The visiting Lens side should be favourites in this visit to Chateauroux, as the away team holds a 22 point advantage from their 24 league games this season.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Châteauroux form and stats
Châteauroux's struggle is real here at Stade Gaston Petit with only 7 points collected from 11 Ligue 2 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-4-6.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 236 minutes without scoring a league goal. C. Alhadhur was the last player to find the net.
The fans are hoping that Châteauroux will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Ligue 2 game against Troyes (placed 5th). Preceding that match was the home game against Chambly that was lost 0-3.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Châteauroux as they are travelling to their away game against Grenoble Foot 38 in the Ligue 2. That match is four days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Châteauroux here at Stade Gaston Petit in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 11 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Châteauroux defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Lens form and stats
5 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Lens playing as the away team in the Ligue 2 this season. Visiting Lens has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Lens have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Jean-Louis Leca. It's been 304 minutes since they last conceded in Ligue 2.
Lens's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Grenoble Foot 38 that finished 0-0. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Troyes.
Lens find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 16 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Lens have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Lens - Châteauroux 1-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Châteauroux, four draws and four wins for Lens. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: eight games.Top Goalscorers
  G. Robail 7 goals |  S. Banza 6 goals |  F. Sotoca 5 goals |
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| Châteauroux | Lens | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 8 | 16 | 33 |
| 32 | 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 17 |
| 92% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 58% | 55% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 67% |
| 33% | 27% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 42% | 38% |
| 8% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 17% | 17% |
| 4% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 8% | 4% |
| 42% | 45% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 58% | 42% |
| 25% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 25% | 50% |
| 42% | 45% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 4.6 | 6.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 4.9 | 4.3 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 275 | 137 | 28 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 110 | 243 |
| 96 | 47 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 47 | 101 |
| 17% | 13% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 34% | 33% |
- Châteauroux has the fewest points (7) at home
- Châteauroux has the fewest scored goals (16)
- Châteauroux has the fewest scored goals (6) at home
- Châteauroux has the fewest scored goals in the first half (6)
- Châteauroux have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Châteauroux have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Lens has the fewest conceded goals (17)
- Lens has the most points from losing position (15)
- Lens has the most scored goals in the second half (25)
- Lens have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lens have scored more than double the goals of Châteauroux.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lorient | 25 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 43 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 21 | 51 |
| 2 | Lens | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 47 |
| 3 | Ajaccio | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 45 |
| 4 | Clermont | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 44 |
| 5 | Troyes | 25 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 44 |
| 6 | Le Havre | 25 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 38 |
| 7 | Guingamp | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 38 |
| 8 | Valenciennes | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 38 |
| 9 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 25 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 26 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 35 |
| 10 | Nancy | 25 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 33 |
| 11 | Sochaux | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 32 |
| 12 | Auxerre | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 31 |
| 13 | Rodez | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 28 |
| 14 | Caen | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | -5 | 28 |
| 15 | Chambly | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 10 | -8 | 28 |
| 16 | Châteauroux | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -16 | 25 |
| 17 | Paris | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -17 | 24 |
| 18 | Niort | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 22 | -10 | 22 |
| 19 | Le Mans | 25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -14 | 22 |
| 20 | Orléans | 25 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 39 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -20 | 16 |