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

Sat 28th Sep, 16:00 BST, Stade Felix Bollaert-Delelis, Lens

Nice are on the road on Saturday afternoon, as manager Franck Haise takes his men to visit Lens and Franck Haise at the Stade Felix Bollaert-Delelis in the Ligue 1. Stats drive the predictions below for seventeen markets, and switching between them delivers bespoke analysis, including head to head (H2H), form and unique league tables. Odds from leading bookmakers are also provided. Hit the tabs below to see it all.

Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals means that there will be a maximum of 3 goals scored by Lens and Nice combined during the standard 90 minutes. Latest form statistics and historical head-to-head (H2H) records have led us to this prediction, and our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 74% chance of it being right on the money. The top price currently available on under 3.5 goals is 1.29.

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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 49% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.80.
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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Lens
49%
19/20
5%
1/1
11%
Draw
25%
23/10
3%
5/2
3%
Nice
25%
29/10
7%
11/4
17%
Draw 1-1
12%
11/211/2
Lens 1-0
12%
6/1
17%
11/2
8%
Lens 2-1
9%
8/17/1
7%
Lens 2-0
9%
8/1
13%
15/2
13%
Nice 1-0
8%
9/18/1
10%
Draw 0-0
7%
8/1
13%
7/1
Nice 2-1
6%
12/1
13%
10/1
15%
Lens 3-1
5%
16/112/1
Draw 2-2
5%
14/1
12%
12/1
Lens 3-0
5%
16/1
13%
12/1
8%
Nice 2-0
4%
18/1
10%
14/1
12%
Lens 3-2
3%
28/1
15%
20/1
Nice 3-1
2%
33/1
17%
22/1
12%
Lens 4-1
2%
33/1
17%
25/1
13%
Lens 4-0
2%
33/125/1
24%
Over 2.5 Goals
48%
11/101/1
Under 2.5 Goals
52%
8/118/11
1%
Home 1st Goal
53%
8/13
3%
-
Away 1st Goal
43%
13/8
9%
-
No 1st Goal
5%
8/1
13%
-
BTTS - Yes
51%
10/11
5%
10/11
BTTS - No
49%
10/11
9%
5/6
2%
BTTS - Home Win
21%
10/3
4%
16/5
8%
BTTS - Draw
18%
15/4
5%
18/5
4%
BTTS - Away Win
12%
7/1
11%
6/1
13%
Home/draw
75%
1/4
2%
1/4
4%
Away/draw
51%
4/5
6%
4/5
10%
Home/away
75%
1/33/10
1%
Over 1.5 Goals
73%
4/11
3%
1/3
Under 1.5 Goals
27%
11/5
7%
21/10
Over 3.5 Goals
26%
11/4
6%
5/2
3%
Under 3.5 Goals
74%
2/7
3%
2/7
Over 4.5 Goals
12%
6/1
22%
6/1
8%
Under 4.5 Goals
88%
1/10
3%
1/11
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
16/1
11%
12/1
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
1/401/50
Over 0.5 Goals
93%
1/14
1%
1/16
Under 0.5 Goals
7%
8/1
13%
7/1
Home DNB
67%
2/5
3%
4/9
11%
Away DNB
43%
7/4
8%
13/8
18%
Lens win to nil
28%
9/4
8%
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Nice win to nil
14%
11/2-
Lens / Lens
25%
11/5
3%
21/10
13%
Lens / Nice
3%
33/1
17%
25/1
10%
Lens / Draw
6%
14/112/1
Draw / Lens
17%
15/419/5
7%
Draw / Nice
10%
7/1
6%
13/2
12%
Draw / Draw
16%
4/1
5%
19/5
Nice / Lens
4%
22/1
12%
18/1
Nice / Nice
13%
11/2
7%
19/4
18%
Nice / Draw
6%
14/112/1
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Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table
Lens
Won
Draw
Lost
Scores
Nice
HOME AWAY TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY
Jan 19
Nov 3
 PSG44001312 
Oct 6
Apr 27
Nov 24
Mar 9
 Marseille4310810 
Jan 26
l
 
2-0A
May 18
d
 
1-1A
 Monaco4310610 
Oct 27
Mar 30
-
-
 Lens Home422038 
Feb 9
Sep 28
Sep 28
Feb 9
 Nice Away521287 
-
-
Nov 10
Feb 23
 Nantes421137 
Apr 6
Oct 20
Apr 13
Dec 1
 Reims421107 
May 4
Jan 12
Mar 16
Sep 21
 Rennes420236 
Jan 5
May 11
Oct 27
Mar 30
 Lille420216 
Nov 10
Jan 19
Mar 2
Jan 12
 Le Havre4202-16 
Dec 8
Feb 16
Feb 16
Oct 6
 Strasbourg412115 
Nov 24
Apr 13
Jan 5
May 11
 Toulouse412105 
d
 
