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

Sat 6th Dec, 16:00 BST, La Beaujoire-Louis-Fonteneau, Nantes

Luís Manuel Ferreira de Castro's Nantes side are on home soil in the Ligue 1 on Saturday afternoon, as Pierre Sage's Lens travel to the La Beaujoire-Louis-Fonteneau. In this preview you'll find odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for seventeen different markets, alongside supporting data that changes as you go through them. Our predictions are based on the last 20 matches, so all stats are shown for each side's last 20 too. Home vs away and overall records can be explored, while you'll also find head-to-head history towards the bottom of the page.


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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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Nantes
26%
--
Draw
25%
--
Lens
49%
--
Draw 1-1
12%
--
Lens 1-0
11%
--
Lens 2-1
9%
--
Lens 2-0
9%
--
Nantes 1-0
8%
--
Draw 0-0
7%
--
Nantes 2-1
6%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Lens 3-1
5%
--
Lens 3-0
5%
--
Nantes 2-0
4%
--
Lens 3-2
3%
--
Nantes 3-1
2%
--
Lens 4-1
2%
--
Nantes 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
49%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
51%
--
Home 1st Goal
43%
--
Away 1st Goal
52%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
52%
--
BTTS - No
48%
--
BTTS - Home Win
12%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
22%
--
Home/draw
51%
--
Away/draw
74%
--
Home/away
75%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
74%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
26%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
27%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
73%
--
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
44%
--
Away DNB
66%
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Nantes win to nil
14%
--
Lens win to nil
27%
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Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Nantes have played 12 matches so far this season and are in 16th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

11 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 4 and won 1. Nantes have conceded 18 goals, scored 10, failed to score in 6 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Nantes have played 6 games at home, winning 1, drawing 1 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 6 goals, conceded 12 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Lens lay in 3rd place on 28 points in the Ligue 1 league table having played 13 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 11 games against teams below them in the table, winning 8, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored 20 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Lens have conceded 8 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Lens have played 6 away games, winning 3, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Nantes
Lens
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSG139311630 
l
 
0-1A
Mar 15
Apr 12
l
 
2-0A
2
Marseille139132128 
May 3
Jan 4
w
 
2-1A
Jan 24
3
Lens139131128 
Dec 6
May 9
-
-
4
Strasbourg13715722 
Mar 22
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
Feb 28
5
Rennes13562521 
d
 
2-2A
Apr 26
Feb 8
d
 
0-00-0
6
Lille12624820 
l
 
0-2A
Mar 1
w
 
3-0F
Apr 5
7
Lyon12624320 
Feb 8
Nov 30
l
 
0-1A
May 16
8
Monaco13625020 
l
 
3-5A
Feb 15
Feb 22
w
 
1-4F
9
Nice13526-517 
Jan 25
l
 
1-0A
Dec 14
May 3
10
Toulouse12444216 
May 16
d
 
2-2F
Apr 19
Jan 2
11
Paris FC12426-314 
Jan 18
w
 
1-2F
w
 
2-1F
Feb 15
12
Le Havre13355-714 
Feb 22
d
 
1-1F
Jan 30
w
 
1-2F
13
Angers12345-513 
Mar 8
Dec 12
Mar 22
Nov 30
14
Metz12327-1511 
l
 
0-2A
Apr 5
Mar 8
l
 
2-0A
15
Brest12246-710 
Apr 19
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
3-1A
Apr 26
16
Nantes12246-710 
-
-
May 9
Dec 6
17
Lorient12246-1210 
Nov 23
Jan 31
w
 
3-0F
Mar 15
18
Auxerre12219-127 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 12
Jan 17
w
 
