost their Ligue 1-match, hosting Rennes, 0-3. A 2-2 draw at Nantes's stadium before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Saint-Étienne in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Saint-Étienne, two draws and three defeats.
4 goals so far away for Saint-Étienne, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Lens, two draws and four wins for Saint-Étienne. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Kakuta 3 goals |  I. Kpene Ganago 3 goals |   R. Hamouma 3 goals |
Lens missing players
Saint-Étienne missing players
| Lens | Saint-Étienne | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 40% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 75% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | 27 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 12 | 18 | 46 |
| 19 | 9 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 8 | 19 |
| 37% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 50% | 42% |
| Lens | Last season | Saint-Étienne | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 28 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 28 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 10 | 14 | ||
| 39 | 19 | Scored | S | 14 | 29 | ||
| 24 | 9 | Conceded | C | 27 | 45 | ||
| 86% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 71% | ||
| 39% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 50% | ||
| 21% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 11% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 14% | ||
| 43% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 54% | ||
| 50% | 71% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 18% | ||
| 21% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 283 | 144 | Total Shots | T S | 143 | 310 | ||
| 118 | 58 | Shots on Target | S O | 53 | 100 | ||
| 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 29% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Lille | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Saint-Étienne | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Montpellier | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | Lens | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Olympique Marseille | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Monaco | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Paris Saint Germain | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | Brest | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 10 | Nice | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 11 | Angers SCO | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
| 12 | Olympique Lyonnais | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | Bordeaux | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | Nantes | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 15 | Nimes | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 | Metz | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 17 | Lorient | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | Strasbourg | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 3 |
| 19 | Reims | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 1 |
| 20 | Dijon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 0 |