Lens

11th in the league on 7 points from 6 games played. Squad, fixtures, expected XI and performance record.

Form

Last 6 results, most recent last.

WLLDLW

Next fixtures

Win/draw/lose are the estimated probabilities for Lens, not for the home side. Open a fixture for the full breakdown and the market’s prices.

Previous fixtures

Full match history on file for Lens, most recent first.

DateOpponentScoreResultCompetitionShots
09 Oct 26 Home Lyon 2–1 W Ligue 1 15 (7 on target)
18 Sep 26 Away Monaco 1–2 L Ligue 1 12 (4 on target)
13 Sep 26 Away Le Mans 2–2 D Ligue 1 16 (6 on target)
05 Sep 26 Home Lorient 0–1 L Ligue 1 17 (6 on target)
29 Aug 26 Away Strasbourg 1–2 L Ligue 1 17 (7 on target)
22 Aug 26 Home Auxerre 5–2 W Ligue 1 12 (9 on target)
17 May 26 Away Lyon 4–0 W Ligue 1 14 (4 on target)
13 May 26 Home Paris Saint-Germain 0–2 L Ligue 1 25 (10 on target)
08 May 26 Home Nantes 1–0 W Ligue 1 14 (5 on target)
02 May 26 Away Nice 1–1 D Ligue 1 16 (4 on target)

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Season Statistics

Games Played: 6

PPG ?Points per game this season (win = 3, draw = 1, loss = 0), with the win/draw/loss split behind it.

1.17PPG
  • Win · 2 (33%)
  • Draw · 1 (17%)
  • Loss · 3 (50%)

Clean Sheets ?How often this team has kept a clean sheet (conceded zero goals) this season.

CS
  • Yes · 0 (0%)
  • No · 6 (100%)

BTTS ?Both Teams To Score: how often this team's matches have seen both sides get on the scoresheet this season.

BTTS
  • Yes · 5 (83%)
  • No · 1 (17%)

O/U 2.5 Goals ?How often this team's matches have finished with more (Over) or fewer (Under) than 2.5 total goals this season.

2.5Goals
  • Over · 5 (83%)
  • Under · 1 (17%)

O/U 9.5 Corners ?How often this team's matches have finished with more (Over) or fewer (Under) than 9.5 total corners this season.

9.5Corners
  • Over · 4 (67%)
  • Under · 2 (33%)
Scored / game 1.83 League avg: 1.45
Conceded / game 1.67 League avg: 1.45
Goals avg 3.50 League avg: 2.91
Yellow cards avg 2.00 League avg: 1.59
Corners avg 7.00 League avg: 4.82
xG for / game 2.32 League avg: 1.66
xG against / game 1.55 League avg: 1.66
Home advantage ?How many more points per game Lens earns at home than away, over its last two seasons or so of matches. +0.37 League avg: +0.44
Squad size 29 (4 out) League avg: 27

Lineup & availability

Lens 3-4-2-1 Predicted XI

Out / doubtful

All-time record

Recent form (Last 6)

11th in the league · 7 pts

ResultsPPG
Overall WLLDLW 1.17
Home WWLWLW 2.00
Away DDWLDL 1.00

Career Overall

Overall Home Away
Win % 50% 59% 41%
Goals/game (both sides) 2.71 2.77 2.64
Scored/game 1.57 1.73 1.41
Conceded/game 1.14 1.05 1.23
Both teams scored 54% 49% 59%
Clean sheets 32% 36% 27%
Failed to score 20% 19% 22%
xG/game 1.75 1.95 1.55
xG against/game 1.27 1.15 1.40
npxG/game 1.59 1.77 1.42
Deep completions/game 7.2 8.1 6.2
PPDA (press intensity) 11.5 11.3 11.7
Led at half-time 39% 41% 37%
Comebacks (trailed at HT, won) 9% 15% 6%

Historic Bets

Lens’s 5 most frequent betting markets, based on its entire match history on file.

  1. 1 Over 2.5 Cards in the Match 80.2% Based on 222 matches on file · Ligue 1 average 76.3% +4 pts
  2. 2 To Score 79.7% Based on 222 matches on file · Ligue 1 average 73.3% +6 pts
  3. 3 Over 1.5 Goals in the Match 76.6% Based on 222 matches on file · Ligue 1 average 75.8% +1 pts
  4. 4 Team Over 3.5 Corners 76.6% Based on 222 matches on file · Ligue 1 average 63.9% +13 pts
  5. 5 Over 7.5 Corners in the Match 74.3% Based on 222 matches on file · Ligue 1 average 71.5% +3 pts

Lens betting trends at a glance Above average

Over 222 matches on file, Lens's most frequent betting market is Over 2.5 Cards in the Match, which has landed 80.2% of the time. To Score (79.7%) and Over 1.5 Goals in the Match (76.6%) follow, with Team Over 3.5 Corners and Over 7.5 Corners in the Match completing the top 5.

The standout against the average Ligue 1 side is Team Over 3.5 Corners: 76.6% for Lens against 63.9% league wide, 13 percentage points higher.

Overall, 1 of 5 of Lens's top markets land more often than they do for the typical Ligue 1 club, by more than chance would explain, so they look like real tendencies for Lens.

