Lens have played well so far this season, being 2nd place in the table. Toulouse have an outlook both direction in the table from their 10th place.
- Lens have the most points (18) at home in Ligue 1
- Lens have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Toulouse have scored away.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
This should be an exciting game with lots of action and excitement as both teams are well recovered since they last played a game. Bring it on!
Lens form and stats
Lens have been outstanding at home so far in the Ligue 1 with 6 wins, 0 draws and only 0 losses. Lens has won so many consecutive home games (six in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stade Bollaert-Delelis. We remember; it was Brest.
Lens are confident in defense, having played 226 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Lens enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Olympique Marseille's place. The match ended 1-0 with da Costa scoring. The victory against Olympique Marseille came after da Costa's winning goal. The Lens manager Haise was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 56th minute. Midfielder Fofana was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.61 (out of ten) in that game. Fofana hit three key passes and had 40 successful passes (of 44 total).
Ahead of that match, Lens won a home game hosting Montpellier (1-0).One fact: This club have finished 6 league rounds in a row with only one (or none) team scoring.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (13 in 6 games), Lens's attacking play is working. Lens have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Toulouse form and stats
Playing away, Toulouse have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season.
Toulouse delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Strasbourg (placed 16th) in their previous fixture. It looked so good for Toulouse vs Strasbourg, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. Defender Rouault was the best team player with a rating of 8.12. Rouault scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 7 of 9 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-2 vs Angers SCO.Goals from both teams? This side's fresh statistics suggest that, having played 5 league matches in a row with one or more goals from each team.
Toulouse are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Toulouse have conceded 8 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Lens four wins, three draws and Toulouse three victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), ten games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Sotoca 6 goals |  L. Openda 4 goals |  W. Saïd 3 goals |
Lens missing players
Toulouse missing players
| Lens | Toulouse | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 19 | 13 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 19 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 42% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 67% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 42% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 42% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 67% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 5.6 | 6 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.8 | 4.7 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.6 | 6.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14.7 | 16.7 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 10.6 | 12.2 |
| 4.7 | 5.7 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
| 34% | 38% | 19% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 33% | 36% |
| 10.4 | 8.2 | 6.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 14 | 14.5 |
| 3.6 | 3.2 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
- All of Toulouse'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 at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Lens have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Toulouse have scored away.
- Lens have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Lens have the most clean sheets (3) at home in Ligue 1
- Lens have the most points (18) at home in Ligue 1
- Lens have won all their matches at home so far.
- Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Toulouse have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Toulouse 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 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 27 | 32 |
| 2 | Lens | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 27 |
| 3 | Lorient | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Rennes | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 24 |
| 5 | Olympique Marseille | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 6 | Lille | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| 7 | Monaco | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Olympique Lyonnais | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 17 |
| 9 | Clermont | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -3 | 17 |
| 10 | Toulouse | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 16 |
| 11 | Troyes | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -3 | 13 |
| 12 | Nice | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 13 |
| 13 | Montpellier | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 12 |
| 14 | Reims | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 12 |
| 15 | Nantes | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 11 |
| 16 | Strasbourg | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -7 | 9 |
| 17 | Brest | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -12 | 9 |
| 18 | Auxerre | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -13 | 9 |
| 19 | Ajaccio | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -11 | 8 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -15 | 8 |
