Ligue 1 · Match preview
Lens 2–1 
Lyon
- Kick-off
- Status
- Finished
- Venue
- Stade Bollaert-Delelis
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Match overview
Final score: Lens 2–1 Lyon.
Lens are 7th in the Ligue 1 table with 10 points from 7 matches; Lyon are 5th with 11 points from 6.
Last 5 results in our archive, newest first: Lens L L L W W; Lyon W D W D W.
In their last 5 settled matches Lens scored 1.6 and conceded 1.4 goals per game; Lyon scored 2.0 and conceded 0.4 in their last 5.
The Ligue 1 averages 2.9 goals a match this season; these two clubs’ recent matches point to about 2.7. Over 2.5 landed in 50% and both teams scored in 50% of their recent games.
Before kick-off the model’s pick was Lens to win at 42% probability, and it came in.
All figures come from the results archive and the league table in our data; nothing on this page is estimated. How the probabilities are produced
Settled
The model’s pre-match pick and how it went
- Pick
- Lens to win
- Probability
- 42%
- Outcome
- Came in
Logged before kick-off, settled automatically against the final score and never edited afterwards. Full Ligue 1 record
Goals in recent matches
From the final scores of each club’s last settled matches: goals for and against per game, and how often over 2.5, both teams scoring and a clean sheet occurred.
| Club | P | For | Against | Over 2.5 | BTTS | Clean sheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lens | 5 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 60% | 60% | 20% |
| Lyon | 5 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 40% | 40% | 60% |
Ligue 1 average this season: 2.9 goals per match.
Ligue 1 table: the two clubs
| # | Club | P | W-D-L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7. | Lens | 7 | 3-1-3 | 14:11 | 10 |
| 5. | Lyon | 6 | 3-2-1 | 11:4 | 11 |
Recent form
Last five settled matches before this fixture, newest first.
Lens
- AMonaco2–1L
- HLorient0–1L
- AStrasbourg2–1L
- HAuxerre5–2W
- HParis Saint-Germain1–0W
Head-to-head
Meetings before this fixture, from the results archive (July 2026 onwards).
No previous meeting between these clubs in our results archive, which starts in July 2026.
