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

Fri 8th May, 19:45 BST, Stade Felix Bollaert-Delelis, Lens

Luís Manuel Ferreira de Castro is aiming for a crucial away win in the Ligue 1 on Friday evening, as he takes his Nantes side to the Stade Felix Bollaert-Delelis to visit Lens and Pierre Sage. We want you to make a smart bet on this match, so we've delved into our 20+ year database and dug out the stats that will help you do exactly that. Head to head (H2H) and recent form are included, and it all goes into our algorithmic predictions. The best odds are there to get you maximum bang for your buck.


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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
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Lens
67%
--
Draw
20%
--
Nantes
13%
--
Lens 1-0
14%
--
Lens 2-0
13%
--
Draw 1-1
10%
--
Lens 2-1
9%
--
Lens 3-0
9%
--
Draw 0-0
7%
--
Lens 3-1
6%
--
Nantes 1-0
5%
--
Lens 4-0
4%
--
Nantes 2-1
3%
--
Draw 2-2
3%
--
Lens 4-1
3%
--
Lens 3-2
2%
--
Nantes 2-0
2%
--
Lens 5-0
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
50%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
50%
--
Home 1st Goal
60%
--
Away 1st Goal
35%
--
No 1st Goal
4%
--
BTTS - Yes
44%
--
BTTS - No
56%
--
BTTS - Home Win
25%
--
BTTS - Draw
14%
--
BTTS - Away Win
5%
--
Home/draw
87%
--
Away/draw
33%
--
Home/away
80%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
75%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
25%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
28%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
72%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
13%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
87%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
--
Home DNB
81%
--
Away DNB
27%
--
Lens win to nil
42%
--
Nantes win to nil
7%
--
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Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Lens have played 29 matches so far this season and lay in 2nd place in the Ligue 1 league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 28 games against teams below in the table, having won 20, drawn 2 and lost 6 matches. They have kept 10 clean sheets and have failed to score in 4 fixtures. Lens have outscored their opponents by 57 goals to 25 goals.

Home League Performance

Lens have played 15 games at home winning 13, drawing 0 and losing 2 games. They have scored 34 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and conceded 11 goals at home.

Nantes are in 17th position in the Ligue 1 on 20 points having played 30 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

8 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 22 goals and kept 4 clean sheets. They have scored 10 goals in total and failed to score in 8 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

28 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 17 games, drawn 7 and won 4. Nantes have conceded 47 goals, scored 25, failed to score in 11 fixtures and have kept 5 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Lens
Nantes
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSG2921354066 
May 13
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-0A
2
Lens2920272862 
-
-
l
 
1-2A
May 8
3
Lille3016681554 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
3-0A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
4
Lyon3016681554 
l
 
0-1A
May 17
l
 
0-1A
l
 
3-0A
5
Rennes3015871153 
w
 
3-1A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
2-2A
Apr 26
6
Marseille30164101852 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
3-1A
May 2
w
 
0-2F
7
Monaco3015510750 
l
 
2-3F
w
 
1-4F
l
 
3-5A
l
 
3-1A
8
Strasbourg2912710943 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-3F
l
 
1-0A
9
Lorient3010119-441 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
2-1A
10
Paris FC3091110-638 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-5F
l
 
1-2A
w
 
1-2F
11
Toulouse3010713-137 
w
 
3-2A
w
 
0-3F
May 17
d
 
2-2F
12
Brest2910712-637 
w
 
3-1A
Apr 24
d
 
1-1F
d
 
0-00-0
13
Angers309714-1434 
w
 
5-1F
w
 
1-2F
l
 
0-1A
l
 
4-1A
14
Le Havre3061212-1330 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1F
15
Nice307815-2229 
w
 
2-0F
May 2
l
 
1-4A
l
 
1-0A
16
Auxerre3051015-1425 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2F
w
 
1-0F
d
 
0-00-0
17
Nantes304818-2420 
May 8
w
 
1-2F
-
-
18
Metz303621-3915 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
2-0A
l
 
