This has the potential to be an entertaining match as Olympique Lyonnais have their expected home advantage, while Lens lead them by 14 points in the Ligue 1 standings.
- Olympique Lyonnais have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Lens have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Ligue 1
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Lyon and Lens.
Olympique Lyonnais form and stats
The Ligue 1 stats at home this season for Olympique Lyonnais are 5-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The home supporters saw a 2-2 draw against Lille in the Coupe de France last time out and are hoping for a victory here.
In the game before, an away victory in the Ligue 1 match versus Troyes with a 3-1 scoreline.A decent goal production from Olympique Lyonnais in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 11 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Olympique Lyonnais are not conceding a lot of goals here at Parc Olympique Lyonnais in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 11 matches.
Lens form and stats
Playing away, Lens, who have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Ligue 1, have won 3 games, drawn 7 and suffered 1 defeat in the Ligue 1 this season. There's been quite the remarkable streak of draws for Lens when travelling, as their last four away games have all ended undecided. Not since the Angers SCO game has the points been given to just one team.
It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Lorient in their previous outing. The Coupe de France fixture ended 1-1.
Ahead of that match was the Ligue 1 away draw versus Brest that ended 1-1.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Lens have scored 12 goals in 11 league games away. It's not easy to score on Lens as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Lens - Olympique Lyonnais 1-0 was the scoreline in these sides' previous H2H fixture, played this season. Olympique Lyonnais-Lens H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Olympique Lyonnais five wins, Lens three wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  A. Lacazette 13 goals |   L. Openda 9 goals |  F. Sotoca 6 goals |
Olympique Lyonnais missing players
Lens missing players
| Olympique Lyonnais | Lens | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 33 | 17 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 34 |
| 24 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 33% | 73% | 86% |
| 68% | 64% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 55% | 55% |
| 50% | 45% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 27% | 41% |
| 27% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 23% |
| 18% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 59% | 55% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 55% | 50% |
| 23% | 27% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 36% | 41% |
| 27% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 36% | 23% |
| 5.8 | 7.2 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| 4 | 4 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 1.7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.8 | 16.8 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 14.4 | 14.5 |
| 5.7 | 5.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 26% | 27% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 27% | 34% |
| 10.7 | 9.4 | 15.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 11.2 | 10.2 |
| 4.1 | 3.7 | 7.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
- Lens have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Lens have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Ligue 1
- Lens have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Ligue 1
- Olympique Lyonnais have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 37 | 54 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 23 | 46 |
| 3 | Lens | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 46 |
| 4 | Monaco | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 19 | 44 |
| 5 | Rennes | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 40 |
| 6 | Lille | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 38 |
| 7 | Lorient | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 36 |
| 8 | Nice | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 34 |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 32 |
| 10 | Reims | 22 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 30 |
| 11 | Clermont | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -5 | 30 |
| 12 | Toulouse | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 22 | -2 | 29 |
| 13 | Nantes | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -3 | 25 |
| 14 | Brest | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 15 | Montpellier | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 24 | -14 | 20 |
| 16 | Troyes | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 31 | -15 | 19 |
| 17 | Strasbourg | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -12 | 18 |
| 18 | Ajaccio | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -21 | 18 |
| 19 | Auxerre | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 46 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 27 | -28 | 14 |
| 20 | Angers SCO | 22 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -29 | 9 |
