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Competition: France Ligue 2
Competition: Mon 02.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Sébastien-Charléty (20000 seats)

The visiting Lens side should be favourites in this visit to Paris, as the away team holds a 20 point advantage from their 26 league games this season.

Paris and Lens should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Paris form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Ligue 2 this season. Paris have only managed 3 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Stade Sébastien-Charléty.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Vincent De Marconnay not having conceded a league goal in 219 minutes.

Paris enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Clermont's place. The match ended 1-0 with Cheick Timite scoring. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Le Havre.

Manager R. Girard felt very clever after Cheick Timite scored the winning goal against Clermont, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 28th minute.

Paris are traveling soon after this match as the Ligue 2 match at Troyes awaits in four days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Paris here at Stade Sébastien-Charléty in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 12 games). Paris have conceded 20 from these games.

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Lens form and stats

5-5-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Lens in their Ligue 2 matches away.

Lens failed to get anything from their last game, a Ligue 2 home match vs Caen (placed 11th) that ended with defeat 1-4. Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Châteauroux's place.

Lens find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 13 away fixtures in the league. 15 goals have been conceded by Lens in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Lens - Paris 2-1 entered in the official records. Last nine meetings between the teams: Paris won two, Lens won three and four draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Paris
R. Armand
8 goals
Lens
G. Robail
7 goals
Lens
S. Banza
7 goals

Paris missing players

Lens missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Paris Lens
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 12 4 Played P 5 13 26
7 3 2 Won W 3 5 13
6 2 0 Drew D 1 5 8
13 7 2 Lost L 1 3 5
21 9 4 Scored S 10 18 36
37 20 5 Conceded C 6 15 24
88% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 85% 85%
58% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 85% 69%
38% 42% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 46% 42%
12% 17% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 23% 23%
12% 17% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 15% 12%
31% 25% 25% BTTS BTTS 80% 62% 46%
35% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 23% 46%
46% 50% 25% Failed to Score F T 20% 31% 23%
 
3.9 4.8 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.1 4.7
5 4 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 4.7 4
2.7 2.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.5 2
6 3 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
213 102 21 Total Shots T S 55 127 266
73 31 9 Shots on Target S O 26 54 109
29% 29% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 33% 33%
Key stats in Ligue 2 this season:
  • Lens has the most points from losing position (15)
  • Lens has the most scored goals in the second half (27)
  • Lens have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Paris has the fewest scored goals in the second half (9)
  • Paris have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Paris have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Paris have won significantly more corners at 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 +/- P
1 Lorient 27 17 3 7 45 24 14 9 1 4 22 12 13 8 2 3 23 12 21 54
2 Troyes 27 16 2 9 33 24 13 8 0 5 19 16 14 8 2 4 14 8 9 50
3 Ajaccio 27 14 7 6 37 22 13 5 4 4 16 12 14 9 3 2 21 10 15 49
4 Lens 26 13 8 5 36 24 13 8 3 2 18 9 13 5 5 3 18 15 12 47
5 Clermont 27 13 8 6 33 25 13 6 3 4 19 14 14 7 5 2 14 11 8 47
6 Le Havre 27 10 11 6 37 25 13 4 7 2 17 10 14 6 4 4 20 15 12 41
7 Guingamp 27 10 9 8 39 31 14 5 6 3 20 14 13 5 3 5 19 17 8 39
8 Valenciennes 27 10 9 8 21 19 14 7 5 2 14 7 13 3 4 6 7 12 2 39
9 Grenoble Foot 38 27 7 14 6 26 26 13 3 8 2 12 10 14 4 6 4 14 16 0 35
10 Auxerre 27 8 10 9 31 29 14 5 7 2 19 12 13 3 3 7 12 17 2 34
11 Caen 27 8 10 9 32 32 14 4 5 5 14 17 13 4 5 4 18 15 0 34
12 Sochaux 27 8 10 9 28 28 14 6 5 3 17 11 13 2 5 6 11 17 0 34
13 Chambly 27 9 7 11 24 30 14 4 3 7 10 19 13 5 4 4 14 11 -6 34
14 Nancy 27 6 15 6 26 25 14 6 6 2 16 9 13 0 9 4 10 16 1 33
15 Châteauroux 27 8 7 12 20 37 13 2 4 7 9 22 14 6 3 5 11 15 -17 31
16 Rodez 27 7 8 12 29 33 13 5 3 5 20 17 14 2 5 7 9 16 -4 29
17 Paris 26 7 6 13 21 37 12 3 2 7 9 20 14 4 4 6 12 17 -16 27
18 Niort 27 6 7 14 29 40 13 4 4 5 15 15 14 2 3 9 14 25 -11 25
19 Le Mans 27 7 4 16 28 43 14 5 3 6 16 17 13 2 1 10 12 26 -15 25
20 Orléans 27 4 7 16 21 42 14 2 2 10 8 23 13 2 5 6 13 19 -21 19

Table
  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 27 17 3 7 45 24 14 9 1 4 22 12 13 8 2 3 23 12 21 54
2 Troyes 27 16 2 9 33 24 13 8 0 5 19 16 14 8 2 4 14 8 9 50
3 Ajaccio 27 14 7 6 37 22 13 5 4 4 16 12 14 9 3 2 21 10 15 49
4 Lens 26 13 8 5 36 24 13 8 3 2 18 9 13 5 5 3 18 15 12 47
5 Clermont 27 13 8 6 33 25 13 6 3 4 19 14 14 7 5 2 14 11 8 47
6 Le Havre 27 10 11 6 37 25 13 4 7 2 17 10 14 6 4 4 20 15 12 41
7 Guingamp 27 10 9 8 39 31 14 5 6 3 20 14 13 5 3 5 19 17 8 39
8 Valenciennes 27 10 9 8 21 19 14 7 5 2 14 7 13 3 4 6 7 12 2 39
9 Grenoble Foot 38 27 7 14 6 26 26 13 3 8 2 12 10 14 4 6 4 14 16 0 35
10 Auxerre 27 8 10 9 31 29 14 5 7 2 19 12 13 3 3 7 12 17 2 34
11 Caen 27 8 10 9 32 32 14 4 5 5 14 17 13 4 5 4 18 15 0 34
12 Sochaux 27 8 10 9 28 28 14 6 5 3 17 11 13 2 5 6 11 17 0 34
13 Chambly 27 9 7 11 24 30 14 4 3 7 10 19 13 5 4 4 14 11 -6 34
14 Nancy 27 6 15 6 26 25 14 6 6 2 16 9 13 0 9 4 10 16 1 33
15 Châteauroux 27 8 7 12 20 37 13 2 4 7 9 22 14 6 3 5 11 15 -17 31
16 Rodez 27 7 8 12 29 33 13 5 3 5 20 17 14 2 5 7 9 16 -4 29
17 Paris 26 7 6 13 21 37 12 3 2 7 9 20 14 4 4 6 12 17 -16 27
18 Niort 27 6 7 14 29 40 13 4 4 5 15 15 14 2 3 9 14 25 -11 25
19 Le Mans 27 7 4 16 28 43 14 5 3 6 16 17 13 2 1 10 12 26 -15 25
20 Orléans 27 4 7 16 21 42 14 2 2 10 8 23 13 2 5 6 13 19 -21 19

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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.