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

Stade Felix Bollaert-Delelis, Lens

Lyon pay Ligue 1 competitors Lens a visit on Saturday afternoon, as Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca guides his team into an away clash with Pierre Aristouy & co. at the Stade Felix Bollaert-Delelis. The predictions for all the markets are calculated using the past 20 games for each team (home, away and overall) with extra weighting applied to top teams. All the stats and infographics are tailored for the betting market in question. Head to head (H2H) stats for this fixture are also given if there is some fixture history. Odds are provided straight from from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

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Lens's next match is v Le Havre at 16:15 on Sunday 24th August
Lyon's next match is v Metz at 20:05 on Saturday 23rd August
The last French Ligue 1 meeting between Lens and Lyon was on Saturday 16th August 2025
French Ligue 1
August 16th 2025
Lens 0
1 Lyon
 
45' G. Mikautadze
 
LEN
LYN
Shots On
5
3
Shots Off
9
7
Corners
13
8
Possession
56%
44%
Fouls
13
20
Yellow/red cards
2/0
3/0
 
LensLyon
 
R. Aguilar (S. Abdul Hamid 86')
D. Machado Mena (A. Bermont 76')
S. Baidoo
M. Udol
W. Saïd (F. Sotoca 86')
A. Diouf
A. Thomasson
M. Guilavogui
R. Fofana (F. Thauvin 57')
R. Risser
M. Sarr
A. Da Silva Santos
M. Niakhate
T. Tessmann
C. Tolisso
(P. Šulc 90') M. Fofana
(K. Merah 66') S. Kumbedi Nseke
R. Descamps
C. Mata Pedro Lourenço
A. Maitland-Niles
T. Morton
(A. Karabec 90') football iconG. Mikautadze

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

The statistics suggest there isn't an obvious winner in this fixture, but there's plenty of reasons to believe that Lens and Lyon will score 2 or more goals between them. We've seen goals when they've gone head-to-head in years gone by, and neither Pierre Aristouy or Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca has served up too many 0-0s of late either. The bookies predict over 1.5 goals too, with odds of 1.22 equating to roughly a 79% probability.

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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
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Lens are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 40% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.30.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Lens
40%
6/490/1
Draw
25%
12/514/1
Lyon
36%
7/41/50
Draw 1-1
11%
11/25/1
Lens 2-1
9%
17/233/1
Lyon 2-1
8%
9/133/1
Lens 1-0
8%
9/19/2
Lyon 1-0
8%
10/12/9
Draw 2-2
6%
11/1125/1
Lens 2-0
6%
12/19/1
Lyon 2-0
5%
14/117/2
Draw 0-0
5%
12/17/2
Lens 3-1
4%
18/1150/1
Lyon 3-1
4%
20/1150/1
Lens 3-2
3%
22/1200/1
Lens 3-0
3%
22/122/1
Lyon 3-2
3%
25/1200/1
Lyon 3-0
3%
28/160/1
Over 2.5 Goals
56%
8/1120/1
Under 2.5 Goals
44%
11/101/1000
Home 1st Goal
49%
5/66/5
Away 1st Goal
47%
1/15/4
No 1st Goal
3%
12/17/2
BTTS - Yes
59%
8/139/2
BTTS - No
41%
6/51/8
BTTS - Home Win
21%
10/333/1
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/35/1
BTTS - Away Win
19%
4/128/1
Home/draw
64%
2/519/4
Away/draw
60%
1/21/1000
Home/away
75%
3/101/10
Over 1.5 Goals
79%
2/914/5
Under 1.5 Goals
21%
10/32/9
Over 3.5 Goals
34%
7/466/1
Under 3.5 Goals
66%
4/91/1000
Over 4.5 Goals
17%
4/190/1
Under 4.5 Goals
83%
1/61/200
Over 5.5 Goals
8%
10/1125/1
Under 5.5 Goals
92%
1/201/500
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/252/11
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
12/17/2
Home DNB
57%
8/1128/1
Away DNB
53%
1/11/1000
Lens win to nil
19%
7/2-
Lyon win to nil
17%
9/2-
Lens / Lens
21%
3/117/2
Lens / Lyon
3%
25/133/1
Lens / Draw
6%
12/120/1
Draw / Lens
14%
5/15/2
Draw / Lyon
12%
11/213/5
Draw / Draw
14%
5/119/10
Lyon / Lens
4%
22/133/1
Lyon / Lyon
19%
10/39/1
Lyon / Draw
6%
12/120/1
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Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table
Won
Draw
Lost
Lens
Lyon
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Rennes110013 
Feb 8
Sep 28
May 3
Sep 14
2
Nantes000000 
May 9
Dec 7
Nov 30
Feb 8
3
Lyon000000 
l
 
0-1A
May 16
-
-
4
Brest000000 
Aug 29
Apr 26
Jan 18
Nov 2
5
Lens000000 
-
-
May 16
w
 
