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

Stade Felix Bollaert-Delelis, Lens

Lorient are on the road on Friday night, as manager Régis Le Bris takes his team to visit Lens and Franck Haise at the Stade Felix Bollaert-Delelis in the Ligue 1. We've got odds for 17 different betting markets as well as predictions, statistics and head to head (H2H) data for the two sides. You can access it all using the tabs below.

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Lens's next match is v Montpellier at 20:00 on Sunday 19th May
Lorient's next match is v Clermont at 20:00 on Sunday 19th May

The last French Ligue 1 meeting between Lens and Lorient was on Friday 3rd May 2024

French Ligue 1

May 3rd 2024

Lens 2	0 Lorient

S. Wahi 57'
D. Pereira da Costa 81'

	LEN LOR
Shots On	6 5
Shots Off	10 3
Corners	4 4
Possession	57% 43%
Fouls	11 14
Yellow/red cards	1/0 2/0

Lens	Lorient

B. Samba K. Danso (M. Haïdara 46') J. Gradit F. Medina D. Machado Mena (R. Aguilar 82') P. Frankowski N. Mendy A. Fulgini (A. Thomasson 78') D. Pereira da Costa (S. Samed 87') S. Wahi (W. Saïd 78') F. Sotoca	Y. Mvogo J. Laporte N. Adjei M. Talbi (G. Kalulu Kyatengwa 79') P. Katseris B. Mendy (B. Bouanani 79') T. Bakayoko L. Abergel J. Ponceau I. Louza (E. Kroupi 79') M. Bamba

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We're ruling out a bore-draw or a slim 1-0 win here, and instead we're tipping over 1.5 goals. That means that Lens and Lorient will score at least two between them during 90 minutes. This is based on each side's recent form stats, as well as their historic head-to-heads. We give it a probability of 78%. Bookies have it priced at 1.22.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Lens are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 57% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.44.

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Lens 57%	4/9 3%	4/9 3%
Draw 22%	4/1 5%	18/5
Lorient 21%	11/2	6/1 13%
Draw 1-1 11%	17/2	8/1 6%
Lens 1-0 10%	8/1 20%	15/2 13%
Lens 2-1 10%	15/2	7/1
Lens 2-0 9%	7/1 14%	7/1 14%
Lens 3-1 6%	10/1 8%	10/1
Lens 3-0 6%	9/1 5%	9/1 5%
Lorient 1-0 6%	18/1 12%	22/1 10%
Lorient 2-1 6%	18/1	18/1 17%
Draw 0-0 5%	16/1 31%	16/1 13%
Draw 2-2 5%	16/1 19%	14/1 21%
Lens 3-2 3%	20/1 19%	20/1 19%
Lorient 2-0 3%	33/1	45/1 10%
Lens 4-1 3%	18/1 10%	18/1 10%
Lens 4-0 3%	16/1	18/1 12%
Lorient 3-1 2%	40/1 20%	60/1 14%
Over 2.5 Goals 56%	8/15 8%	8/15 8%
Under 2.5 Goals 44%	6/4 14%	7/5 12%
Home 1st Goal 55%	3/10	2/5 3%
Away 1st Goal 42%	12/5 9%	23/10 8%
No 1st Goal 3%	16/1 31%	16/1 13%
BTTS - Yes 55%	3/4 10%	4/6 11%
BTTS - No 45%	1/1 11%	11/10 14%
BTTS - Home Win 27%	15/8 10%	7/4 8%
BTTS - Draw 17%	5/1 8%	17/4 9%
BTTS - Away Win 11%	17/2 21%	9/1 23%
Home/draw 79%	1/9	1/10 3%
Away/draw 43%	13/8 5%	9/5 3%
Home/away 78%	1/6 1%	1/5
Over 1.5 Goals 79%	1/6 4%	2/13 4%
Under 1.5 Goals 21%	4/1 15%	4/1 19%
Over 3.5 Goals 34%	11/8 13%	13/10 12%
Under 3.5 Goals 66%	4/7 9%	4/7 9%
Over 4.5 Goals 17%	10/3 13%	29/10 18%
Under 4.5 Goals 83%	2/9 4%	2/9 4%
Over 5.5 Goals 8%	7/1 20%	13/2 21%
Under 5.5 Goals 92%	1/12 2%	1/12 2%
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1/40 1%	1/33 1%
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	16/1 13%	16/1 31%
Home DNB 72%	2/11 1%	1/6 4%
Away DNB 37%	7/2 10%	7/2 18%
Lens win to nil 30%	13/8 10%	33/20 13%
Lorient win to nil 10%	10/1	14/1
Lens / Lens 38%	11/10	6/5 2%
Lens / Lorient 2%	33/1 17%	60/1 14%
Lens / Draw 5%	14/1 12%	18/1
Draw / Lens 20%	10/3 8%	16/5 5%
Draw / Lorient 7%	12/1	14/1
Draw / Draw 12%	13/2 7%	6/1
Lorient / Lens 4%	18/1	20/1 9%
Lorient / Lorient 7%	10/1 8%	12/1 13%
Lorient / Draw 5%	16/1 11%	18/1 10%

Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Lens have played 31 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 21 games against teams below in the table, having won 12, drawn 6 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 12 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Lens have outscored their opponents by 40 goals to 37 goals.

Home League Performance

Lens have played 15 games at home winning 8, drawing 3 and losing 4 games. They have scored 23 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 16 goals at home.

Lorient are in 17th position in the Ligue 1 on 26 points having played 31 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

8 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 31 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 16 goals in total and failed to score in 8 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

30 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 16 games, drawn 8 and won 6. Lorient have conceded 60 goals, scored 37, failed to score in 12 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

Lens

Won

Draw

Lost

Scores

Lorient

HOME	AWAY	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY
l 0-2A	l 3-1A	PSG	33	21	10	2	46	73	l 1-4A	d 0-00-0
l 2-3A	l 3-0A	Monaco	33	19	7	7	22	64	d 2-2F	d 2-2F
d 1-1A	l 2-1A	Lille	33	16	10	7	18	58	w 4-1F	l 3-0A
w 1-0F	l 3-2F	Brest	33	16	10	7	16	58	l 0-1A	l 4-0A
l 1-3A	l 2-0A	Nice	33	15	9	9	11	54	d 1-1A	l 3-0A
-	-	Lens Home	33	14	8	11	8	50	d 0-00-0	l 2-0A
w 3-2A	w 0-3F	Lyon	33	15	5	13	-7	50	l 0-2A	d 3-3F
w 1-0F	l 2-1A	Marseille	33	12	11	10	10	47	l 2-4A	l 3-1A
d 1-1F	d 1-1F	Rennes	33	12	10	11	8	46	w 2-1F	w 1-2F
w 2-0F	d 1-1A	Reims	33	12	8	13	-6	44	w 2-0F	l 1-0A
w 2-1A	w 0-2F	Toulouse	33	11	10	12	-1	43	l 1-2F	d 1-1A
May 19	d 0-00-0	Montpellier	33	10	11	12	-5	40	l 0-3A	l 2-0A
w 3-1F	w 0-1F	Strasbourg	33	10	9	14	-11	39	l 1-2A	w 1-3F
w 4-0F	w 0-1F	Nantes	33	9	6	18	-21	33	l 0-1A	l 5-3F
d 1-1F	d 0-00-0	Le Havre	33	7	11	15	-10	32	d 3-3A	l 3-0A
l 0-1A	l 2-1F	Metz	33	8	5	20	-21	29	l 2-3A	w 1-2F
w 2-0F	d 0-00-0	Lorient Away	33	6	8	19	-28	26	-	-
w 1-0F	w 0-3F	Clermont	33	5	10	18	-29	25	May 19	l 1-0A

