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Lens v Clermont Foot : Ligue 1 match betting preview, prediction and odds

Stade Felix Bollaert-Delelis, Lens

Lens are in Ligue 1 action on Saturday night, as Franck Haise looks to get one over on Pascal Gastien and his Clermont Foot side at the Stade Felix Bollaert-Delelis. Form, head-to-head statistics, predictions and odds are all shown below. It's our job to give you all the information you need to place a smart, well-informed bet. Here we've gone for Lens to win, but why not flip through the tabs and find the one you like best?

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Lens's next match is v Lorient at 20:00 on Friday 3rd May
Clermont Foot's next match is v Monaco at 16:00 on Saturday 4th May

The last French Ligue 1 meeting between Lens and Clermont was on Saturday 20th April 2024

French Ligue 1

April 20th 2024

Lens 1	0 Clermont

F. Sotoca 3'

	LEN CLE
Shots On	5 1
Shots Off	9 4
Corners	4 3
Possession	48% 52%
Fouls	17 17
Yellow/red cards	4/0

Lens	Clermont

B. Samba D. Machado Mena (M. Haïdara 85') J. Gradit K. Danso F. Medina A. Fulgini (D. Pereira da Costa 77') N. El Aynaoui N. Mendy P. Frankowski S. Wahi (M. Guilavogui 89') F. Sotoca	M. Diaw V. Borges dos Santos Neto A. Pelmard C. Matsima M. Caufriez (B. Boutobba 86') M. Saracevic Y. Magnin (G. Kyei 62') H. Keita J. Gastien (J. Bela 63') A. Virginius E. Rashani

Best Tip: Lens to win

Having examined the bookies' odds and collated statistics regarding both teams ahead of this Ligue 1 fixture, a bet on win / draw / win for Lens to win and delight their home supporters is the way we would recommend bettors go. We predict they'll be too strong for Clermont, and head-to-head (H2H) records show they have the pedigree to do so. There could be some bumps along the way, but Lens claiming victory is the bet come Saturday night.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Lens are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 61% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.40.

Predictions	Bet365	Coral	Betfred	888Sport
Lens 61%	2/5 3%	2/5	2/5 7%	-
Draw 22%	7/2 13%	15/4 6%	7/2 13%	-
Clermont 17%	15/2 31%	15/2	15/2 13%	-
Lens 1-0 12%	13/2 50%	13/2 15%	5/1 20%	-
Lens 2-0 11%	6/1 17%	6/1 8%	5/1	-
Draw 1-1 11%	15/2	8/1 6%	8/1 13%	-
Lens 2-1 10%	15/2 6%	15/2	15/2	-
Lens 3-0 7%	8/1 5%	8/1	8/1 10%	-
Draw 0-0 6%	12/1 53%	14/1 25%	11/1 26%	-
Lens 3-1 6%	10/1 27%	10/1 8%	12/1 13%	-
Clermont 1-0 6%	20/1 62%	22/1 21%	18/1 27%	-
Clermont 2-1 5%	22/1 10%	22/1 12%	22/1 10%	-
Draw 2-2 4%	18/1 27%	18/1 10%	20/1 9%	-
Lens 4-0 3%	14/1 21%	16/1	16/1 19%	-
Lens 4-1 3%	18/1 34%	18/1 17%	22/1 21%	-
Lens 3-2 3%	25/1 37%	25/1 10%	28/1 15%	-
Clermont 2-0 2%	40/1 21%	55/1 10%	40/1	-
Clermont 3-1 1%	50/1	80/1 11%	66/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 52%	4/6 24%	8/13 10%	5/6 13%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 48%	6/5 33%	6/5 15%	5/6 10%	-
Home 1st Goal 57%	2/7 3%	4/11	4/11 3%	-
Away 1st Goal 39%	3/1	27/10 5%	13/5	-
No 1st Goal 4%	12/1 53%	14/1 25%	10/1 29%	-
BTTS - Yes 49%	19/20 18%	17/20 10%	11/10 7%	-
BTTS - No 51%	4/5 18%	20/23 10%	4/6 6%	-
BTTS - Home Win 26%	21/10 28%	19/10 15%	5/2 13%	-
BTTS - Draw 16%	5/1 8%	24/5 3%	5/1	-
BTTS - Away Win 8%	14/1	12/1 13%	14/1	-
Home/draw 83%	1/12 2%	1/12 1%	1/12 2%	-
Away/draw 39%	7/4 10%	2/1 3%	9/5 8%	-
Home/away 78%	2/11 2%	1/5	1/5 2%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 76%	1/5 14%	2/11 6%	2/7 5%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 24%	7/2 50%	17/5 22%	5/2 17%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 30%	13/8 39%	6/4 17%	9/4 19%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 70%	1/2 23%	1/2 13%	1/3 9%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 14%	7/2 44%	7/2 22%	5/1 25%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 86%	1/5 11%	2/11 5%	1/9 5%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 6%	9/1 47%	8/1 31%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 94%	1/16 4%	1/16 2%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1/25 3%	1/28 1%	1/25 2%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	12/1 53%	14/1 36%	9/1 25%	-
Home DNB 76%	1/8 4%	1/8	1/9 3%	-
Away DNB 33%	5/1 20%	9/2	5/1 20%	-
Lens win to nil 35%	5/4 13%	13/10 7%	21/20	-
Clermont win to nil 9%	12/1 30%	14/1	12/1 18%	-
Lens / Lens 41%	21/20 11%	11/10 5%	21/20 9%	-
Lens / Clermont 1%	40/1 20%	70/1 12%	66/1	-
Lens / Draw 5%	16/1	20/1	16/1	-
Draw / Lens 21%	3/1	29/10 3%	3/1 7%	-
Draw / Clermont 5%	14/1 15%	16/1	16/1 13%	-
Draw / Draw 12%	6/1 27%	6/1 8%	11/2 18%	-
Clermont / Lens 4%	18/1 17%	22/1 12%	22/1 12%	-
Clermont / Clermont 6%	12/1	14/1 12%	12/1 8%	-
Clermont / Draw 4%	18/1	20/1	18/1	-

Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Lens have played 29 matches so far this season and lay in 6th place in the Ligue 1 league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 19 games against teams below in the table, having won 11, drawn 6 and lost 2 matches. They have kept 11 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Lens have outscored their opponents by 38 goals to 21 goals.

Home League Performance

Lens have played 14 games at home winning 7, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored 22 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 16 goals at home.

Clermont are in 18th position in the Ligue 1 on 22 points having played 29 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

7 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 23 goals and kept 2 clean sheets. They have scored 11 goals in total and failed to score in 6 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

29 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 15 games, drawn 10 and won 4. Clermont have conceded 48 goals, scored 21, failed to score in 13 fixtures and have kept 5 clean sheets.

Lens

Won

Draw

Lost

Scores

Clermont

HOME	AWAY	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY
l 0-2A	l 3-1A	PSG	31	20	10	1	47	70	d 0-00-0	d 1-1F
l 2-3A	l 3-0A	Monaco	31	17	7	7	17	58	l 2-4F	May 4
w 1-0F	l 3-2F	Brest	31	16	8	7	16	56	d 1-1A	l 3-0A
d 1-1A	l 2-1A	Lille	31	15	10	6	18	55	d 0-00-0	l 4-0A
l 1-3A	l 2-0A	Nice	31	14	9	8	11	51	l 0-1A	d 0-00-0
-	-	Lens Home	31	13	7	11	6	46	l 0-3A	l 1-0A
w 1-0F	l 2-1A	Marseille	31	11	11	9	9	44	l 1-5A	l 2-1A
w 3-2A	w 0-3F	Lyon	31	13	5	13	-9	44	May 12	w 1-2F
d 1-1F	May 12	Rennes	31	11	9	11	7	42	l 1-3F	l 3-1A
w 2-1A	w 0-2F	Toulouse	31	10	10	11	-2	40	l 0-3A	d 2-2A
w 2-0F	d 1-1A	Reims	31	11	7	13	-7	40	w 4-1F	l 2-0A
May 19	d 0-00-0	Montpellier	31	9	11	11	-4	37	d 1-1F	d 1-1F
w 3-1F	w 0-1F	Strasbourg	31	9	9	13	-10	36	d 1-1A	d 0-00-0
w 4-0F	w 0-1F	Nantes	31	9	5	17	-20	32	l 0-1A	w 1-2F
d 1-1F	d 0-00-0	Le Havre	31	6	11	14	-11	29	w 2-1F	l 2-1A
l 0-1A	l 2-1F	Metz	31	8	5	18	-19	29	l 0-1A	l 1-0A
May 3	d 0-00-0	Lorient	31	6	8	17	-24	26	w 1-0F	May 19
w 1-0F	w 0-3F	Clermont Away	31	5	10	16	-25	25	-	-

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

HOME FORM
Lens	1 - 1	Le Havre
Lens	1 - 3	Nice
Lens	1 - 0	Brest
Lens	2 - 3	Monaco
Lens	3 - 1	Strasbourg
Lens	0 - 2	PSG
Lens	2 - 0	Reims
Lens	3 - 2	Lyon
Lens	1 - 0	Marseille
Lens	4 - 0	Nantes
Lens	1 - 1	Lille
Lens	2 - 1	Toulouse
Lens	0 - 1	Metz
Lens	1 - 1	Rennes
Lens	3 - 0	Ajaccio
Lens	2 - 1	Reims
Lens	2 - 1	Marseille
Lens	3 - 0	Monaco
Lens	2 - 1	Strasbourg
Lens	3 - 0	Angers

