Match preview Ligue 2: Lens - Lorient at Stade Bollaert-Delelis

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Date: Tue 23.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Bollaert-Delelis (41233 seats)

A key match in Ligue 2 as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 4th position and the visitors placed 6th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

It's no vacation for neither Lens nor Lorient as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Lorient's home stadium. The visitors last 42 games on grass have ended in 19 wins, 6 draws and 17 losses.

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Lens form and stats

Lens have performed well at Stade Bollaert-Delelis so far this season with 9 wins from 16 matches. Points have also been lost, as they have drawn 5 games and lost 2. Two draws in a row at home now for Lens.

Happy days for Lens in their previous game, a Ligue 2 match away at Grenoble Foot 38 that ended with a 2-0 victory. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Valenciennes.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Lens have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won 8 times, drawn 1 and lost 2.

There will be little rest for Lens after this match as they are travelling to Brest for a Ligue 2 game in only four days.

A decent goal production from Lens in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 16 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Lens have only let in 6 goals at home.

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Lorient form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 7 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

Lorient failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Troyes that ended with defeat 0-3. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Paris that ended 2-2.

Lorient are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. From a total of five matches.

Lorient are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 16 games. 18 goals have been conceded by Lorient in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Lorient - Lens 2-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Lens won 0 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and Lorient has 7 wins.

Top Goalscorers

P. Hamel
16 goals / 2 assists
A. Gomis
13 goals / 5 assists
A. Claude Maurice
13 goals / 3 assists

Lens missing players

Lorient missing players

Lens Lorient
Total Home Statistic Away Total
33 16 Played 16 33
41 24 Scored 20 43
23 6 Conceded 18 35
76% 69% Over 0.5 88% 85%
58% 56% Over 1.5 62% 64%
36% 38% Over 2.5 50% 52%
12% 12% Over 3.5 25% 27%
9% 12% Over 4.5 12% 9%
27% 25% Both teams to score 44% 52%
55% 69% Clean Sheet 38% 33%
42% 38% Failed To Score 31% 30%
 
5.6 5.6 Corners For (avg) 3.7 4.3
4.1 3.8 Corners Against (avg) 4.4 4.2
2.1 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.6 2.4
3 0 Red Cards (total) 1 3
Key stats this season:
  • Lens is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Metz 33 21 8 4 53 20 16 11 2 3 29 10 17 10 6 1 24 10 33 71
2 Brest 33 18 11 4 57 33 17 11 4 2 33 16 16 7 7 2 24 17 24 65
3 Troyes 33 17 7 9 42 25 16 10 0 6 21 14 17 7 7 3 21 11 17 58
4 Lens 33 15 9 9 41 23 16 9 5 2 24 6 17 6 4 7 17 17 18 54
5 Paris 33 14 12 7 32 21 16 8 7 1 20 6 17 6 5 6 12 15 11 54
6 Lorient 33 15 9 9 43 35 17 8 6 3 23 17 16 7 3 6 20 18 8 54
7 Orléans 33 15 6 12 49 45 17 7 4 6 21 20 16 8 2 6 28 25 4 51
8 Le Havre 33 12 14 7 40 33 17 8 7 2 28 21 16 4 7 5 12 12 7 50
9 Clermont 33 11 12 10 38 28 17 5 8 4 19 14 16 6 4 6 19 14 10 45
10 Grenoble Foot 38 33 12 9 12 37 40 17 7 4 6 15 16 16 5 5 6 22 24 -3 45
11 Niort 33 9 12 12 28 34 16 5 7 4 15 14 17 4 5 8 13 20 -6 39
12 Auxerre 33 10 8 15 30 30 16 6 5 5 15 11 17 4 3 10 15 19 0 38
13 Valenciennes 33 10 8 15 49 55 17 6 4 7 29 30 16 4 4 8 20 25 -6 38
14 Châteauroux 33 8 13 12 30 38 17 4 7 6 17 20 16 4 6 6 13 18 -8 37
15 Gazélec Ajaccio 33 9 10 14 26 46 17 5 4 8 12 22 16 4 6 6 14 24 -20 37
16 Ajaccio 33 8 12 13 28 40 16 5 7 4 17 15 17 3 5 9 11 25 -12 36
17 Nancy 33 9 6 18 32 45 16 4 2 10 13 22 17 5 4 8 19 23 -13 33
18 Sochaux 33 9 6 18 21 40 16 6 2 8 12 20 17 3 4 10 9 20 -19 33
19 Béziers 33 7 9 17 26 45 16 1 8 7 8 18 17 6 1 10 18 27 -19 30
20 Red Star 33 6 9 18 25 51 17 5 2 10 14 30 16 1 7 8 11 21 -26 27

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