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

Sun 4th May, 16:15 BST, Groupama Stadium, Lyon

Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca's Lyon side will have home backing in the Ligue 1 on Sunday afternoon, as Franck Haise's Lens visit the Groupama Stadium. For every Ligue 1 match, KickOff explores the stats for multiple markets. Key stats, including head to head (H2H) results, are then given alongside odds from leading bookmakers.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Lyon are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 56% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.60.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Lyon 56%	8/15 19%	-
Draw 22%	10/3 14%	-
Lens 22%	9/2 53%	-
Draw 1-1 10%	15/2 13%	-
Lyon 2-1 10%	15/2	-
Lyon 1-0 10%	17/2 5%	-
Lyon 2-0 9%	8/1 18%	-
Lyon 3-1 6%	10/1 15%	-
Lens 2-1 6%	16/1 31%	-
Lyon 3-0 6%	11/1 29%	-
Lens 1-0 6%	18/1 27%	-
Draw 2-2 5%	14/1 25%	-
Draw 0-0 5%	16/1	-
Lyon 3-2 3%	18/1	-
Lens 2-0 3%	33/1 62%	-
Lyon 4-1 3%	18/1 27%	-
Lyon 4-0 3%	20/1 38%	-
Lens 3-1 2%	40/1 58%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 57%	8/15 3%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 43%	6/4 5%	-
Home 1st Goal 54%	4/11 13%	-
Away 1st Goal 43%	2/1 25%	-
No 1st Goal 3%	16/1	-
BTTS - Yes 57%	8/13 6%	-
BTTS - No 43%	6/5 8%	-
BTTS - Home Win 28%	15/8 11%	-
BTTS - Draw 17%	4/1 11%	-
BTTS - Away Win 12%	15/2 42%	-
Home/draw 78%	1/7 12%	-
Away/draw 44%	11/8 25%	-
Home/away 78%	1/5 4%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 80%	1/6	-
Under 1.5 Goals 20%	4/1	-
Over 3.5 Goals 35%	13/10 3%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 65%	8/13 3%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 18%	3/1 8%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 82%	1/4 2%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 8%	6/1 13%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 92%	1/10 2%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1/40	-
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	16/1	-
Home DNB 72%	2/9 13%	-
Away DNB 37%	3/1 45%	-
Lyon win to nil 28%	2/1 20%	-
Lens win to nil 10%	10/1 38%	-
Lyon / Lyon 37%	13/10 23%	-
Lyon / Lens 2%	33/1 17%	-
Lyon / Draw 6%	14/1 15%	-
Draw / Lyon 18%	15/4 5%	-
Draw / Lens 7%	11/1 41%	-
Draw / Draw 12%	6/1 8%	-
Lens / Lyon 4%	18/1	-
Lens / Lens 9%	8/1 50%	-
Lens / Draw 5%	16/1 13%	-

Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Lyon have played 31 matches so far this season and lay in 5th place in the Ligue 1 league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 24 games against teams below in the table, having won 15, drawn 5 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 9 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Lyon have outscored their opponents by 62 goals to 35 goals.

Home League Performance

Lyon have played 15 games at home winning 10, drawing 2 and losing 3 games. They have scored 34 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 19 goals at home.

Lens are in 8th position in the Ligue 1 on 45 points having played 31 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

4 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 15 goals and kept 5 clean sheets. They have scored 20 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

