Strasbourg are chasing the top league spots while Lens are more nervous about staying out of trouble and relegation. Who will get the points?
- Strasbourg have not yet lost a game at home.
- Lens have the fewest points (0) away in Ligue 1
Strasbourg and Lens should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Strasbourg form and stats
Strasbourg have collected seven points from their first three Ligue 1 games here at Stade de la Meinau, a promising start.
It's back home for Strasbourg, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Metz away with the result 1-0. Diarra found the net in that victory. Midfield player Diarra got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, the max score being 10. Diarra scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 23 successful passes (of 24 total).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Montpellier.Strasbourg has scored {6 goals} so far and conceded {3 goals} from 3 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Lens form and stats
No Ligue 1 points yet away for Lens, from their first 3 matches.
Lens won their last game, 2-1 versus Toulouse played at home. That victory felt sweet as this side had gone five league rounds without winning. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Haise when Guilavogui scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 63rd minute. Attacker Sotoca got a player rating of 8.15 in the game. "Man of the match" Sotoca served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Preceding that, 1-1 away against Sevilla in the Champions League.
After this away game Lens return home for a Champions League game against Arsenal. That game is only four sleeps after this.
{3 goals} so far away for Lens, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 9. All from 3 league matches away. Lens has visited these top teams three times, and 3 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): Strasbourg won four games, three matches ended in a draw and Lens have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five. The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being aggressive, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Mothiba 2 goals |   D. Machado Mena 2 goals |  M. Guilavogui 2 goals |
Strasbourg missing players
Lens missing players
| Strasbourg | Lens | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 9 | 9 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 50% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 17% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 67% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | 17% |
| 33% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 7.3 |
| 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.3 | 3.5 |
| 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7.5 | 11 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 10.7 | 17.5 |
| 2.3 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 2.7 | 4.8 |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | 21% |
| 13 | 13.3 | 13.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.7 | 14.7 | 10.5 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 7 | 5 |
- All of Lens's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Strasbourg's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Lens have created more than twice as many corners as Strasbourg.
- Lens have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Lens have lost all their away matches so far.
- Lens have the fewest points (0) away in Ligue 1
- Lens have the most conceded goals (9) away in Ligue 1
- Lens have the the worst goal difference (-6) away in Ligue 1
- Lens have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Lens have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Strasbourg have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Strasbourg have not yet lost a game at home.
- Strasbourg 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 | Brest | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | Nice | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | PSG | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 4 | Monaco | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 11 |
| 5 | Strasbourg | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 6 | Le Havre | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Olympique Marseille | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 8 | Rennes | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | Lille | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Metz | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | Nantes | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | Reims | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 13 | Montpellier | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Lorient | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 6 |
| 15 | Toulouse | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 16 | Lens | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 4 |
| 17 | Olympique Lyonnais | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -8 | 2 |
| 18 | Clermont | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -7 | 1 |
