The league standings shows that 7 points separate the pair of competitors in this Ligue 1 match. Lens carry both the points- and home advantage.
- Lens have won all their matches at home so far.
- Troyes have scored in all their away matches so far.
Lens and Troyes 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 3 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.
The home team returns to Stade Bollaert-Delelis after drawing with Reims (placed 14th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Openda has scored in four matches in a row. Skilful! Sotoca, a striker, was the highest rated player for the team in that fixture, collecting a rating of 7.73 (out of 10). Sotoca served one assist, hit one key pass and had 42 successful passes (of 49 total).
Before that game, the 5-2 home victory against Lorient.With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Lens is on fire here. A stunning 10 from 3 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.
Troyes form and stats
Things could have gone better for Troyes in their Ligue 1 away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.
Troyes delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Rennes (placed 9th) in their previous fixture.
Prior to that result Troyes won their away game at Monaco. The scoreline was 4-2.With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Troyes are regular goalscorers on their travels.
Head 2 Head
Lens-Troyes H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Lens seven wins, Troyes three wins, zero draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  F. Sotoca 5 goals |  L. Openda 4 goals |   F. Tardieu 3 goals |
Lens missing players
Troyes missing players
| Lens | Troyes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | 10 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 4.8 | 5.7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 1.2 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15.8 | 16.7 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 13.3 | 14.5 |
| 5.2 | 6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 7.3 | 6.2 |
| 48% | 56% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 32% | 30% |
| 11.3 | 10 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 12.3 | 12.5 |
| 4.3 | 5 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.7 | 5 |
- All of Lens's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Troyes's away-matches have had more than 4,5 goals.
- Lens have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Lens have won all their matches at home so far.
- Troyes have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Troyes have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Troyes 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 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 20 | 16 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 16 |
| 3 | Lens | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 4 | Olympique Lyonnais | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13 |
| 5 | Lille | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | Lorient | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Montpellier | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Clermont | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 9 |
| 9 | Rennes | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Monaco | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | Troyes | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Auxerre | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 13 | Nantes | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Reims | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Toulouse | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 16 | Nice | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 5 |
| 17 | Brest | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -8 | 5 |
| 18 | Strasbourg | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 19 | Angers SCO | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -11 | 2 |
| 20 | Ajaccio | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 1 |
