Match preview: Paris Saint Germain likely to beat Lens at Parc des Princes

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 26.Aug
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Parc des Princes (47929 seats)

Paris Saint Germain are ready to fight against Lens in this Ligue 1 game. All you should learn about the game is located here!

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.

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Paris Saint Germain form and stats

The first Ligue 1 game here at Parc des Princes resulted in a draw. Last season Paris Saint Germain's home game statistics were 13 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats from 19 games.

PSG drew their last game, 1-1 away at Toulouse (placed 7th). The hometeam coach García made a successful contribution in the game against Toulouse, bringing on Mbappé who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Defender Marquinhos got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.43/10. Marquinhos won 2 of 5 duels.

In the match before that, Paris Saint Germain hosted Lorient and drew the game 0-0.

Early season league goal statistics from Paris Saint Germain's 1 home game: {0 goals}, 0 conceded.

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Lens form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Ligue 1 ended in defeat. Last season Lens had these away match statistics: Played 19; won 8, drew 8 and lost 3.

Lens's last game was the home draw against Rennes (1-1). Midfield player Diouf was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.93/10. Diouf hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 38 successful passes (of 43 total).

Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Brest's place.

Lens have the goal stats of 2-3 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five PSG victories, three draws and two Lens wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

LensD. Machado Mena
D. Machado Mena
2 goals
Paris Saint GermainK. Mbappé Lottin
K. Mbappé Lottin
1 goals
LensF. Sotoca
F. Sotoca
1 goals

Paris Saint Germain missing players

Lens missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Paris Saint Germain Lens
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 2 3
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 3 4
50% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
7 9 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 8 9.5
3.5 2 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6 3
1.5 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
18 20 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 11.5
3.5 4 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3 3.5
14% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 67% 43%
 
6 4 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 15 12.5
1 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 8 6.5
Paris Saint Germain Last season Lens
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
27 13   Won W   8 25
4 2   Drew D   8 9
7 4   Lost L   3 4
89 45   Scored S   27 68
40 25   Conceded C   16 29
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   84% 92%
84% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 68%
68% 63%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   42% 55%
39% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   32% 26%
24% 37%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 8%
58% 63%   BTTS BTTS   58% 55%
34% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   37% 39%
11% 11%   Failed to Score F T   21% 13%
 
5.4 5.3   Corners for (avg) C F   5.3 5.4
3.8 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 4.2
1.5 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.7
5 4   Red cards R C   2 3
 
15.6 15.8   Shots (avg) S (   14.5 14.2
6.9 7.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 4.9
34% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 37%
 
11.9 10.8   Shots against (avg) S A   11.4 10.6
4.2 4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Monaco 2 2 0 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 5 6
2 Brest 2 2 0 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
3 Rennes 2 1 1 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 4
4 Montpellier 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 4
5 Lille 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
6 Olympique Marseille 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
7 Toulouse 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
8 Reims 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
9 Strasbourg 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
10 Nice 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
11 Lorient 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
12 Paris Saint Germain 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
13 Lens 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
14 Le Havre 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
15 Metz 2 0 1 1 3 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 1
16 Nantes 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
17 Olympique Lyonnais 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 0
18 Clermont 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 38 27 4 7 89 40 19 13 2 4 45 25 19 14 2 3 44 15 49 85
2 Lens 38 25 9 4 68 29 19 17 1 1 41 13 19 8 8 3 27 16 39 84
3 Olympique Marseille 38 22 7 9 67 40 19 10 4 5 35 24 19 12 3 4 32 16 27 73
4 Rennes 38 21 5 12 69 39 19 15 0 4 43 14 19 6 5 8 26 25 30 68
5 Lille 38 19 10 9 65 44 19 13 4 2 40 25 19 6 6 7 25 19 21 67
6 Monaco 38 19 8 11 70 58 19 9 3 7 37 33 19 10 5 4 33 25 12 65
7 Olympique Lyonnais 38 18 8 12 65 47 19 10 5 4 35 19 19 8 3 8 30 28 18 62
8 Clermont 38 17 8 13 45 49 19 9 3 7 20 28 19 8 5 6 25 21 -4 59
9 Nice 38 15 13 10 48 37 19 7 7 5 24 18 19 8 6 5 24 19 11 58
10 Lorient 38 15 10 13 52 53 19 9 4 6 26 21 19 6 6 7 26 32 -1 55
11 Reims 38 12 15 11 45 45 19 8 6 5 28 23 19 4 9 6 17 22 0 51
12 Montpellier 38 15 5 18 65 62 19 7 3 9 29 29 19 8 2 9 36 33 3 50
13 Toulouse 38 13 9 16 51 57 19 6 6 7 27 27 19 7 3 9 24 30 -6 48
14 Brest 38 11 11 16 44 54 19 7 5 7 24 26 19 4 6 9 20 28 -10 44
15 Strasbourg 38 9 13 16 51 59 19 5 7 7 25 26 19 4 6 9 26 33 -8 40
16 Nantes 38 7 15 16 37 55 19 5 8 6 20 26 19 2 7 10 17 29 -18 36
17 Auxerre 38 8 11 19 35 63 19 5 7 7 18 28 19 3 4 12 17 35 -28 35
18 Ajaccio 38 7 5 26 23 74 19 4 3 12 10 30 19 3 2 14 13 44 -51 26
19 Troyes 38 4 12 22 45 81 19 1 11 7 19 30 19 3 1 15 26 51 -36 24
20 Angers SCO 38 4 6 28 33 81 19 3 3 13 20 36 19 1 3 15 13 45 -48 18

Paris Saint Germain:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Monaco 2 2 0 0 7 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 5 6
2 Brest 2 2 0 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
3 Rennes 2 1 1 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 4
4 Montpellier 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 4
5 Lille 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
6 Olympique Marseille 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
7 Toulouse 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
8 Reims 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
9 Strasbourg 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 3
10 Nice 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
11 Lorient 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
12 Paris Saint Germain 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
13 Lens 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
14 Le Havre 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
15 Metz 2 0 1 1 3 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 1
16 Nantes 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
17 Olympique Lyonnais 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -4 0
18 Clermont 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.