1-2F
Win / draw / win form
Nantes 16TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Nantes0 - 2Metz
Nantes3 - 5Monaco
Nantes0 - 2Lille
Nantes2 - 2Rennes
Nantes1 - 0Auxerre
Nantes0 - 1PSG
Nantes3 - 0Montpellier
Nantes0 - 1Angers
Nantes0 - 0Toulouse
Nantes1 - 1PSG
Nantes1 - 0Lille
Nantes0 - 1Strasbourg
Nantes3 - 1Lens
Nantes0 - 2Brest
Nantes1 - 1Lyon
Nantes2 - 2Monaco
Nantes1 - 0Rennes
Nantes0 - 2Le Havre
Nantes1 - 2Marseille
Nantes1 - 1Nice
Goals: Scored
21
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
4
Draw
7
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ANantes1 - 1Le Havre
HNantes0 - 2Metz
HNantes3 - 5Monaco
ANantes2 - 1Paris FC
HNantes0 - 2Lille
ANantes0 - 0Brest
ANantes2 - 2Toulouse
HNantes2 - 2Rennes
ANantes0 - 1Nice
HNantes1 - 0Auxerre
ANantes0 - 1Strasbourg
HNantes0 - 1PSG
HNantes3 - 0Montpellier
ANantes1 - 1Auxerre
HNantes0 - 1Angers
HNantes0 - 0Toulouse
HNantes1 - 1PSG
ANantes1 - 2Rennes
ANantes2 - 1Nice
ANantes2 - 3Le Havre
Lens 3RD
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
10
D
4
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Monaco1 - 4Lens
Metz2 - 0Lens
Auxerre1 - 2Lens
Rennes0 - 0Lens
PSG2 - 0Lens
Le Havre1 - 2Lens
Toulouse1 - 1Lens
Lyon1 - 2Lens
Brest1 - 3Lens
Lille1 - 0Lens
Marseille0 - 1Lens
Nantes3 - 1Lens
Nice2 - 0Lens
Montpellier0 - 2Lens
Le Havre1 - 2Lens
Auxerre2 - 2Lens
Reims0 - 2Lens
PSG1 - 0Lens
St Etienne0 - 2Lens
Strasbourg2 - 2Lens
Goals: Scored
33
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
13
D
2
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HLens1 - 0Strasbourg
ALens4 - 1Monaco
HLens3 - 0Lorient
ALens0 - 2Metz
HLens2 - 1Marseille
HLens2 - 1Paris FC
ALens2 - 1Auxerre
ALens0 - 0Rennes
HLens3 - 0Lille
ALens0 - 2PSG
HLens3 - 1Brest
ALens2 - 1Le Havre
HLens0 - 1Lyon
HLens4 - 0Monaco
ALens1 - 1Toulouse
ALens2 - 1Lyon
HLens0 - 4Auxerre
ALens3 - 1Brest
HLens0 - 2Reims
HLens1 - 0St Etienne
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Nantes since 2014
Nantes
Lens
Goals: Scored
8
5
Games: Scored
4 / 6
4 / 6
Clean sheets
2 / 6
2 / 6
NAN
3
D
2
LEN
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Nantes
Nantes3 - 1
0 - 1Lens
Draw0 - 0Draw
Nantes3 - 2
Draw1 - 1Draw
Nantes1 - 0
League games at Lens since 2015
Lens
Nantes
Goals: Scored
14
6
Games: Scored
6 / 6
4 / 6
Clean sheets
2 / 6
0 / 6
D
2
LEN
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lens
Lens3 - 2
Lens4 - 0
Lens3 - 1
Draw2 - 2Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Lens1 - 0
Goal Statistics

Lens's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday afternoon, not least because Nantes have conceded in each of their last 5 Ligue 1 outings. A PG of 1.6 for P. Sage's side suggests that run should continue.

Nantes 16th Lens 3rd
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
1.6
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
34%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 71% probability that Nantes will score no more than 1 goal
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Lens will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-21
Nantes have scored 21% fewer goals at home than predicted
-3
Lens’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.0
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
1.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2025/2026 season
Nantes
PG (predicted goals)
Lens
1.1
1.6
Attack rating
NAN
LEN
28%
better
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Games scored6
8
Failed to score6
4
Scored first4
6
Goals scored11
21
Avg. goals scored0.9
1.6
Avg. shots per game7
9
Avg. shots per goal7
6
Conversion rate for14
17
Avg. XG for0.9
1.9
KickOff rating
+28%
Defence rating
NAN
LEN
27%
better
view stats
Games conceded10
9
Clean sheets2
3
Conceded first7
5
Goals conceded18
11
Avg. goals conceded1.5
0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded12
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
10
Conversion rate against13%
10%
Avg. XG against1.7
1.7
KickOff rating
+27%

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

Nantes Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
12224
C AwaziemM AblineM AblineC Awaziem
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
C Awaziem DEF12
4
-
K Amian DEF121
2
-
D. Assoumani MID12
1
-
L. Leroux MID1211
1
-
M Abline FWD1222
2
-
A Lopes GLK11
1
-
M Mohamed FWD112
1
-
Y Arabi FWD102
-
B. Guirassy FWD1021
-
N Cozza DEF9
-
J Mwanga MID91
1
-
K Hyeok-Kyu MID9
2
-
Y Benhattab FWD91
-
H Hyun-seok MID6
-
B. Deuff MID6
-
J Lepenant MID61
-
A. Camara FWD6
-
F Coquelin MID4
1
-
M. Lahdo FWD41
1
-
U Radakovic DEF3
-
F Centonze DEF3
1
-
P Carlgren GLK2
-
Lens Ligue 1 squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
13555
R RisserW Saïd A ThomassonA Thomasson
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
R Risser GLK13
1
-
M Udol DEF132
1
-
R Aguilar DEF13
2
-
A Thomasson MID1315
5
-
F Thauvin FWD1322
3
-
M Guilavogui FWD131
2
1
W Saïd  FWD1352
-
S Baidoo DEF122
2
-
M Sarr DEF12
2
-
M Sangaré MID1211
1
-
R. Fofana FWD112
-
J Gradit DEF10
2
1
O Edouard FWD1051
1
-
S Abdulhamid DEF91
-
F Sotoca FWD8
1
-
A Sima FWD61
2
-
D Machado DEF4
1
-
A. Bulatović MID41
-
A. Bermont FWD4
-
P Ganiou DEF21
1
1
F. Sylla MID2
-