Ligue 2 match prediction and preview for Guingamp vs Lens clash

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Date: Sat 11.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade du Roudourou (18378 seats)

Guingamp will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 13 points behind Lens.

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Guingamp form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 2 for Guingamp, who have the most scored goals (32) in Ligue 2, at their home stadium (Stade du Roudourou) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Happy days for Guingamp in their previous game, a Ligue 2 match away at Chateauroux (placed 17th) that ended with a 5-1 victory. Before that game, the home loss against Troyes with the scoreline 0-1.

As mentioned above, Guingamp "killed" Chateauroux in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Ronny Rodelin was absolutely essential when Guingamp beat Chateauroux 5-1, scoring 3 goals.

Guingamp have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade du Roudourou with 15 goals in 10 league matches. On the other hand, Guingamp have conceded 11 goals.

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Lens form and stats

The visitors are W5-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Ligue 2.

Lens are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Ligue 2 against Niort (placed 18th). Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Ajaccio.

Lens has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 10 games. As opposed to that, Lens have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Lens - Guingamp 2-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last nine meetings): Guingamp won 5 games, 2 matches ended with a draw and Lens has 2 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 2 / 7

Top Goalscorers

GuingampF. Pierrot
F. Pierrot
8 goals
LensG. Robail
G. Robail
6 goals
LensS. Banza
S. Banza
6 goals

Guingamp missing players

Lens missing players

Guingamp Lens
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 10 4 Played P 4 10 19
7 3 0 Won W 2 5 12
6 4 1 Drew D 2 3 4
6 3 3 Lost L 0 2 3
32 15 2 Scored S 6 15 30
24 11 5 Conceded C 3 11 15
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 90% 89%
74% 70% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 90% 74%
53% 40% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 47%
37% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 21%
21% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
53% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 42%
26% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 20% 47%
26% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 30% 21%
 
5.8 6.4 8.5 Corners For (avg) C F 5.5 5.1 4.6
4.2 3.6 4.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.5 4.4 4.2
1.7 1.7 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.5 1.9
3 2 1 Red Cards R C 0 2 3
 
243 149 58 Total Shots T S 34 97 195
92 50 17 Shots on Target S O 14 42 86
35% 30% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 36% 35%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Guingamp has the most scored goals (32)
  • Guingamp haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Lens has the most points from losing position (14)
  • Lens has the most scored goals in the second half (22)
  • Lens have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lens 19 12 4 3 30 15 9 7 1 1 15 4 10 5 3 2 15 11 15 40
2 Lorient 19 12 3 4 30 15 9 6 1 2 13 5 10 6 2 2 17 10 15 39
3 Troyes 19 12 2 5 22 16 10 6 0 4 13 13 9 6 2 1 9 3 6 38
4 Ajaccio 19 9 6 4 23 15 9 3 4 2 9 7 10 6 2 2 14 8 8 33
5 Valenciennes 19 8 6 5 15 11 10 5 3 2 10 5 9 3 3 3 5 6 4 30
6 Clermont 19 8 6 5 20 18 9 3 3 3 10 9 10 5 3 2 10 9 2 30
7 Le Havre 19 7 8 4 29 20 9 3 5 1 14 7 10 4 3 3 15 13 9 29
8 Guingamp 19 7 6 6 32 24 10 3 4 3 15 11 9 4 2 3 17 13 8 27
9 Sochaux 19 7 6 6 20 15 10 5 3 2 14 5 9 2 3 4 6 10 5 27
10 Nancy 19 5 12 2 19 15 10 5 5 0 13 5 9 0 7 2 6 10 4 27
11 Grenoble Foot 38 19 5 11 3 19 17 9 2 6 1 8 7 10 3 5 2 11 10 2 26
12 Rodez 19 6 3 10 23 26 9 5 1 3 17 12 10 1 2 7 6 14 -3 21
13 Caen 19 4 9 6 19 23 10 2 5 3 8 12 9 2 4 3 11 11 -4 21
14 Auxerre 19 4 8 7 21 21 10 3 5 2 14 10 9 1 3 5 7 11 0 20
15 Le Mans 19 6 2 11 23 32 10 4 1 5 13 14 9 2 1 6 10 18 -9 20
16 Chambly 19 5 5 9 15 25 10 2 3 5 6 15 9 3 2 4 9 10 -10 20
17 Chateauroux 19 4 6 9 12 25 9 1 3 5 5 13 10 3 3 4 7 12 -13 18
18 Niort 19 4 5 10 16 24 9 2 3 4 8 10 10 2 2 6 8 14 -8 17
19 Paris 19 4 3 12 10 28 9 2 1 6 6 17 10 2 2 6 4 11 -18 15
20 Orleans 19 2 7 10 15 28 10 1 2 7 5 16 9 1 5 3 10 12 -13 13

Read more about Ligue 2

Ligue 2 is the second highest division in French football. Most games are played at Fridays and Mondays, allowing the top league Ligue 1 “ownership” of the weekend days. 20 teams play 380 fixtures in total, creating a league table where the top three teams promote and the bottom three relegate.