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 - 0	Clermont
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM
A	Lens	1 - 2	Marseille
H	Lens	1 - 0	Clermont
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM
Nice	3 - 0	Lorient
Montpellier	2 - 0	Lorient
Monaco	2 - 2	Lorient
Rennes	1 - 2	Lorient
Strasbourg	1 - 3	Lorient
Metz	1 - 2	Lorient
Lille	3 - 0	Lorient
Brest	4 - 0	Lorient
Toulouse	1 - 1	Lorient
Clermont	1 - 0	Lorient
Reims	1 - 0	Lorient
Lyon	3 - 3	Lorient
Nantes	5 - 3	Lorient
Le Havre	3 - 0	Lorient
PSG	0 - 0	Lorient
Clermont	2 - 0	Lorient
Montpellier	1 - 1	Lorient
PSG	1 - 3	Lorient
Monaco	3 - 1	Lorient
Lille	3 - 1	Lorient

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Lost

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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Lens

Lorient

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 7

Clean sheets

2 / 7

LEN

LOR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lens
Lens	5 - 2
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Lens	4 - 1
Lens	1 - 0
	0 - 1	Lorient
	2 - 3	Lorient
Draw	0 - 0	Draw

Lens

Lorient

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 14

11 / 14

Clean sheets

3 / 14

5 / 14

LEN

LOR

FIXTURE HISTORY
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	1 - 3	Lens
Lens	5 - 2
Lorient	2 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Lens	4 - 1
	2 - 3	Lens
Lens	1 - 0
	0 - 1	Lorient
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	2 - 3	Lorient
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Lorient	1 - 0

Goal Statistics

Lens have been steady in attack of late, finding the net in 13 consecutive Ligue 1 games. Their PG of 1.9 against Lorient on Friday suggests that run is likely to continue.

Goals have been an issue for Lorient of late. It has been 5 Ligue 1 games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.1 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Friday night against Lens.

	Lens 6th	Lorient 17th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.9 goals	1.1 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 35% 1 37% 2 19% 3 4+ There is a 72% probability that Lorient will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+5 Lens’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-1 Lorient’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.8 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	2.1 conceded

Statistics Ligue 1 - 2023/2024 Season

17%

better

LEN

LOR

view stats

Games scored	26		19
Failed to score	7		14
Scored first	17		11
Goals scored	43		38
Avg. goals scored	1.3		1.2
Avg. shots per game	11		8
Avg. shots per goal	8		7
Conversion rate	12%		15%
KickOff rating		+17%

40%

better

LEN

LOR

view stats

Games conceded	19		30
Clean sheets	14		3
Conceded first	13		20
Goals conceded	35		66
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		2
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		12
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		6
Conversion rate	13%		17%
KickOff rating		+40%

Lens v Lorient 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
33	8	5	11
B Samba	E Wahi	F Sotoca	F Medina

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
B Samba GLK	33			3 -
J Gradit DEF	25	1		9 1
K Danso DEF	30	1		6 -
F Medina DEF	30	1	3	11 -
P Frankowski MID	29	3	2	4 -
N Mendy MID	15		1	2 -
D Costa MID	24	4	2	3 -
D Machado MID	18	3		3 -
F Sotoca MID	31	7	5	4 1
A Fulgini MID	28	1	2	1 -
E Wahi FWD	26	8	2	9 -
Subs
J Leca GLK				-
R Aguilar DEF	24	1	3	3 -
M Haidara DEF	18		1	1 -
S Samed MID	27			2 -
A Diouf MID	25	1		2 -
A Thomasson MID	28	1	2	2 1
A. Sishuba MID	6			-
W Saïd FWD	26	7	1	1 -
M Guilavogui FWD	22	2		1 -

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
8	29	5	11
E Wahi	E Wahi	F Sotoca	F Sotoca

