We have to say that both sides are capable in this league, Lens having a 5 point advantage on Olympique Lyonnais in the league table. Bring it on!
- Olympique Lyonnais have not yet lost a game at home.
- Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 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.
Olympique Lyonnais form and stats
Olympique Lyonnais are steadily winning Ligue 1 games and points here at Parc Olympique Lyonnais. 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 6 games.
In their previous game, the manager P. Bosz led his Olympique Lyonnais to a defeat in the Ligue 1 match away at Nice. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Parc Olympique. Did Olympique get overconfident in their match against Nice? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 2-3 defeat. The defeat against Nice was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored one minutes into stoppage time (by E. Guessand). Jérôme Boateng was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.31 out of 10. The defender Boateng hit one key pass and won 6 of 8 duels.
In the game before, an away victory in the Europa League match versus Sparta Praha with a 4-3 scoreline.The Olympique manager P. Bosz has got the team scoring with 13 from 6 home games in the league. Olympique Lyonnais have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Lens form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 1 travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Ignatius Ganago, Przemysław Frankowski and Wesley Saïd (2) scored in Lens's previous match, the home game against Metz that ended 4-1. Wesley Saïd, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.35. Saïd scored two goals.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Montpellier wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.Lens are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 5 away games so far. 6 goals have been conceded by Lens in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - one - two (Olympique Lyonnais wins - draws - Lens wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Tolentino Coelho de Lima 4 goals |  M. Dembélé 4 goals |  K. Toko Ekambi 3 goals |
Olympique Lyonnais missing players
Lens missing players
| Olympique Lyonnais | Lens | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | 13 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 73% |
| 55% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 18% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 73% | 83% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 55% |
| 18% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 27% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 18% |
| 5.1 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| 5.4 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
| 1.7 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14.1 | 15.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.4 | 14 |
| 5.6 | 6.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.8 | 5.5 |
| 29% | 34% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 38% | 33% |
- All of Olympique Lyonnais's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Olympique Lyonnais have not yet lost a game at home.
- Olympique Lyonnais have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Olympique Lyonnais 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 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 28 |
| 2 | Lens | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Nice | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 19 |
| 4 | Olympique Marseille | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Rennes | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| 6 | Angers SCO | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Nantes | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Monaco | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Olympique Lyonnais | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 10 | Lille | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 15 |
| 11 | Lorient | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | Strasbourg | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 14 |
| 13 | Montpellier | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 13 |
| 14 | Clermont | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | -8 | 13 |
| 15 | Troyes | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 16 | Reims | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 17 | Bordeaux | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -9 | 9 |
| 18 | Brest | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 6 |
| 19 | Metz | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -14 | 6 |
| 20 | Saint-Etienne | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -14 | 5 |