Nancy fights Lens in Ligue 2 battle

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Competition: France Ligue 2
Date: Fri 25.October
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Marcel Picot (20087 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Nancy have their presumed home advantage while Lens are ahead 5 points in the Ligue 2 table.

The visiting Lens played their last game only four days ago, a Ligue 2 match.

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Nancy form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stade Marcel Picot as Nancy have scored 9 goals to get 12 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Ligue 2 are 3-3-0 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stade Marcel Picot.

The home team returns to Stade Marcel Picot after sharing the points with Ajaccio (placed 5th) on their last time out; the Ligue 2 game ended 0-0. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Niort in a game that was won 2-1.

A decent goal production from Nancy in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. Nancy are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Marcel Picot in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.

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Lens form and stats

3-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Lens in their Ligue 2 matches away. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Lens are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

There were no winners in Lens's previous match, a Ligue 2 home game that ended 0-0 vs Auxerre (placed 7th). Prior to that result Lens won their away game at Orléans. The scoreline was 4-1.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Lens manager P. Montanier as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Nimes.

Lens has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. Lens have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Nancy won 4 games, 3 matches ended with a draw and Lens has 3 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 4 / 6

Top Goalscorers

NancyVágner
Vágner
5 goals / 2 assists
NancyM. Gueye
M. Gueye
3 goals
LensT. Mauricio
T. Mauricio
3 goals / 2 assists

Nancy missing players

Lens missing players

Nancy Lens
Total Home Home vs top Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
11 6 1 Played P 2 6 11
3 3 0 Won W 0 3 6
7 3 1 Drew D 2 2 3
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
13 9 1 Scored S 3 11 17
11 4 1 Conceded C 3 7 11
82% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
82% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 82%
45% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 45%
9% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 27%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 9%
64% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 55%
27% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 36%
27% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 18%
 
5.2 6 3 Corners For (avg) C F 5 4.5 4.2
4 4.2 7 Corners Against (avg) C A 3.5 4.8 4.9
2.3 2.5 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2 1.2 1.5
2 2 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • All of Lens's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Lens have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Nancy have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Nancy have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Nancy have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.

Nancy
All Coupe de la Ligue Coupe de France Ligue 2
All Home Away Home vs top
13-09-19 L2 Guingamp 1 - 1 Nancy
20-09-19 L2 Nancy 3 - 0 Chambly
27-09-19 L2 Clermont 2 - 2 Nancy
04-10-19 L2 Nancy 2 - 1 Niort
18-10-19 L2 Ajaccio 0 - 0 Nancy
25-10-19 L2 Nancy 20:00 Lens
30-10-19 Co Montpellier 21:05 Nancy
04-11-19 L2 Le Havre 20:45 Nancy
08-11-19 L2 Nancy 20:00 Troyes
22-11-19 L2 Grenoble Foot 38 01:00 Nancy
Lens
All Coupe de la Ligue Coupe de France Ligue 2
All Home Away Away vs mid
16-09-19 L2 Lens 1 - 0 Châteauroux
21-09-19 L2 Caen 0 - 2 Lens
28-09-19 L2 Lens 2 - 1 Paris
07-10-19 L2 Orléans 1 - 4 Lens
21-10-19 L2 Lens 0 - 0 Auxerre
25-10-19 L2 Nancy 20:00 Lens
29-10-19 Co Nimes 18:45 Lens
02-11-19 L2 Lens 15:00 Lorient
11-11-19 L2 Rodez 20:45 Lens
22-11-19 L2 Lens 01:00 Sochaux

  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 11 7 3 1 16 7 5 3 1 1 6 2 6 4 2 0 10 5 9 24
2 Lens 11 6 3 2 17 11 5 3 1 1 6 4 6 3 2 1 11 7 6 21
3 Sochaux 11 5 4 2 14 5 6 4 2 0 11 1 5 1 2 2 3 4 9 19
4 Troyes 11 6 1 4 15 11 6 3 0 3 9 8 5 3 1 1 6 3 4 19
5 Ajaccio 11 5 4 2 13 9 6 2 3 1 6 4 5 3 1 1 7 5 4 19
6 Le Havre 11 4 5 2 18 13 5 1 3 1 6 5 6 3 2 1 12 8 5 17
7 Auxerre 11 4 4 3 17 12 5 3 1 1 10 5 6 1 3 2 7 7 5 16
8 Guingamp 11 4 4 3 16 13 6 3 2 1 12 6 5 1 2 2 4 7 3 16
9 Nancy 11 3 7 1 13 11 6 3 3 0 9 4 5 0 4 1 4 7 2 16
10 Valenciennes 11 4 4 3 7 8 5 2 2 1 4 4 6 2 2 2 3 4 -1 16
11 Grenoble Foot 38 11 3 6 2 12 11 5 1 3 1 4 4 6 2 3 1 8 7 1 15
12 Rodez 11 4 3 4 15 15 5 3 1 1 11 7 6 1 2 3 4 8 0 15
13 Clermont 11 4 3 4 12 13 6 1 3 2 7 7 5 3 0 2 5 6 -1 15
14 Niort 11 3 5 3 11 10 6 1 3 2 6 6 5 2 2 1 5 4 1 14
15 Chambly 11 3 4 4 6 9 6 1 3 2 2 5 5 2 1 2 4 4 -3 13
16 Orléans 11 1 5 5 8 14 5 0 1 4 3 9 6 1 4 1 5 5 -6 8
17 Caen 11 1 5 5 6 13 6 0 3 3 2 8 5 1 2 2 4 5 -7 8
18 Paris 11 2 2 7 5 15 5 1 1 3 2 7 6 1 1 4 3 8 -10 8
19 Châteauroux 11 1 4 6 3 12 5 0 2 3 1 4 6 1 2 3 2 8 -9 7
20 Le Mans 11 2 0 9 11 23 6 2 0 4 8 10 5 0 0 5 3 13 -12 6

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