12 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 4 and won 1. Lens have conceded 16 goals, scored 6, failed to score in 7 fixtures and have kept 3 clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Lyon Lens
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	PSG	31	24	6	1	53	78	l 2-3A	l 3-1A	l 1-2F	l 1-0A
2	Marseille	31	18	4	9	23	58	l 2-3F	l 3-2F	l 1-3A	w 0-1F
3	Lille	31	16	8	7	17	56	w 2-1A	d 1-1A	l 0-2A	l 1-0A
4	Monaco	31	16	7	8	22	55	l 0-2A	May 10	May 17	d 1-1A
5	Lyon Home	31	16	6	9	20	54	-	-	d 0-00-0	May 4
6	Nice	31	15	9	7	20	54	w 4-1F	w 0-2F	d 0-00-0	l 2-0A
7	Strasbourg	31	15	9	7	13	54	w 4-3A	l 4-2A	l 0-2A	d 2-2F
8	Lens Away	31	13	6	12	-2	45	May 4	d 0-00-0	-	-
9	Brest	31	13	5	13	-4	44	w 2-1A	l 2-1A	w 2-0F	w 1-3A
10	Auxerre	31	11	8	12	0	41	d 2-2F	w 1-3F	l 0-4A	d 2-2F
11	Rennes	31	12	2	17	2	38	w 4-1F	l 3-0A	w 1-0F	d 1-1A
12	Toulouse	31	9	8	14	-1	35	d 0-00-0	w 1-2A	l 0-1A	May 10
13	Reims	31	8	9	14	-10	33	w 4-0F	d 1-1F	l 0-2A	w 0-2F
14	Nantes	31	7	11	13	-15	32	w 2-0F	d 1-1F	w 3-2F	l 3-1A
15	Angers	31	8	6	17	-21	30	May 17	w 0-3F	w 1-0F	w 0-1F
16	Le Havre	31	8	4	19	-31	28	w 4-2F	w 0-4F	l 3-4F	w 1-2A
17	St Etienne	31	7	6	18	-37	27	w 1-0F	l 2-1A	w 1-0F	w 0-2F
18	Montpellier	31	4	4	23	-49	16	w 1-0F	w 1-4F	w 2-0F	w 0-2F

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Win / draw / win form

Lyon have won 4 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lyon	4 - 1	Rennes
Lyon	2 - 1	Lille
Lyon	4 - 2	Le Havre
Lyon	2 - 1	Brest
Lyon	2 - 3	PSG
Lyon	4 - 0	Reims
Lyon	0 - 0	Toulouse
Lyon	1 - 0	Montpellier
Lyon	4 - 1	Nice
Lyon	1 - 0	St Etienne
Lyon	2 - 2	Auxerre
Lyon	2 - 0	Nantes
Lyon	2 - 3	Marseille
Lyon	4 - 3	Strasbourg
Lyon	0 - 2	Monaco
Lyon	2 - 1	Strasbourg
Lyon	3 - 2	Monaco
Lyon	4 - 3	Brest
Lyon	1 - 1	Reims
Lyon	0 - 3	Lens

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Lyon	4 - 1	Rennes
A	Lyon	1 - 2	St Etienne
A	Lyon	3 - 1	Auxerre
H	Lyon	2 - 1	Lille
A	Lyon	2 - 4	Strasbourg
H	Lyon	4 - 2	Le Havre
A	Lyon	2 - 0	Nice
H	Lyon	2 - 1	Brest
H	Lyon	2 - 3	PSG
A	Lyon	4 - 1	Montpellier
H	Lyon	4 - 0	Reims
A	Lyon	2 - 3	Marseille
A	Lyon	1 - 1	Nantes
H	Lyon	0 - 0	Toulouse
A	Lyon	1 - 2	Brest
H	Lyon	1 - 0	Montpellier
A	Lyon	1 - 3	PSG
A	Lyon	3 - 0	Angers
H	Lyon	4 - 1	Nice
A	Lyon	1 - 1	Reims

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Brest	1 - 3	Lens
Lille	1 - 0	Lens
Marseille	0 - 1	Lens
Nantes	3 - 1	Lens
Nice	2 - 0	Lens
Montpellier	0 - 2	Lens
Le Havre	1 - 2	Lens
Auxerre	2 - 2	Lens
Reims	0 - 2	Lens
PSG	1 - 0	Lens
St Etienne	0 - 2	Lens
Strasbourg	2 - 2	Lens
Rennes	1 - 1	Lens
Monaco	1 - 1	Lens
Angers	0 - 1	Lens
Rennes	1 - 1	Lens
Marseille	2 - 1	Lens
Metz	2 - 1	Lens
Lille	2 - 1	Lens
Lyon	0 - 3	Lens