These are past frequencies, not predictions. A market that lands often is usually already priced short by bookmakers, so a high strike rate does not make it a profitable bet. Use the figures to see what is normal for Lens, then compare them with the odds on offer.

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Squad

Goalkeepers 4

# Player SavesCSMinsStarts
1 - - - -
16 - - - -
40 20 - 540 6
60 - - - -

CS clean sheets · Mins minutes played

Defenders 12

# Player TklIntDuelsCSFlsYelMinsStarts
2 13 8 18 - 8 1 368 5
3
Maik Nawrocki Injured
1 3 2 - 1 1 152 2
4
Nidal Celik Nidal Čelik
- - - - - - - -
6 2 - 2 - - - 37 1
14
Matthieu Udol Unavailable
10 7 31 - 5 - 468 6
20 3 - 3 - 4 - 81 2
23
Saud Abdulhamid Saud Abdullah Abdul Hamid
1 2 2 - 1 - 62 1
24
Jonathan Gradit Injured
2 3 11 - 4 1 152 3
25
Ismaëlo Ganiou Pierre Ismaelo Ganiou
10 6 21 - 2 - 349 4
31 11 5 18 - 2 1 246 3
32 9 4 20 - 4 - 360 4
Jhoanner Chávez Jhoanner Stalin Chávez Quintero
- - - - - - - -

Tkl tackles · Int interceptions · Duels duels won · CS clean sheets · Fls fouls committed · Yel yellow cards · Mins minutes played

Midfielders 6

# Player AstxAKPGoalsTklYelMinsStarts
5
Andrija Bulatovic Andrija Bulatović
- 0.47 5 - 4 1 174 1
8
Yassine Titraoui Yacine Titraoui
- - - - 10 1 294 4
9 - 0.10 2 - 3 - 161 1
21 - 0.08 1 - 2 - 232 2
27
Michaël Cuisance Mickaël Cuisance
- 0.30 5 - 9 1 391 6
38
Mezian Mesloub Mezian Soares Mesloub
- - 2 - - - 103 1

Ast assists · xA expected assists · KP key passes · Tkl tackles · Yel yellow cards · Mins minutes played

Forwards 7

# Player GoalsxGShotsSoTAstMinsStarts
7 1 0.61 6 3 - 90 3
10
Florian Thauvin Florian Tristán Mariano Thauvin
3 3.97 18 11 5 540 6
11 - 0.77 5 2 - 186 2
19
Abdallah Sima Injured
1 1.32 9 3 1 384 5
22
Michal Skoras Michał Skóraś
- 0.02 1 - 1 274 3
28
Junior Kadile Junior Morau Kadile
- - 1 1 - 90 1
29 2 - 5 4 - 200 4

xG expected goals · SoT shots on target · Ast assists · Mins minutes played

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Squad data (name, position, shirt number, photo) is from Sportmonks. Season stat columns aren’t populated by that source yet, so they show as ‘-’ rather than a misleading zero.

Season Player Statistics

Goals

  1. Florian Thauvin 0 0 0 3 6
  2. Matthieu Udol 0 1 1 2 6
  3. Franjo Ivanović 1 – 0 2 4

Shots on target

  1. Florian Thauvin 3 0 2 11 6
  2. Franjo Ivanović 1 – 0 4 4
  3. Matthieu Udol 0 2 1 3 6

Total shots

  1. Florian Thauvin 7 2 2 18 6
  2. Abdallah Sima 2 2 – 9 5
  3. Matthieu Udol 0 2 2 8 6

Most carded

  1. Souleymane Sagnan – – – 1Y 1R 3
  2. Florian Thauvin 1 1 0 2Y 6
  3. Matthieu Udol 0 0 0 0Y 1R 6

Most fouls committed

  1. Ruben Aguilar 1 1 0 8 5
  2. Abdallah Sima 2 1 – 7 5
  3. Matthieu Udol 0 1 1 5 6

Most tackles

  1. Ruben Aguilar 2 2 5 13 5
  2. Souleymane Sagnan – – – 11 3
  3. Matthieu Udol 1 3 2 10 6

Most interceptions

  1. Ruben Aguilar 2 2 0 8 5
  2. Matthieu Udol 1 1 2 7 6
  3. Michal Skoras 0 0 – 7 3

Most duels won

  1. Matthieu Udol 6 5 5 31 6
  2. Florian Thauvin 7 2 3 21 6
  3. Ismaëlo Ganiou – – 8 21 4

Most blocked shots

  1. Maik Nawrocki – – – 4 2
  2. Ismaëlo Ganiou – – 2 2 4
  3. Souleymane Sagnan – – – 2 3

Most key passes

  1. Florian Thauvin 3 2 5 19 6
  2. Matthieu Udol 0 2 3 9 6
  3. Ruben Aguilar 3 1 2 8 5

Head to head

Lens’s record against every other Ligue 1 club, in table order, across all league meetings on file.

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Season by season

Where Lens finished in each completed Ligue 1 season on file.

SeasonPositionPGDPts
2025/26 2nd of 18 34 +31 70
2024/25 8th of 18 34 +3 52
2023/24 7th of 18 34 +8 51
2022/23 2nd of 20 38 +39 84
2021/22 7th of 20 38 +14 62
2020/21 7th of 20 38 +1 57

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