0-1F
6
Toulouse000000 
Apr 19
Jan 4
Oct 5
May 9
7
Nice000000 
Dec 14
May 3
Feb 15
Oct 19
8
PSG000000 
Apr 12
Sep 14
Nov 9
Apr 19
9
Strasbourg000000 
Nov 23
Mar 1
Oct 26
Feb 22
10
Lille000000 
Sep 21
Apr 5
Feb 1
Sep 28
11
Angers000000 
Mar 22
Nov 30
Sep 21
Apr 5
12
Le Havre000000 
Feb 1
Aug 24
Dec 14
Mar 15
13
Metz000000 
Mar 8
Oct 29
Aug 23
Jan 25
14
Auxerre000000 
Jan 18
Oct 5
Apr 26
Nov 23
15
Paris FC000000 
Oct 19
Feb 15
Mar 8
Oct 29
16
Monaco000000 
Feb 22
Nov 9
Mar 22
Jan 4
17
Lorient000000 
Nov 2
Mar 15
Apr 12
Dec 7
18
Marseille1001-10 
Oct 26
Jan 25
Aug 31
Mar 1
Win / draw / win form
Lens
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
9
D
3
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lens4 - 0Monaco
Lens0 - 4Auxerre
Lens0 - 2Reims
Lens1 - 0St Etienne
Lens1 - 0Rennes
Lens3 - 4Le Havre
Lens0 - 2Strasbourg
Lens1 - 0Angers
Lens1 - 2PSG
Lens0 - 1Toulouse
Lens2 - 0Montpellier
Lens1 - 3Marseille
Lens3 - 2Nantes
Lens0 - 2Lille
Lens0 - 0Nice
Lens0 - 0Lyon
Lens2 - 0Brest
Lens2 - 2Montpellier
Lens2 - 0Lorient
Lens1 - 0Clermont
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
9
D
2
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HLens4 - 0Monaco
ALens1 - 1Toulouse
ALens2 - 1Lyon
HLens0 - 4Auxerre
ALens3 - 1Brest
HLens0 - 2Reims
HLens1 - 0St Etienne
ALens0 - 1Lille
HLens1 - 0Rennes
ALens1 - 0Marseille
HLens3 - 4Le Havre
ALens1 - 3Nantes
HLens0 - 2Strasbourg
ALens0 - 2Nice
ALens2 - 0Montpellier
HLens1 - 0Angers
HLens1 - 2PSG
ALens2 - 1Le Havre
HLens0 - 1Toulouse
ALens2 - 2Auxerre
Lyon
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Monaco2 - 0Lyon
St Etienne2 - 1Lyon
Auxerre1 - 3Lyon
Strasbourg4 - 2Lyon
Nice0 - 2Lyon
Montpellier1 - 4Lyon
Marseille3 - 2Lyon
Nantes1 - 1Lyon
Brest2 - 1Lyon
PSG3 - 1Lyon
Angers0 - 3Lyon
Reims1 - 1Lyon
Lille1 - 1Lyon
Le Havre0 - 4Lyon
Toulouse1 - 2Lyon
Lens0 - 0Lyon
Rennes3 - 0Lyon
Clermont0 - 1Lyon
Lille3 - 4Lyon
PSG4 - 1Lyon
Goals: Scored
39
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
10
D
2
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HLyon2 - 0Angers
ALyon0 - 2Monaco
HLyon1 - 2Lens
HLyon4 - 1Rennes
ALyon1 - 2St Etienne
ALyon3 - 1Auxerre
HLyon2 - 1Lille
ALyon2 - 4Strasbourg
HLyon4 - 2Le Havre
ALyon2 - 0Nice
HLyon2 - 1Brest
HLyon2 - 3PSG
ALyon4 - 1Montpellier
HLyon4 - 0Reims
ALyon2 - 3Marseille
ALyon1 - 1Nantes
HLyon0 - 0Toulouse
ALyon1 - 2Brest
HLyon1 - 0Montpellier
ALyon1 - 3PSG
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
5
Lens have not lost to Lyon in 5 consecutive home league meetings
League games at Lens since 2015
Lens
Lyon
Goals: Scored
6
6
Games: Scored
4 / 6
4 / 6
Clean sheets
2 / 6
2 / 6
LEN
2
D
3
LYN
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lens
Draw0 - 0Draw
Lens3 - 2
Lens1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 2Lyon
League games at Lyon since 2014
Lyon
Lens
Goals: Scored
8
10
Games: Scored
4 / 6
6 / 6
Clean sheets
0 / 6
2 / 6
LEN
3
LYN
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lyon
1 - 2Lens
0 - 3Lens
Lyon2 - 1
Lyon2 - 1
Lyon3 - 2
0 - 1Lens
Goal Statistics
Lens Lyon
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.5
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
22%
1
33%
2
25%
3
13%
4+
There is a 78% probability that Lens will score 1 or more goals
0
24%
1
34%
2
24%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that Lyon will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-25
Lens have scored 25% fewer goals at home than predicted
+8
Lyon’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.2
average goals scored
1.7
average goals scored
1.2
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2025/2026 season
Lens
PG (predicted goals)
Lyon
1.5
1.4
Attack rating
0%
better
LEN
LYN
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
0%
better
LEN
LYN
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 Lyon Ligue 1 lLine ups will show here when available.

Lens Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
0000
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Risser GLK
-
S Baidoo DEF
-
M Sarr DEF
-
M Udol DEF
-
R Aguilar MID
-
A Diouf MID
-
A Thomasson MID
-
D Machado MID
-
M Guilavogui FWD
-
W Saïd  FWD
-
R. Fofana FWD
-
Subs
R Gurtner GLK
-
S Abdulhamid DEF
-
P Ganiou DEF
-
A. Bulatović MID
-
H. Ojediran MID
-
F. Sylla MID
-
A. Bermont MID
-
F Sotoca FWD
-
F Thauvin FWD
-
Lyon Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
0000
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Descamps GLK
-
S Kumbedi DEF
-
C Mata DEF
-
M Niakhaté DEF
-
Abner DEF
-
T Morton MID
-
T Tessmann MID
-
A Maitland-Niles MID
-
C Tolisso MID
-
M Fofana MID
-
G Mikautadze FWD
-
Subs
L. Diarra GLK
-
R Kluivert DEF
-
N Tagliafico DEF
-
A Karabec MID
-
P Sulc MID
-
M. de Carvalho MID
-
A Moreira FWD
-
A. Gomes Rodriguez FWD
-