With their 10 point advantage in the league table, Lens fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Strasbourg.
- Lens have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Strasbourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Lens form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Lens at their home stadium (Stade Bollaert-Delelis) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
No payout for Lens in their previous match, an away game at Olympique Lyonnais that ended in defeat 2-3. Ahead of that match, Lens won a home game hosting Brest (2-1).
Lens have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Bollaert-Delelis with 15 goals in 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Lens defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Strasbourg form and stats
Strasbourg have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 3-0-6 (9 played).
Habib Diallo, Ludovic Ajorque (2), Majeed Waris and Kenny Lala scored in Strasbourg's previous match, the home game against Nîmes that ended 5-0. A 0-4 defeat away at Paris Saint Germain before that.
As you can tell from the results above, Strasbourg was very dominant against Nîmes, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Habib Diallo, Ludovic Ajorque (2), Majeed Waris and Kenny Lala providing the goals.
The travelling fans enjoy Strasbourg's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 9 league matches away. The Strasbourg manager T. Laurey has some worries about the defense as 18 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Lens-Strasbourg H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Lens two wins, Strasbourg two wins, four draws. five of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  L. Ajorque 8 goals |   G. Kakuta 7 goals |  H. Diallo 6 goals |
Lens missing players
Strasbourg missing players
| Lens | Strasbourg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 28 | 15 | 7 | Scored | S | 8 | 16 | 27 |
| 27 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 18 | 32 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 59% | 62% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 78% | 61% |
| 35% | 38% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 56% | 44% |
| 24% | 25% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 22% | 22% |
| 59% | 75% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | 39% |
| 29% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 33% | 28% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 33% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.2 | 11.5 | 8.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 9.1 | 10.9 |
| 4 | 3.9 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 41% | 48% | 88% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 46% | 42% |
- All of Strasbourg's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Lens have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lens have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Strasbourg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Strasbourg 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 | Olympique Lyonnais | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 21 | 39 |
| 2 | Paris Saint Germain | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 29 | 36 |
| 3 | Lille | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 36 |
| 4 | Rennes | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 32 |
| 5 | Olympique Marseille | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 31 |
| 6 | Monaco | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Angers SCO | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | -2 | 30 |
| 8 | Lens | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Montpellier | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | -1 | 27 |
| 10 | Brest | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 | Metz | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 24 |
| 12 | Bordeaux | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 23 |
| 13 | Nice | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | -3 | 22 |
| 14 | Saint-Étienne | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -7 | 19 |
| 15 | Reims | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | -4 | 18 |
| 16 | Strasbourg | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 18 | -5 | 17 |
| 17 | Nantes | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -12 | 16 |
| 18 | Dijon | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -14 | 13 |
| 19 | Lorient | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -17 | 12 |
| 20 | Nîmes | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -25 | 12 |