It's advantage Lens so far with their 2nd position in the Ligue 2 table, welcoming Grenoble Foot 38 who are placed 10th.
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!
Lens form and stats
Lens have performed here at Stade Bollaert-Delelis this season with 8 wins from 11 Ligue 2 matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.
The Lens goalkeeper Jean-Louis Leca is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 214 minutes without conceding a goal in the Ligue 2.
The Lens supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Troyes in Ligue 2 and win 1-0. A 0-0 draw away before that, with Le Havre the opponent.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of P. Montanier when Corentin Jean scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 63rd minute.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Lens matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, zero draws and one defeat (from three games).
The Lens fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Lens have only let in 5 goals at home.
Grenoble Foot 38 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Ligue 2 travels is 4 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
There were no winners in Grenoble Foot 38's previous match, a Ligue 2 home game that ended 1-1 vs Le Havre (placed 6th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Troyes at their stadium, the result 2-1.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Grenoble Foot 38 playing away, we found three games. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and three home wins.
After this away game Grenoble Foot 38 return home for a Ligue 2 game against Niort. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Grenoble Foot 38 find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 14 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Grenoble Foot 38 have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Grenoble Foot 38 - Lens 2-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Lens two wins, three draws and Grenoble Foot 38 zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Robail 7 goals |  S. Banza 6 goals |   M. Djitte 6 goals |
Lens missing players
Grenoble Foot 38 missing players
| Lens | Grenoble Foot 38 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 23 |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 33 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 23 |
| 17 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 9 | 14 | 22 |
| 87% | 91% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 78% |
| 70% | 55% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 61% |
| 39% | 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 42% | 30% |
| 17% | 18% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 17% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 4% |
| 43% | 27% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 58% | 57% |
| 48% | 73% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 42% | 39% |
| 22% | 9% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 26% |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 235 | 125 | 33 | Total Shots | T S | 41 | 120 | 212 |
| 98 | 51 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 18 | 48 | 77 |
| 34% | 33% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 29% | 30% |
- Grenoble Foot 38 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Lens has the most points from losing position (15)
- Lens has the most scored goals in the second half (25)
- Lens have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at 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 | Lorient | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 23 | 51 |
| 2 | Lens | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 46 |
| 3 | Ajaccio | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 42 |
| 4 | Clermont | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 41 |
| 5 | Troyes | 24 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 27 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 41 |
| 6 | Le Havre | 24 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 38 |
| 7 | Valenciennes | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 35 |
| 8 | Nancy | 24 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 24 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 33 |
| 9 | Guingamp | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 32 |
| 10 | Sochaux | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 32 |
| 11 | Grenoble Foot 38 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 31 |
| 12 | Auxerre | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 30 |
| 13 | Caen | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | -4 | 28 |
| 14 | Rodez | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -3 | 27 |
| 15 | Chambly | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 10 | -8 | 27 |
| 16 | Chateauroux | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -16 | 25 |
| 17 | Niort | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -8 | 22 |
| 18 | Le Mans | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 26 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -14 | 21 |
| 19 | Paris | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -18 | 21 |
| 20 | Orléans | 24 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -17 | 16 |