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

Sun 13th Sep, 16:15 BST, Stade de La Pincenardière, Mulsanne

Lens are away from home on Sunday afternoon, as manager Dino Toppmöller takes his men to visit Le Mans and Patrick Videira at the Stade de La Pincenardière in the Ligue 1. Our predictions are based on complex statistical analysis of each side, across 17 of the biggest markets. The data and the odds is designed to fit each market, and head-to-head stats are included for all.


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Best Tip: Lens to win

Winning away from home in Ligue 1 is always worth celebrating, and we're predicting that Dino Toppmöller and his Lens side will be dancing in the halls of Stade de La Pincenardière on Sunday afternoon. The statistics below, including long-running head-to-head (H2H) records, make their ability to get the job done clear, and the bookies odds do too. Top odds are 1.60 on Lens to win. We think it's well worth backing.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Le Mans
18%
5.25-
Draw
21%
4.10-
Lens
61%
1.55-
Lens 2-1
10%
8.00-
Draw 1-1
10%
8.00-
Lens 2-0
10%
8.50-
Lens 1-0
9%
8.00-
Lens 3-1
7%
12.00-
Lens 3-0
7%
12.00-
Draw 2-2
5%
15.00-
Le Mans 2-1
5%
17.00-
Le Mans 1-0
5%
17.00-
Draw 0-0
4%
15.00-
Lens 3-2
4%
21.00-
Lens 4-1
4%
21.00-
Lens 4-0
3%
21.00-
Le Mans 2-0
2%
29.00-
Lens 4-2
2%
41.00-
Over 2.5 Goals
60%
1.67-
Under 2.5 Goals
40%
2.20-
Home 1st Goal
41%
2.63-
Away 1st Goal
56%
1.50-
No 1st Goal
3%
15.00-
BTTS - Yes
57%
1.75-
BTTS - No
43%
2.00-
BTTS - Home Win
10%
9.00-
BTTS - Draw
16%
5.00-
BTTS - Away Win
30%
3.20-
Home/draw
39%
2.38-
Away/draw
82%
1.17-
Home/away
79%
1.22-
Over 1.5 Goals
82%
1.22-
Under 1.5 Goals
18%
4.33-
Over 3.5 Goals
38%
2.63-
Under 3.5 Goals
62%
1.50-
Over 4.5 Goals
20%
5.00-
Under 4.5 Goals
80%
1.17-
Over 5.5 Goals
10%
10.00-
Under 5.5 Goals
90%
1.06-
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1.03-
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
15.00-
Home DNB
33%
4.00-
Away DNB
75%
1.22-
Le Mans win to nil
8%
10.00-
Lens win to nil
31%
2.75-
Le Mans / Le Mans
9%
9.00-
Le Mans / Lens
4%
21.00-
Le Mans / Draw
5%
17.00-
Draw / Le Mans
8%
11.00-
Draw / Lens
19%
4.50-
Draw / Draw
13%
6.50-
Lens / Le Mans
2%
34.00-
Lens / Lens
35%
2.40-
Lens / Draw
6%
15.00-
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Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table
Won
Draw
Lost
Le Mans
Lens
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Monaco330049 
Nov 8
Feb 20
May 8
Sep 18
2
Lyon321047 
Jan 2
May 16
Oct 9
Feb 13
3
Lille321037 
Nov 28
May 29
Mar 20
Oct 30
4
Strasbourg320116 
May 22
Jan 16
Mar 6
l
 
2-1F
5
Brest312015 
d
 
2-2A
Apr 17
Jan 23
May 29
6
Paris FC211034 
Feb 27
Dec 5
Oct 24
Apr 24
7
Rennes211014 
Mar 13
l
 
3-2A
May 22
Jan 16
8
Lorient311104 
Sep 19
Feb 6
l
 
0-1A
Apr 10
9
Troyes3111-34 
May 8
Oct 31
Feb 20
Oct 17
10
Marseille210123 
Apr 3
Nov 22
Nov 8
May 16
11
Lens310213 
Sep 13
May 1
-
-
12
Angers210103 
Jan 23
Mar 20
Feb 6
Nov 28
13
PSG3021-12 
Feb 13
Oct 10
Jan 3
Feb 28
14
Le Mans3021-12 
-
-
May 1
Sep 13
15
Nice3021-32 
Jan 30
d
 
1-1F
Apr 17
Dec 12
16
Le Havre3012-21 
Apr 24
Dec 12
Dec 5
Mar 13
17
Toulouse3012-31 
Oct 16
Mar 6
Nov 21
Jan 30
18
Auxerre3003-70 
Apr 10
Oct 25
w
 