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Lens	0 - 4	Auxerre
A	Lens	3 - 1	Brest
H	Lens	0 - 2	Reims
H	Lens	1 - 0	St Etienne
A	Lens	0 - 1	Lille
H	Lens	1 - 0	Rennes
A	Lens	1 - 0	Marseille
H	Lens	3 - 4	Le Havre
A	Lens	1 - 3	Nantes
H	Lens	0 - 2	Strasbourg
A	Lens	0 - 2	Nice
A	Lens	2 - 0	Montpellier
H	Lens	1 - 0	Angers
H	Lens	1 - 2	PSG
A	Lens	2 - 1	Le Havre
H	Lens	0 - 1	Toulouse
A	Lens	2 - 2	Auxerre
H	Lens	2 - 0	Montpellier
A	Lens	2 - 0	Reims
H	Lens	1 - 3	Marseille

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Lyon

Lens

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

3 / 5

5 / 5

Clean sheets

0 / 5

2 / 5

LYN

LEN

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lyon
	0 - 3	Lens
Lyon	2 - 1
Lyon	2 - 1
Lyon	3 - 2
	0 - 1	Lens

Lens

Lyon

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 6

Clean sheets

2 / 6

LYN

LEN

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lens
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Lens	3 - 2
Lens	1 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	0 - 2	Lyon

Goal Statistics

Lyon have been consistent in front of goal of late, scoring in 13 consecutive Ligue 1 games. Their PG of 1.9 against Lens on Sunday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Lyon 5th	Lens 8th
	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 Lyon will score 1 or more goals	0 33% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 70% probability that Lens will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+22 Lyon have scored 22% more goals at home than predicted	-4 Lens’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	2.2 average goals scored	1.4 average goals scored
	1.5 conceded	1.1 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2024/2025 season

31%

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LYN

LEN

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Games scored	27		21
Failed to score	4		10
Scored first	17		15
Goals scored	62		35
Avg. goals scored	2		1.1
Avg. shots per game	9		11
Avg. shots per goal	5		9
Conversion rate for	22		11
Avg. XG for	1.7		1.7
KickOff rating		+31%

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Games conceded	22		19
Clean sheets	9		12
Conceded first	12		14
Goals conceded	42		37
Avg. goals conceded	1.4		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		7
Conversion rate against	13%		15%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.5
KickOff rating		+4%

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

Lyon Ligue 1 squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
30	13	10	8
L Perri	A Lacazette	R Cherki	D Caleta-Car

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
G Mikautadze FWD	31	10	6	2 -
L Perri GLK	30			1 -
C Tolisso MID	30	7	5	4 -
A Maitland-Niles DEF	29	1	4	1 -
M Niakhaté DEF	28			-
A Lacazette FWD	28	13	2	4 -
C Mata DEF	27		3	5 -
R Cherki MID	27	8	10	3 -
N Matić MID	26		1	1 -
M Fofana FWD	26	5	4	1 -
J Veretout MID	25	2		4 -
E Nuamah FWD	23	3	1	2 -
T Tessmann MID	22	1		3 -
N Tagliafico DEF	21	3	1	6 -
Abner DEF	18	1	1	1 -
D Caleta-Car DEF	17	1		8 -
S Kumbedi DEF	14			1 -
T Almada MID	13	1	4	2 -
P Akouokou MID	2			1 -
R Descamps GLK	1			-
W Omari DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
13	33	10	29
A Lacazette	A Lacazette	R Cherki	R Cherki

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Lacazette FWD	13	33	2	16
G Mikautadze FWD	10	25	6	12
R Cherki MID	8	16	10	29
C Tolisso MID	7	20	5	15
M Fofana FWD	5	14	4	8
N Tagliafico DEF	3	7	1	2
E Nuamah FWD	3	13	1	8
J Veretout MID	2	9		9
T Tessmann MID	1	8		3
A Maitland-Niles DEF	1	6	4	11
Abner DEF	1	3	1	5
D Caleta-Car DEF	1	1		2
T Almada MID	1	4	4	6
N Matić MID		1	1	11
C Mata DEF			3	5
L Perri GLK				1
M Niakhaté DEF		1		1
S Kumbedi DEF		2		3

