Lorient have some points to catch up on from their 13th position, and the job starts vs Lens. Read more!
- Lorient have the most conceded goals (20) in Ligue 1
- Lens have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Lorient and Lens 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.
Lorient form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Lorient at their home stadium (Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
No payout for Lorient in their previous match, an away game at Reims that ended in defeat 0-1. Touré, defender, was given a rating of 7.7/10 in that game, top of the team. Touré hit one key pass and won 6 of 7 duels.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Rennes.The Lorient fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 8 goals have been conceded.
Lens form and stats
As the visiting team in Ligue 1 matches, Lens have produced an overall stat of 1-1-3 so far.
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 225 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
The followers enjoyed Lens's previous fixture versus Nantes (placed 7th), a 4-0 win played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Lens was very dominant against Nantes, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Medina, Aynaoui and Sotoca (2) providing the goals. Attacker Sotoca got a player rating of 9.34 in the game. "Man of the match" Sotoca scored two goals, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Preceding that, 1-1 at home against PSV in the Champions League.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Lens manager Haise as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against PSV.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Lens as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. As for defending, Lens rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Lorient-Lens H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Lorient two wins, Lens five wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  R. Faivre 3 goals |  E. Kroupi 3 goals |   D. Machado Mena 3 goals |
Lorient missing players
Lens missing players
| Lorient | Lens | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 20 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 13 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 70% |
| 70% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 50% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 60% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 30% |
| 40% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 4.1 | 5.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.2 | 6.2 |
| 6.9 | 8.4 | 16 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 4.2 | 3.2 |
| 1.1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.4 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.5 | 9.4 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.8 | 15.2 |
| 3.4 | 3.6 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.4 | 5 |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 24% | 24% |
| 17 | 18.6 | 20 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 13.2 | 10.4 |
| 6.6 | 7.2 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 5.6 | 4.1 |
- All of Lorient's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Lens have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Lens have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lens have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Lorient have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Lorient have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Lorient have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Lens have scored away.
- Lorient have the most conceded goals (20) in Ligue 1
- Lorient have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Lorient haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nice | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 22 |
| 2 | Monaco | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 20 |
| 3 | PSG | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 18 |
| 4 | Reims | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | Lille | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Brest | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Nantes | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 14 |
| 8 | Olympique Marseille | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Lens | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Rennes | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 11 | Toulouse | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 12 | Le Havre | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 13 | Lorient | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
| 14 | Strasbourg | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -6 | 10 |
| 15 | Montpellier | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 16 | Metz | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 8 |
| 17 | Clermont | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -7 | 5 |
| 18 | Olympique Lyonnais | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -11 | 3 |
