Lens know they are going on a grim visit to Lorient and their Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir. This news article has all the knowledge you require ahead of the match.
- Lorient have the fewest scored goals (18) in Ligue 1
- Lens have scored at least twice as many goals away as Lorient have scored home.
1 - 0 - 0 with 3-2. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Lens when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Lens play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
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.
Lorient form and stats
3-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Lorient so far this season. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in 15 attempts.
The fans are hoping that Lorient will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-4 away loss in the match against Nantes (placed 9th). The gifted forward Moffi bettered all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.65 out of 10. Moffi scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at Lille.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Lorient here at Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 10 games). Lorient are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Yves Allainmat - Le Moustoir in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches.
Lens form and stats
Playing away, Lens have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats in the Ligue 1 this season.
Midfield player Fofana was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.52/10. Fofana hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 65 successful passes (of 78 total).
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Olympique Marseille.The travelling fans enjoy Lens's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 11 league matches away. As for defending, Lens rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 20 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The former head-to-head match ended Lens - Lorient 2-2, earlier this season. Last ten meetings involving these participants: Lorient won three, Lens triumphed in three and we saw four draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  S. Fofana 6 goals |  A. Muinga 6 goals |  W. Saïd 5 goals |
Lorient missing players
Lens missing players
| Lorient | Lens | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 18 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 7 | 17 | 36 |
| 38 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 20 | 31 |
| 91% | 90% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 73% | 60% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 82% |
| 41% | 20% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 73% | 59% |
| 32% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 45% | 45% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 27% | 18% |
| 59% | 50% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 73% | 59% |
| 18% | 30% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 23% |
| 32% | 30% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 18% |
| 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.8 | 5.7 |
| 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5.3 | 4.4 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 11.7 | 13.2 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.4 | 5.2 |
| 24% | 27% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 64% | 35% | 32% |
| 13 | 11.1 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 12.9 | 11.2 |
| 4.5 | 3.2 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
- Lens have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lens have scored at least twice as many goals away as Lorient have scored home.
- Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Lorient have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Lorient have the fewest scored goals (18) in Ligue 1
- Lorient have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in Ligue 1
- Lorient is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 46 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 28 | 53 |
| 2 | Nice | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 18 | 42 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 40 |
| 4 | Strasbourg | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 35 |
| 5 | Rennes | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 41 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 20 | 34 |
| 6 | Montpellier | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 34 |
| 7 | Monaco | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 33 |
| 8 | Lens | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 33 |
| 9 | Nantes | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 32 |
| 10 | Lille | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 32 |
| 11 | Olympique Lyonnais | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 31 |
| 12 | Angers SCO | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 29 |
| 13 | Brest | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -5 | 28 |
| 14 | Reims | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 24 |
| 15 | Clermont | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -17 | 21 |
| 16 | Troyes | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | Bordeaux | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 53 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 29 | -19 | 20 |
| 18 | Metz | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -19 | 19 |
| 19 | Lorient | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -20 | 17 |
| 20 | Saint-Etienne | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -24 | 15 |