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1656	61	166
M Niakhaté	A Maitland-Niles	C Tolisso

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Niakhaté DEF	1656	42	92
C Mata DEF	1469	43	110
C Tolisso MID	1464	54	166
N Matić MID	1283	38	65
R Cherki MID	1093	14	93
N Tagliafico DEF	1012	51	96
A Maitland-Niles DEF	919	61	93
D Caleta-Car DEF	902	18	62
J Veretout MID	813	29	49
L Perri GLK	806		15
T Tessmann MID	635	21	45
Abner DEF	559	29	46
T Almada MID	491	11	23
A Lacazette FWD	486	13	68
M Fofana FWD	448	20	72
S Kumbedi DEF	439	28	49
E Nuamah FWD	412	20	66
G Mikautadze FWD	386	6	56
R Descamps GLK	28
P Akouokou MID	15	1	1
W Omari DEF	6

Lens Ligue 1 squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
28	6	4	12
A Thomasson	M Nzola	A Thomasson	F Medina

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A Diouf MID	31	1	1	2 -
A Thomasson MID	30	2	4	6 -
F Sotoca FWD	29	1	1	3 1
F Medina DEF	26		1	11 1
D Machado DEF	25	1	4	5 2
A Zaroury MID	25		2	1 1
A Fulgini MID	23	1	1	4 -
J Gradit DEF	22			4 -
W Saïd FWD	22	3		3 -
N Aynaoui MID	21	5	1	4 -
M Nzola FWD	21	6	1	3 1
M Sarr DEF	19			-
H. Ojediran MID	16	1		5 -
R Aguilar DEF	15	1	1	4 -
R Lascary FWD	14	2	1	5 -
G Koyalipou FWD	12	3		-
M Ryan GLK	11			-
J Chávez DEF	10	1		1 -
J. Agbonifo FWD	8	1		1 -
A. Juma Bah DEF	7			2 -
T. Pouilly MID	7			1 -
N Mendy MID	7			-
H Koffi GLK	5			2 -
M Satriano FWD	4			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	18	4	26
M Nzola	F Sotoca	A Thomasson	A Thomasson

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Nzola FWD	6	18	1	17
N Aynaoui MID	5	7	1	4
G Koyalipou FWD	3	13		4
W Saïd FWD	3	7		5
R Lascary FWD	2	5	1	4
A Thomasson MID	2	12	4	26
A Diouf MID	1	5	1	18
J. Agbonifo FWD	1	4
J Chávez DEF	1	3		3
R Aguilar DEF	1	3	1	3
H. Ojediran MID	1	3		1
A Fulgini MID	1	9	1	18
D Machado DEF	1	5	4	14
F Sotoca FWD	1	18	1	8
M Sarr DEF		1		2
J Gradit DEF		4		4
A Zaroury MID		10	2	16
F Medina DEF		3	1	14
A. Juma Bah DEF		1
T. Pouilly MID		1
M Satriano FWD				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1618	85	167
F Medina	A Thomasson	A Thomasson

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
F Medina DEF	1618	40	95
A Thomasson MID	1445	85	167
J Gradit DEF	1148	40	116
M Sarr DEF	944	21	51
A Diouf MID	926	37	112
F Sotoca FWD	868	22	101
N Aynaoui MID	793	37	86
D Machado DEF	683	36	95
R Aguilar DEF	632	35	69
A Fulgini MID	596	14	59
A Zaroury MID	531	20	63
M Nzola FWD	298	6	69
M Ryan GLK	255	1	6
A. Juma Bah DEF	246	11	30
H. Ojediran MID	238	29	46
W Saïd FWD	232	15	37
J Chávez DEF	230	9	27
N Mendy MID	164	7	18
R Lascary FWD	152	16	44
G Koyalipou FWD	144	1	23
H Koffi GLK	112	1	2
T. Pouilly MID	89	4	8
J. Agbonifo FWD	69	8	23
M Satriano FWD	15	3	7

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

Lyon have played 31 matches so far this season and lay in 5th place in the Ligue 1 league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Lens are in 8th position in the Ligue 1 on 45 points having played 31 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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