Betting guide: Lens favourite to beat Valenciennes at Stade Bollaert-Delelis

Competition: France Ligue 2
Date: Fri 12.April
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Bollaert-Delelis (41233 seats)

Lens perform at a high level so far being 6th in the table. Valenciennes can look both up and down from their 12th position.

These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Ligue 2.

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Lens form and stats

Lens are steadily winning games and points here at Stade Bollaert-Delelis. 9 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 15 games.

The home team returns to Stade Bollaert-Delelis after sharing the points with Châteauroux on their last time out; the Ligue 2 game ended 0-0. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Le Havre that ended 0-0.

The Lens fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 24 goals in 15 matches. Defensively Lens have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game (6 in 15 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Valenciennes form and stats

There's been little loot from Valenciennes's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 15 away games. Valenciennes only has 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws. Valenciennes love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Valenciennes failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Troyes that ended with defeat 0-1. Prior to that result Valenciennes won their away game at Nancy. The scoreline was 2-0.

Valenciennes find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 20 goals from 15 away fixtures. In the opposite end, Valenciennes have conceded 25 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Valenciennes - Lens 4-2. Lens-Valenciennes H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Lens 3 wins, Valenciennes 3 wins, 4 draws.

Top Goalscorers

A. Gomis
12 goals / 5 assists
G. Robail
9 goals / 4 assists
F. Raspentino
9 goals / 2 assists

Lens missing players

Valenciennes missing players

Lens Valenciennes
Total Home Statistic Away Total
31 15 Played 15 31
39 24 Scored 20 44
23 6 Conceded 25 49
77% 73% Over 0.5 93% 90%
58% 60% Over 1.5 60% 68%
39% 40% Over 2.5 40% 48%
13% 13% Over 3.5 40% 45%
10% 13% Over 4.5 27% 26%
29% 27% Both teams to score 53% 55%
52% 67% Clean Sheet 27% 26%
42% 33% Failed To Score 27% 29%
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 31 19 8 4 49 19 15 10 2 3 27 9 16 9 6 1 22 10 30 65
2 Brest 31 16 11 4 51 30 16 10 4 2 30 15 15 6 7 2 21 15 21 59
3 Paris 31 14 11 6 29 17 15 8 6 1 18 4 16 6 5 5 11 13 12 53
4 Lorient 31 15 8 8 41 30 16 8 6 2 23 14 15 7 2 6 18 16 11 53
5 Troyes 31 15 7 9 38 25 15 9 0 6 20 14 16 6 7 3 18 11 13 52
6 Lens 31 14 8 9 39 23 15 9 4 2 24 6 16 5 4 7 15 17 16 50
7 Orléans 31 14 6 11 46 41 16 6 4 6 19 19 15 8 2 5 27 22 5 48
8 Clermont 31 11 11 9 37 26 16 5 7 4 19 14 15 6 4 5 18 12 11 44
9 Le Havre 31 10 14 7 35 31 16 7 7 2 26 20 15 3 7 5 9 11 4 44
10 Grenoble Foot 38 31 11 9 11 35 37 16 7 4 5 15 14 15 4 5 6 20 23 -2 42
11 Niort 31 9 11 11 27 32 15 5 6 4 15 14 16 4 5 7 12 18 -5 38
12 Valenciennes 31 10 7 14 44 49 16 6 4 6 24 24 15 4 3 8 20 25 -5 37
13 Gazélec Ajaccio 31 9 10 12 26 43 16 5 4 7 12 20 15 4 6 5 14 23 -17 37
14 Ajaccio 31 8 11 12 27 38 15 5 7 3 16 13 16 3 4 9 11 25 -11 35
15 Auxerre 31 9 7 15 29 30 15 5 5 5 14 11 16 4 2 10 15 19 -1 34
16 Châteauroux 31 7 13 11 27 35 16 3 7 6 15 19 15 4 6 5 12 16 -8 34
17 Sochaux 31 9 6 16 20 36 15 6 2 7 11 17 16 3 4 9 9 19 -16 33
18 Nancy 31 9 5 17 29 41 15 4 2 9 11 19 16 5 3 8 18 22 -12 32
19 Béziers 31 6 9 16 19 37 15 1 8 6 7 15 16 5 1 10 12 22 -18 27
20 Red Star 31 5 8 18 21 49 16 5 1 10 13 29 15 0 7 8 8 20 -28 23

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