Top-notch Lens arrive at Lille after their 1-0-result against Olympique Lyonnais. Check out our comprehensive preview!
- Lille have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lens have not yet lost a game.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Lille form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Lille at their home stadium (Stade Pierre-Mauroy) is 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.
Lille lost their last game at Lorient (placed 3rd) after a 1-2 scoreline. The striker David was declared "man of the match" for Lille with a rating of 8.03/10. David scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and hit two key passes.
Ahead of that match, Lille won a home game hosting Toulouse (2-1).Both teams to score! That has occurred in 9 league fixtures in a row for this team. Will it happen again?
Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Lille have allowed the opposition to score 11 goals here at Stade Pierre-Mauroy.
Lens form and stats
Playing away, Lens have won 1 game, drawn 3 and suffered 0 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season. Visiting Lens has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Lens goalkeeper Brice Samba is eager to challenge this, with his 289 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Impressive finishing from Sotoca secured the home win 1-0 against Olympique Lyonnais in their previous game. Defender Haïdara was the best team player with a rating of 7.83. Haïdara hit one key pass and won 10 of 13 duels.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Nantes that ended 0-0.Lens have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 5 goals have been scored. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (2 so far).
Head 2 Head
Data for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two sides are: six wins for Lille, two draws and two wins for Lens. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being hostile, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  J. David 6 goals |   F. Sotoca 6 goals |  L. Openda 4 goals |
Lille missing players
Lens missing players
| Lille | Lens | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 18 | 11 | 7 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 78% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 44% |
| 44% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 22% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 22% |
| 6.3 | 5 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.8 | 5.7 |
| 3.6 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15.3 | 15 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13.2 | 15.1 |
| 4.8 | 6 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
| 40% | 33% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 9.6 | 11.5 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12.5 | 10.1 |
| 3.8 | 4.8 | 10 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
- All of Lille's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Lens have not yet lost a game.
- Lens have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Lens have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Lille have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Lille have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lille have scored in all their matches so far.
- Lille have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Lille 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 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 23 | 25 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 23 |
| 3 | Lorient | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Lens | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | Monaco | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Rennes | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 15 |
| 7 | Olympique Lyonnais | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 |
| 8 | Lille | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Clermont | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | -2 | 13 |
| 10 | Montpellier | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 12 |
| 11 | Troyes | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 11 |
| 12 | Toulouse | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Nice | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -5 | 8 |
| 14 | Auxerre | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 8 |
| 15 | Angers SCO | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -12 | 8 |
| 16 | Nantes | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 7 |
| 17 | Reims | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -7 | 7 |
| 18 | Brest | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -10 | 6 |
| 19 | Strasbourg | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 5 |
| 20 | Ajaccio | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 4 |