5-2F
Apr 3
Win / draw / win form
Le Mans 14TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
11
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
8 / 20
Clean sheets
12 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
10
Draw
8
L
2
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Le Mans2 - 2Brest
Le Mans1 - 1Reims
Le Mans1 - 0Clermont
Le Mans4 - 0Pau
Le Mans3 - 0Annecy
Le Mans1 - 1Guingamp
Le Mans1 - 1Lavallois
Le Mans1 - 0Dunkerque
Le Mans0 - 0St Etienne
Le Mans1 - 0Amiens
Le Mans0 - 0Red Star
Le Mans1 - 0Nancy
Le Mans1 - 0Boulogne
Le Mans2 - 2Troyes
Le Mans1 - 0Grenoble
Le Mans0 - 1Rodez
Le Mans1 - 0Bastia
Le Mans1 - 2Montpellier
Le Mans2 - 1Guingamp
Le Mans0 - 0Rodez
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
8
Draw
10
L
2
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ALe Mans1 - 1Nice
ALe Mans2 - 3Rennes
HLe Mans2 - 2Brest
ALe Mans2 - 0Bastia
HLe Mans1 - 1Reims
ALe Mans1 - 1Grenoble
HLe Mans1 - 0Clermont
ALe Mans0 - 0Boulogne
HLe Mans4 - 0Pau
ALe Mans4 - 3Amiens
ALe Mans4 - 2Nancy
HLe Mans3 - 0Annecy
ALe Mans0 - 0Red Star
HLe Mans1 - 1Guingamp
ALe Mans2 - 4Montpellier
HLe Mans1 - 1Lavallois
ALe Mans2 - 0Troyes
HLe Mans1 - 0Dunkerque
ALe Mans1 - 1Rodez
HLe Mans0 - 0St Etienne
Lens 11TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
35
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
9
Draw
5
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Strasbourg2 - 1Lens
Lyon0 - 4Lens
Nice1 - 1Lens
Brest3 - 3Lens
Lille3 - 0Lens
Lorient2 - 1Lens
Strasbourg1 - 1Lens
Paris FC0 - 5Lens
Marseille3 - 1Lens
Toulouse0 - 3Lens
Nantes1 - 2Lens
Angers1 - 2Lens
Monaco1 - 4Lens
Metz2 - 0Lens
Auxerre1 - 2Lens
Rennes0 - 0Lens
PSG2 - 0Lens
Le Havre1 - 2Lens
Toulouse1 - 1Lens
Lyon1 - 2Lens
Goals: Scored
41
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
10
D
3
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HLens0 - 1Lorient
ALens1 - 2Strasbourg
HLens5 - 2Auxerre
ALens4 - 0Lyon
HLens0 - 2PSG
HLens1 - 0Nantes
ALens1 - 1Nice
ALens3 - 3Brest
HLens3 - 2Toulouse
ALens0 - 3Lille
HLens5 - 1Angers
ALens1 - 2Lorient
HLens3 - 0Metz
ALens1 - 1Strasbourg
HLens2 - 3Monaco
ALens5 - 0Paris FC
HLens3 - 1Rennes
HLens1 - 0Le Havre
ALens1 - 3Marseille
HLens1 - 0Auxerre
Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.1 is decent for Lens in their clash with Le Mans, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 30 consecutive Ligue 1 games.

Le Mans 14th Lens 11th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.0
goals
2.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
35%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 72% probability that Le Mans will score no more than 1 goal
0
13%
1
26%
2
27%
3
19%
4+
16%
There is a 61% probability that Lens will score 2 or more goals in this match
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-7
Le Mans’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+15
Lens have scored 15% more goals when away than predicted
1.2
average goals scored
1.8
average goals scored
0.6
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2026/2027 season
Le Mans
PG (predicted goals)
Lens
1
2.1
Attack rating
LMS
LEN
24%
better
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Games scored2
2
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
2
Goals scored4
6
Avg. goals scored1.3
2
Avg. shots per game5
8
Avg. shots per goal4
4
Conversion rate for25
25
Avg. XG for1.7
3.3
KickOff rating
+24%
Defence rating
LMS
LEN
13%
better
view stats
Games conceded2
2
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first2
0
Goals conceded5
4
Avg. goals conceded1.7
1.3
Avg. shots/game conceded13
7
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
5
Conversion rate against13%
20%
Avg. XG against3.1
1.9
KickOff rating
+13%

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

Le Mans Ligue 1 squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3313
N. BoisséL MafoutaL CalodatA Lauray
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Calodat DEF31
-
N. Boissé DEF3
1
-
A Lauray MID3
3
-
A. Bourabaa MID311
-
L Mafouta FWD331
-
A Rabillard FWD3
-
D Gueye FWD31
-
N Kocik GLK2
-
E Hatfout GLK2
-
Y Larouci DEF2
-
T. Eyoum DEF2
-
L Buadés DEF2
-
H. Voyer DEF2
1
-
R. Bamba DEF2
-
L. Bretelle MID2
-
J. Vercruysse MID21
-
B Brahimi FWD2
-
S Yohou DEF1
-
R Torrente DEF1
-
D Sidibé DEF1
1
H Diallo FWD1
-
W. Harhouz FWD1
-
E. Colas FWD1
-
Lens Ligue 1 squad statistics 2026/2027
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
3312
R RisserF ThauvinM SkóraśS. Sagnan
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Risser GLK3
-
P Ganiou DEF31
-
M Udol DEF3
-
S. Sagnan DEF3
1
1
Y. Titraoui MID3
1
-
T Hazard MID3
-
M Cuisance MID3
-
A. Bulatović MID3
-
M Skóraś FWD31
1
-
F Thauvin FWD331
-
A Sima FWD31
-
M Nawrocki DEF2
1
-
R Aguilar DEF2
1
-
A Haidara MID2
-
F Ivanovic FWD21
1
-
O Edouard FWD2
-
F Sotoca FWD2
-
S Abdulhamid DEF11
-
K. Antonio DEF1
-
M.Soares MID1
-