0-2A
d
 
0-00-0
Win / draw / win form
3
Lens have won 3 consecutive home league games
Lens 2ND
20 league games
Home
3
Overall
Goals: Scored
40
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
16
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lens3 - 2Toulouse
Lens5 - 1Angers
Lens3 - 0Metz
Lens2 - 3Monaco
Lens3 - 1Rennes
Lens1 - 0Le Havre
Lens1 - 0Auxerre
Lens2 - 0Nice
Lens1 - 0Strasbourg
Lens3 - 0Lorient
Lens2 - 1Marseille
Lens2 - 1Paris FC
Lens3 - 0Lille
Lens3 - 1Brest
Lens0 - 1Lyon
Lens4 - 0Monaco
Lens0 - 4Auxerre
Lens0 - 2Reims
Lens1 - 0St Etienne
Lens1 - 0Rennes
Goals: Scored
43
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
12 / 20
Clean sheets
8 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
14
D
1
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
ALens3 - 0Toulouse
HLens2 - 0Nice
ALens2 - 1Nantes
ALens2 - 1Angers
HLens1 - 0Strasbourg
ALens4 - 1Monaco
HLens3 - 0Lorient
ALens0 - 2Metz
Nantes 17TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
16
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
W
3
Draw
6
Lost
11
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
PSG3 - 0Nantes
Auxerre0 - 0Nantes
Metz0 - 0Nantes
Lille1 - 0Nantes
Monaco3 - 1Nantes
Lorient2 - 1Nantes
Marseille0 - 2Nantes
Angers4 - 1Nantes
Lyon3 - 0Nantes
Le Havre1 - 1Nantes
Paris FC1 - 2Nantes
Brest0 - 0Nantes
Toulouse2 - 2Nantes
Nice1 - 0Nantes
Strasbourg1 - 0Nantes
Auxerre1 - 1Nantes
Rennes2 - 1Nantes
Nice1 - 2Nantes
Le Havre3 - 2Nantes
Marseille2 - 0Nantes
Goals: Scored
15
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
2
Draw
5
Lost
13
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ANantes0 - 3PSG
HNantes1 - 1Brest
ANantes0 - 0Auxerre
ANantes0 - 0Metz
HNantes2 - 3Strasbourg
HNantes0 - 1Angers
ANantes0 - 1Lille
HNantes2 - 0Le Havre
ANantes1 - 3Monaco
HNantes0 - 1Lyon
ANantes1 - 2Lorient
HNantes1 - 4Nice
HNantes1 - 2Paris FC
ANantes2 - 0Marseille
ANantes1 - 4Angers
HNantes1 - 2Lens
ANantes0 - 3Lyon
HNantes1 - 1Lorient
ANantes1 - 1Le Havre
HNantes0 - 2Metz
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Lens since 2015
Lens
Nantes
Goals: Scored
14
6
Games: Scored
6 / 6
4 / 6
Clean sheets
2 / 6
0 / 6
LEN
4
D
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lens
Lens3 - 2
Lens4 - 0
Lens3 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Lens1 - 0
League games at Nantes since 2014
Nantes
Lens
Goals: Scored
9
7
Games: Scored
5 / 7
5 / 7
Clean sheets
2 / 7
2 / 7
LEN
2
D
2
NAN
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Nantes
1 - 2Lens
Nantes3 - 1
0 - 1Lens
Draw0 - 0Draw
Nantes3 - 2
Draw1 - 1Draw
Nantes1 - 0
Goal Statistics

A PG of 2.0 is decent for Lens in their clash with Nantes, as is their run of scoring 1 goal or more in 23 consecutive Ligue 1 outings.

Lens 2nd Nantes 17th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
2.0
goals
0.7
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
14%
1
28%
2
27%
3
18%
4+
14%
There is a 86% probability that Lens will score 1 or more goals
0
49%
1
35%
2
12%
3
4+
There is a 84% probability of Nantes scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+9
Lens’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-24
Nantes have scored 24% fewer goals when away than predicted
2.0
average goals scored
0.8
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2025/2026 season
Lens
PG (predicted goals)
Nantes
2
0.7
Attack rating
%
better
LEN
NAN
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
LEN
NAN
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

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

Lens Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
291299
R RisserO EdouardA ThomassonA Thomasson
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Risser GLK291
2
-
M Udol DEF2917
2
-
F Thauvin FWD2995
5
-
M Sarr DEF281
2
-
A Thomasson MID2839
9
-
M Sangaré MID2633
3
-
W Saïd  FWD25102
2
-
O Edouard FWD25123
1
-
R. Fofana FWD245
-
S Abdulhamid DEF2223
3
-
F Sotoca FWD22
1
-
R Aguilar DEF2122
4
1
S Baidoo DEF1921
2
-
P Ganiou DEF183
3
1
A. Bulatović MID162
1
-
M Guilavogui FWD161
3
1
A Sima FWD1612
2
-
J Gradit DEF10
2
1
A. Bermont FWD9
-
N. Čelik DEF7
1
-
D Machado DEF5
1
-
F. Sylla MID3
-
K. Antonio DEF2
1
-
Nantes Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
29537
A LopesM AblineM AblineC Awaziem
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Lopes GLK29
4
-
M Abline FWD2953
5
-
N Cozza DEF26
1
-
D. Assoumani MID251
3
1
C Awaziem DEF2412
7
-
J Lepenant MID241
4
-
K Amian DEF231
3
-
Y Arabi FWD233
-
M Mohamed FWD224
1
-
L. Leroux MID2011
2
-
B. Guirassy FWD1921
2
-
F Centonze DEF153
4
-
J Mwanga MID1511
2
1
F Coquelin MID151
2
-
K Hyeok-Kyu MID12
2
-
B. Deuff MID11
-
Y Benhattab FWD101
-
A. Camara FWD10
-
M. Lahdo FWD811
1
-
H Hyun-seok MID6
-
U Radakovic DEF4
-
P Carlgren GLK2
-
S. Doucouré DEF1
-