Things are looking good for Lens so far this season, with the 2nd spot in the Ligue 1 table and looking forward to facing Strasbourg (who are sitting at 10th).
- Lens have not yet lost a game.
- Strasbourg have the fewest points (0) away in Ligue 1
These are hectic days for the team playing at home, as they were in action only four days ago in the Ligue 1. Thankfully the previous game, versus Lille, was also a home game here at Stade Bollaert-Delelis. The away team is better rested.
Lens form and stats
Lens have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the Ligue 1. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
The Lens supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Lille in Ligue 1 and win 1-0. Defender Facundo Medina got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.32/10. Medina won 8 of 10 duels.
Before that match, a win away at Bordeaux.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Lens handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, five draws and four defeats.
There will be little rest for Lens after this match as they are travelling to Olympique Marseille for a Ligue 1 game in only four days.
The Lens fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches. Lens's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 4 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Strasbourg form and stats
No Ligue 1 points yet away for Strasbourg, from their first 2 matches. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Strasbourg have lost on their last two travels.
Impressive finishing from Habib Diallo (2) and Ludovic Ajorque secured the home win 3-0 against Metz in their previous game. Strasbourg delivered their win in the match against Metz already in the first half, and could slow the play down in the final 45 minutes to ensure the glorious victory. A solid performance! Attacker Ludovic Ajorque got a player rating of 8.45 in the game. "Man of the match" Ajorque scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Olympique Lyonnais wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.Strasbourg are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, three draws and five defeats. From a total of nine matches.
A quick return to home after this game, as Strasbourg are hosting Lille in the Ligue 1 only three days away.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Strasbourg has managed 3 goals and let in 7 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Lens three wins, four draws and Strasbourg three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Fofana 3 goals |   H. Diallo 3 goals |  I. Kpene Ganago 2 goals |
Lens missing players
Strasbourg missing players
| Lens | Strasbourg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 67% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 17% |
| 67% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 6.3 | 6.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 4.5 | 3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 5.2 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.8 | 17.7 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10.5 | 11.3 |
| 6 | 7.7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| 31% | 22% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 43% | 37% |
- All of Strasbourg's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Lens have not yet lost a game.
- Lens have scored in all their matches so far.
- Lens have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Strasbourg have lost all their away matches so far.
- Strasbourg have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Strasbourg have the fewest points (0) away in Ligue 1
- 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 | PSG | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 15 |
| 2 | Lens | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Angers SCO | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Nice | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 9 |
| 6 | Clermont | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | Lorient | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | Montpellier | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Strasbourg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 7 |
| 11 | Reims | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Rennes | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 13 | Lille | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 5 |
| 14 | Bordeaux | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 15 | Troyes | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 16 | Nantes | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 17 | Monaco | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 4 |
| 18 | Brest | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 19 | Saint-Etienne | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 3 |
| 20 | Metz | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 3 |