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM
A	Lens	1 - 2	Metz
H	Lens	1 - 1	Le Havre
A	Lens	1 - 2	Lille
H	Lens	1 - 3	Nice
H	Lens	1 - 0	Brest
A	Lens	3 - 0	Lyon
H	Lens	2 - 3	Monaco
A	Lens	1 - 1	Reims
H	Lens	3 - 1	Strasbourg
A	Lens	1 - 0	Nantes
A	Lens	2 - 0	Toulouse
H	Lens	0 - 2	PSG
A	Lens	0 - 2	Nice
H	Lens	2 - 0	Reims
A	Lens	0 - 0	Montpellier
H	Lens	3 - 2	Lyon
A	Lens	3 - 0	Clermont
H	Lens	1 - 0	Marseille
A	Lens	0 - 0	Lorient
H	Lens	4 - 0	Nantes

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM
PSG	1 - 1	Clermont
Metz	1 - 0	Clermont
Nice	0 - 0	Clermont
Rennes	3 - 1	Clermont
Lille	4 - 0	Clermont
Nantes	1 - 2	Clermont
Marseille	2 - 1	Clermont
Brest	3 - 0	Clermont
Montpellier	1 - 1	Clermont
Strasbourg	0 - 0	Clermont
Lyon	1 - 2	Clermont
Le Havre	2 - 1	Clermont
Toulouse	2 - 2	Clermont
Reims	2 - 0	Clermont
PSG	2 - 3	Clermont
Brest	2 - 1	Clermont
Auxerre	1 - 1	Clermont
Nice	1 - 2	Clermont
Troyes	0 - 2	Clermont
Montpellier	2 - 1	Clermont

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM
H	Clermont	1 - 1	Montpellier
A	Clermont	1 - 1	PSG
H	Clermont	0 - 3	Toulouse
H	Clermont	2 - 1	Le Havre
A	Clermont	0 - 1	Metz
H	Clermont	1 - 5	Marseille
A	Clermont	0 - 0	Nice
A	Clermont	1 - 3	Rennes
H	Clermont	1 - 1	Brest
A	Clermont	0 - 4	Lille
H	Clermont	1 - 1	Strasbourg
A	Clermont	2 - 1	Nantes
H	Clermont	1 - 3	Rennes
A	Clermont	1 - 2	Marseille
H	Clermont	0 - 0	Lille
A	Clermont	0 - 3	Brest
A	Clermont	1 - 1	Montpellier
H	Clermont	0 - 3	Lens
H	Clermont	1 - 0	Lorient
A	Clermont	0 - 0	Strasbourg

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Lens have beaten Clermont in 4 consecutive league meetings

Lens have not lost to Clermont in 9 consecutive league meetings

Lens

Clermont

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 7

Clean sheets

1 / 7

LEN

CLE

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lens
Lens	2 - 1
Lens	3 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Lens	1 - 0
	0 - 1	Clermont
Lens	3 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Lens

Clermont

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

12 / 15

11 / 15

Clean sheets

4 / 15

3 / 15

LEN

CLE

FIXTURE HISTORY
	0 - 3	Lens
	0 - 4	Lens
Lens	2 - 1
Lens	3 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Lens	1 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 1	Clermont
Clermont	1 - 0
Lens	3 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	2 - 2	Draw

Goal Statistics

Lens have been reliable in attack of late, finding the net in 11 consecutive Ligue 1 matches. Their PG of 1.9 against Clermont Foot on Saturday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Lens 6th	Clermont 18th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.9 goals	0.9 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 15% 1 29% 2 27% 3 17% 4+ 12% There is a 85% probability that Lens will score 1 or more goals	0 42% 1 36% 2 16% 3 4+ There is a 78% probability of Clermont scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+10 Lens’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-1 Clermont’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.9 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	1.6 conceded

Statistics Ligue 1 - 2023/2024 Season

30%

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LEN

CLE

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Games scored	24		17
Failed to score	7		14
Scored first	15		10
Goals scored	40		25
Avg. goals scored	1.3		0.8
Avg. shots per game	10		8
Avg. shots per goal	8		10
Conversion rate	12%		10%
KickOff rating		+30%

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LEN

CLE

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Games conceded	18		26
Clean sheets	13		5
Conceded first	13		17
Goals conceded	34		50
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		12
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		7
Conversion rate	13%		14%
KickOff rating		+29%

Lens v Clermont Ligue 1 lLine ups will show here when available.

