The visiting Lens side should be favourites in this visit to Saint-Étienne, as the away team holds a 11 point advantage from their 27 league games this season.
- Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
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 Saint-Étienne and Lens.
Saint-Étienne form and stats
3-6-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Saint-Étienne so far this season.
Saint-Étienne are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Lorient. In the match before that, Saint-Étienne hosted Reims and drew the game 1-1.
Saint-Étienne aren't scoring a lot here at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in the league, with only 12 goals from 13 games. Saint-Étienne have conceded 18 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Lens form and stats
6 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Lens playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season. Visiting Lens has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Lens are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Angers SCO (placed 10th). Before that, Lens secured a home win against Dijon with the score 2-1.
The match against Angers SCO looked like a defeat for Lens, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. Arnaud Kalimuendo equalized in the 90th minute. As mentioned above, Lens drew the match against Angers SCO. Manager F. Haise brought on Arnaud Kalimuendo to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
The schedule is very tough for Lens now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Coupe de France game at Red Star is waiting in only three days.
Lens have scored 20 goals on their travels this season, from 14 away games in the league. Lens have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Lens - Saint-Étienne 2-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Saint-Étienne, two draws and five wins for Lens. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Kakuta 9 goals |  F. Sotoca 7 goals |  I. Kpene Ganago 5 goals |
Saint-Étienne missing players
Lens missing players
| Saint-Étienne | Lens | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 27 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 27 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 20 | 39 |
| 39 | 18 | 7 | Conceded | C | 4 | 19 | 37 |
| 93% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 78% | 77% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 86% | 78% |
| 41% | 31% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 50% | 52% |
| 26% | 23% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 29% | 30% |
| 7% | 8% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 14% | 15% |
| 48% | 46% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 57% | 59% |
| 30% | 31% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 29% | 26% |
| 30% | 31% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 19% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 10.2 | 10.1 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 11.6 | 11.6 |
| 3.2 | 3.5 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| 31% | 26% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 35% | 40% |
- Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lille | 27 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 47 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 30 | 59 |
| 2 | Paris Saint Germain | 27 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 61 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 9 | 44 | 57 |
| 3 | Olympique Lyonnais | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 54 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 30 | 55 |
| 4 | Monaco | 27 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 56 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 55 |
| 5 | Metz | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 41 |
| 6 | Lens | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 41 |
| 7 | Montpellier | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 43 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 18 | -3 | 39 |
| 8 | Olympique Marseille | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 38 |
| 9 | Rennes | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 38 |
| 10 | Angers SCO | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 23 | -10 | 36 |
| 11 | Bordeaux | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | -5 | 33 |
| 12 | Nice | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 15 | -6 | 32 |
| 13 | Reims | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 22 | -2 | 31 |
| 14 | Brest | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 39 | 49 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 25 | -10 | 31 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 41 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 24 | -6 | 30 |
| 16 | Saint-Étienne | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 21 | -12 | 30 |
| 17 | Lorient | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 51 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -18 | 26 |
| 18 | Nîmes | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 26 | 52 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -26 | 25 |
| 19 | Nantes | 27 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 27 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -15 | 24 |
| 20 | Dijon | 27 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 44 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 26 | -26 | 15 |