The visiting Lens side should be favourites in this visit to Reims, as the away team holds a 8 point advantage from their 24 league games this season.
- Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Reims form and stats
The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Reims at their home stadium (Stade Auguste-Delaune II) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 190 minutes without scoring a league goal. D. Kutesa was the last player to find the net.
Reims's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 3-4 versus Valenciennes. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Lorient (0-1).
A goal frenzy last time out for Reims, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Valenciennes. Fun stuff to watch!
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Reims here at Stade Auguste-Delaune II in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (10 from 11 games). Reims have conceded 11 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Lens form and stats
6-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Lens in their Ligue 1 matches away. Lens love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
Lens play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-2 victory visiting Nantes (placed 18th). Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Rennes in the Ligue 1.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Lens, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
Lens are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 12 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Lens have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Lens - Reims 4-4. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Reims wins - draws - Lens wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Dia 12 goals |   G. Kakuta 9 goals |  F. Sotoca 6 goals |
Reims missing players
Lens missing players
| Reims | Lens | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 30 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 17 | 34 |
| 32 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 33 |
| 88% | 73% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 62% | 45% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 83% | 75% |
| 54% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 50% | 50% |
| 33% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 29% |
| 8% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 17% | 17% |
| 50% | 36% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 50% | 54% |
| 25% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 33% | 29% |
| 38% | 55% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 21% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 9.7 | 9.7 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 11.1 | 11.4 |
| 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4 | 3.6 |
| 39% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 35% | 40% |
- Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Lille | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 42 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 27 | 54 |
| 2 | Olympique Lyonnais | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 50 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 30 | 52 |
| 3 | Paris Saint Germain | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 9 | 41 | 51 |
| 4 | Monaco | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 35 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 48 |
| 5 | Rennes | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 38 |
| 6 | Lens | 24 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 36 |
| 7 | Metz | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 35 |
| 8 | Angers SCO | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 23 | -8 | 34 |
| 9 | Olympique Marseille | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 33 |
| 10 | Bordeaux | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 32 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | -5 | 32 |
| 12 | Brest | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 37 | 44 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -7 | 30 |
| 13 | Nice | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | -4 | 29 |
| 14 | Reims | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | -2 | 28 |
| 15 | Saint-Etienne | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -13 | 26 |
| 16 | Strasbourg | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 22 | -7 | 25 |
| 17 | Lorient | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -15 | 22 |
| 18 | Nantes | 24 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -17 | 19 |
| 19 | Dijon | 24 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 36 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -19 | 15 |
| 20 | Nimes | 23 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 24 | -31 | 15 |