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
E Wahi FWD	8	29	2	2
F Sotoca MID	7	19	5	11
D Costa MID	4	12	2	3
P Frankowski MID	3	9	2	8
D Machado MID	3	7		2
J Gradit DEF	1	1
K Danso DEF	1	5
F Medina DEF	1	10	3	3
A Fulgini MID	1	10	2	6
N Mendy MID		2	1	2
Subs
W Saïd FWD	7	19	1	2
M Guilavogui FWD	2	7		3
R Aguilar DEF	1	4	3	4
A Diouf MID	1	8
A Thomasson MID	1	6	2	7
M Haidara DEF			1	1
S Samed MID				1
A. Sishuba MID		2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1995	61	180
F Medina	F Medina	F Sotoca

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
F Medina DEF	1995	61	134
K Danso DEF	1710	25	140
J Gradit DEF	1289	29	109
F Sotoca MID	1236	34	180
P Frankowski MID	987	57	97
B Samba GLK	972	1	8
A Fulgini MID	619	23	92
D Costa MID	590	16	58
N Mendy MID	561	26	61
D Machado MID	333	19	60
E Wahi FWD	270	6	48
Subs
R Aguilar DEF	1001	50	101
S Samed MID	888	22	47
A Diouf MID	688	28	83
A Thomasson MID	609	26	64
M Haidara DEF	367	9	30
W Saïd FWD	241	9	44
M Guilavogui FWD	202	18	45
A. Sishuba MID	13	3	14

Lorient Ligue 1 squad statistics 2023/2024

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
33	6	3	6
Y Mvogo	M. Bamba	I Louza	I Touré

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
Y Mvogo GLK	33			1 -
N Adjei DEF	15			2 -
M Talbi DEF	24			2 -
J Laporte DEF	22			3 -
P Katseris MID	14	1	1	4 -
L Abergel MID	32	1	1	4 -
T Bakayoko MID	20	2	1	5 -
I Louza MID	13	1	3	1 -
B Mendy MID	14	2	1	3 -
J Ponceau MID	31	3	1	4 -
M. Bamba FWD	14	6	1	2 -
Subs
A Gomis GLK				-
I Touré DEF	24	1	1	6 -
D Yongwa DEF	21	1	1	3 -
G Kalulu DEF	18		1	-
T Bris DEF	26		2	4 -
B Bouanani MID	10			-
J Makengo MID	11			-
E Kroupi MID	29	5	3	1 -
A Tosin FWD	18	2		1

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	17	3	5
M. Bamba	M. Bamba	I Louza	I Louza

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M. Bamba FWD	6	17	1	3
J Ponceau MID	3	13	1	4
B Mendy MID	2	4	1	5
T Bakayoko MID	2	7	1	2
P Katseris MID	1	6	1	1
L Abergel MID	1	10	1	2
I Louza MID	1	5	3	5
M Talbi DEF		2
J Laporte DEF		1
Subs
E Kroupi MID	5	13	3	5
A Tosin FWD	2	2
I Touré DEF	1	9	1
D Yongwa DEF	1	4	1	4
G Kalulu DEF			1	2
T Bris DEF		2	2	1
B Bouanani MID		3		1
J Makengo MID		2		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1730	79	173
L Abergel	L Abergel	L Abergel

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
L Abergel MID	1730	79	173
M Talbi DEF	1132	41	109
J Ponceau MID	1071	27	107
J Laporte DEF	980	25	70
Y Mvogo GLK	979		9
N Adjei DEF	658	13	59
T Bakayoko MID	637	34	86
I Louza MID	501	13	44
B Mendy MID	298	3	18
P Katseris MID	253	25	57
M. Bamba FWD	217	14	57
Subs
I Touré DEF	1267	26	97
T Bris DEF	572	34	66
G Kalulu DEF	432	22	41
D Yongwa DEF	423	31	98
J Makengo MID	271	5	19
E Kroupi MID	248	8	36
A Tosin FWD	181	6	38
B Bouanani MID	152	4	18