Lens Ligue 1 squad statistics 2023/2024

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
29	7	5	10
B Samba	E Wahi	F Sotoca	J Gradit

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
B Samba GLK	29			3 -
J Gradit DEF	22	1		9 1
K Danso DEF	27	1		5 -
F Medina DEF	26	1	3	10 -
P Frankowski MID	25	3	2	4 -
N Mendy MID	11			2 -
N Aynaoui MID	23	1	2	1 -
D Machado MID	14	3		3 -
F Sotoca MID	27	6	5	3 1
A Fulgini MID	24		2	1 -
E Wahi FWD	23	7	2	7 -
Subs
J Leca GLK				-
M Haidara DEF	15			1 -
A. Khusanov DEF	9			5 -
A Diouf MID	24	1		2 -
D Costa MID	20	3	2	2 -
S Samed MID	25			2 -
A Thomasson MID	26	1	1	2 1
A. Sishuba MID	5			-
M Guilavogui FWD	20	2		1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	26	5	10
E Wahi	E Wahi	F Sotoca	F Sotoca

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
E Wahi FWD	7	26	2	2
F Sotoca MID	6	16	5	10
P Frankowski MID	3	9	2	7
D Machado MID	3	4		1
J Gradit DEF	1	1
K Danso DEF	1	3
F Medina DEF	1	10	3	3
N Aynaoui MID	1	8	2	2
N Mendy MID		1
A Fulgini MID		6	2	3
Subs
D Costa MID	3	10	2	3
M Guilavogui FWD	2	7		3
A Diouf MID	1	8
A Thomasson MID	1	6	1	6
A. Khusanov DEF		2
S Samed MID				1
A. Sishuba MID		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1744	53	146
F Medina	F Medina	F Sotoca

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
F Medina DEF	1744	53	116
K Danso DEF	1555	21	125
J Gradit DEF	1126	27	95
F Sotoca MID	1059	30	146
B Samba GLK	855	1	7
P Frankowski MID	821	48	82
N Aynaoui MID	613	34	97
A Fulgini MID	485	16	63
N Mendy MID	377	16	39
D Machado MID	254	9	40
E Wahi FWD	228	5	41
Subs
S Samed MID	879	22	47
A Diouf MID	679	28	83
A Thomasson MID	591	24	62
D Costa MID	487	13	52
A. Khusanov DEF	372	15	26
M Haidara DEF	268	8	23
M Guilavogui FWD	190	18	37
A. Sishuba MID	10	2	12

Clermont Ligue 1 squad statistics 2023/2024

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
28	5	4	8
A Pelmard	M Cham	M Cham	M Caufriez

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Diaw GLK	25			2 -
C Matsima DEF	10	1		2 -
A Pelmard DEF	29			1 -
M Caufriez DEF	17		1	6 2
Y Magnin MID	26	1		-
H Keïta MID	23	1		3 -
T Carpini MID	23			7 -
N Borges MID	23		1	3 1
M Cham MID	29	5	4	3 -
E Rashani MID	20			3 2
A Virginius FWD	9		1	-
Subs
M Ndiaye GLK	4			-
M Zeffane DEF	21			2 -
F Ogier DEF	12	1	1	1 -
Y Armougom DEF	5			1 -
J Jacquet DEF	2			-
B Boutobba MID	25	1	1	1 -
S Nicholson FWD	24	4	3	2 -
J Bela FWD	9			-
G Kyei FWD	22	2		1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	23	4	3
M Cham	M Cham	M Cham	B Boutobba

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Cham MID	5	23	4	2
C Matsima DEF	1	2
Y Magnin MID	1	6		2
H Keïta MID	1	6		1
A Pelmard DEF		1		1
M Caufriez DEF		1	1
T Carpini MID		5		2
N Borges MID		2	1	2
E Rashani MID		2
A Virginius FWD		5	1
Subs
S Nicholson FWD	4	20	3	1
G Kyei FWD	2	6
F Ogier DEF	1	2	1	1
B Boutobba MID	1	9	1	3
M Zeffane DEF		1
J Bela FWD		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1365	46	108
A Pelmard	A Pelmard	N Borges

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
A Pelmard DEF	1365	46	89
T Carpini MID	1317	33	75
M Cham MID	1051	21	106
N Borges MID	955	40	108
M Diaw GLK	934	1	14
M Caufriez DEF	749	35	67
Y Magnin MID	606	33	80
H Keïta MID	597	31	75
C Matsima DEF	490	12	35
E Rashani MID	252	22	62
A Virginius FWD	109	2	12
Subs
M Zeffane DEF	506	26	41
F Ogier DEF	494	17	45
S Nicholson FWD	374	5	86
B Boutobba MID	326	22	73
G Kyei FWD	191	5	43
M Ndiaye GLK	144		3
Y Armougom DEF	102	5	11
J Bela FWD	47		5
J Jacquet DEF	8	1	3