Struggling Strasbourg will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Lens in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Strasbourg form and stats
Strasbourg have collected 16 points from their Ligue 1 home games so far after 4-4-6.
In their previous game, the manager T. Laurey led his Strasbourg to a defeat in the Ligue 1 match away at Rennes. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stade de la Meinau. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Monaco in a game that was won 1-0.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Strasbourg have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won five, drawn three and lost three.
Strasbourg are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 14 games. On the other hand, Strasbourg have conceded 17 goals. 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
7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Lens playing as the away team in the Ligue 1 this season.
Lens's last game was the home draw against Metz (2-2). A 2-3 defeat away at Red Star before that.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Lens in our archives, and the results are: one win for Lens, three draws and three defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Lens's attacking play in away games, having scored 23 goals in 15 league matches away. As opposed to that, Lens have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Lens - Strasbourg 0-1, played this season. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: three - four - two (Strasbourg wins - draws - Lens wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Ajorque 11 goals |   G. Kakuta 9 goals |  F. Sotoca 8 goals |
Strasbourg missing players
Lens missing players
| Strasbourg | Lens | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 29 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 36 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 9 | 23 | 44 |
| 42 | 17 | 7 | Conceded | C | 6 | 21 | 41 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 72% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 87% | 79% |
| 48% | 36% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 53% | 55% |
| 31% | 29% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 33% | 34% |
| 14% | 14% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 20% | 17% |
| 38% | 29% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 60% | 62% |
| 31% | 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 27% | 24% |
| 34% | 43% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 13% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 10.8 | 12.6 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 11.4 | 11.8 |
| 3 | 3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| 41% | 36% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 37% | 39% |
- 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 | 29 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 49 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 32 | 63 |
| 2 | Paris Saint Germain | 29 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 63 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 9 | 44 | 60 |
| 3 | Olympique Lyonnais | 29 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 57 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 31 | 60 |
| 4 | Monaco | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 56 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 56 |
| 5 | Olympique Marseille | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 45 |
| 6 | Lens | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 44 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 45 |
| 7 | Metz | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 42 |
| 8 | Rennes | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 41 |
| 9 | Montpellier | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 45 | 48 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 19 | -3 | 41 |
| 10 | Angers SCO | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 23 | -10 | 39 |
| 11 | Bordeaux | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 20 | -4 | 36 |
| 12 | Nice | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 16 | -5 | 36 |
| 13 | Reims | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 35 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 23 | -1 | 35 |
| 14 | Brest | 29 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 43 | 53 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 28 | -10 | 34 |
| 15 | Strasbourg | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 25 | -6 | 33 |
| 16 | Saint-Étienne | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 21 | -12 | 33 |
| 17 | Lorient | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 53 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -18 | 28 |
| 18 | Nantes | 29 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 30 | 45 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -15 | 27 |
| 19 | Nimes | 29 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 28 | 55 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 26 | -27 | 26 |
| 20 | Dijon | 29 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 50 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 29 | -30 | 15 |