1-1F
Feb 2
d
 
0-00-0
May 4
 Lyon4112-44 
Mar 9
Dec 1
w
 
2-0F
Apr 20
 Brest4103-43 
May 18
Nov 3
Apr 27
Dec 15
 Auxerre4103-63 
Mar 16
l
 
2-1F
Apr 6
Oct 19
 St Etienne5104-143 
w
 
8-0F
Mar 2
Jan 26
w
 
0-1F
 Angers4013-61 
Apr 20
w
 
1-4F
Dec 8
Feb 2
 Montpellier4013-111 
Feb 23
Dec 15
Win / draw / win form
6
Lens have not lost in 6 consecutive home league games
Lens 4TH
20 league games
Home
6
Overall
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
18
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
11
Draw
5
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lens0 - 0Lyon
Lens2 - 0Brest
Lens2 - 2Montpellier
Lens2 - 0Lorient
Lens1 - 0Clermont
Lens1 - 1Le Havre
Lens1 - 3Nice
Lens1 - 0Brest
Lens2 - 3Monaco
Lens3 - 1Strasbourg
Lens0 - 2PSG
Lens2 - 0Reims
Lens3 - 2Lyon
Lens1 - 0Marseille
Lens4 - 0Nantes
Lens1 - 1Lille
Lens2 - 1Toulouse
Lens0 - 1Metz
Lens1 - 1Rennes
Lens3 - 0Ajaccio
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
9
Draw
6
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HLens0 - 0Lyon
ALens1 - 1Monaco
HLens2 - 0Brest
ALens1 - 0Angers
HLens2 - 2Montpellier
ALens1 - 1Rennes
HLens2 - 0Lorient
ALens1 - 2Marseille
HLens1 - 0Clermont
ALens1 - 2Metz
HLens1 - 1Le Havre
ALens1 - 2Lille
HLens1 - 3Nice
HLens1 - 0Brest
ALens3 - 0Lyon
HLens2 - 3Monaco
ALens1 - 1Reims
HLens3 - 1Strasbourg
ALens1 - 0Nantes
ALens2 - 0Toulouse
Nice 5TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Marseille2 - 0Nice
Angers1 - 4Nice
Auxerre2 - 1Nice
Lille2 - 2Nice
Strasbourg1 - 3Nice
Marseille2 - 2Nice
Reims0 - 0Nice
Lens1 - 3Nice
Toulouse2 - 1Nice
Lyon1 - 0Nice
Brest0 - 0Nice
Rennes2 - 0Nice
Le Havre3 - 1Nice
Nantes1 - 0Nice
Montpellier0 - 0Nice
Clermont0 - 1Nice
Metz0 - 1Nice
Monaco0 - 1Nice
PSG2 - 3Nice
Lorient1 - 1Nice
Goals: Scored
34
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HNice8 - 0St Etienne
ANice0 - 2Marseille
ANice4 - 1Angers
HNice1 - 1Toulouse
ANice1 - 2Auxerre
ANice2 - 2Lille
HNice1 - 2PSG
HNice1 - 0Le Havre
ANice3 - 1Strasbourg
ANice2 - 2Marseille
HNice3 - 0Lorient
ANice0 - 0Reims
HNice1 - 2Nantes
ANice3 - 1Lens
HNice1 - 2Montpellier
ANice1 - 2Toulouse
HNice0 - 0Clermont
ANice0 - 1Lyon
HNice2 - 3Monaco
ANice0 - 0Brest
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
3
Nice have beaten Lens in 3 consecutive league meetings
League games at Lens since 2014
Lens
Nice
Goals: Scored
6
5
Games: Scored
3 / 5
3 / 5
Clean sheets
2 / 5
2 / 5
LEN
2
NIC
3
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lens
1 - 3Nice
0 - 1Nice
Lens3 - 0
0 - 1Nice
Lens2 - 0
League games at Nice since 2015
Nice
Lens
Goals: Scored
8
3
Games: Scored
4 / 5
3 / 5
Clean sheets
2 / 5
1 / 5
D
1
NIC
4
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Nice
Nice2 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Nice2 - 1
Nice2 - 1
Nice2 - 1
Goal Statistics

Lens's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday afternoon, not least because Nice have conceded in each of their last 6 Ligue 1 outings. A PG of 1.6 for Franck Haise's side suggests that run should continue.

Lens 4th Nice 5th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.0
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
There is a 79% probability that Lens will score 1 or more goals
0
35%
1
37%
2
19%
3
4+
There is a 72% probability that Nice will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-6
Lens’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
=0
Nice’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.6
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
0.9
conceded
1.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2024/2025 season
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Lens
PG (predicted goals)
Nice
1.6
1
Attack rating
LEN
NIC
40%
better
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Games scored3
4
Failed to score1
1
Scored first2
4
Goals scored4
14
Avg. goals scored1
2.8
Avg. shots per game11
10
Avg. shots per goal11
3
Conversion rate for9
29
Avg. XG for1.7
1.3
KickOff rating
+40%
Defence rating
57%
better
LEN
NIC
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Games conceded1
4
Clean sheets3
1
Conceded first1
1
Goals conceded1
6
Avg. goals conceded0.3
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded7
10
Avg. shots/goal conceded29
9
Conversion rate against3%
12%
Avg. XG against0.8
1.5
KickOff rating
+57%

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Lens Ligue 1 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
4112
B SambaJ ChávezR AguilarR Lascary
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
B Samba GLK4
-
F Medina DEF4
-
A. Khusanov DEF4
1
-
J Gradit DEF4
1
-
A Thomasson MID4
-
A Diouf MID4
-
R Lascary FWD4
2
-
F Sotoca FWD4
1
-
R Aguilar DEF31
1
-
D Machado DEF3
1
J Chávez DEF31
-
P Frankowski MID31
-
D Costa MID3
-
A Zaroury MID31
-
W Saïd  FWD31
-
M Satriano FWD3
-
K Danso DEF2
-
A Fulgini MID2
-
H. Ojediran MID2
-
N Aynaoui MID1
-
N Mendy MID1
-
Nice Ligue 1 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
5321
M Bulka E GuessandJ Clauss Dante
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Bulka  GLK5
-
J Clauss  DEF512
-
Dante DEF5
1
-
T Ndombélé MID511
-
P Rosario MID51
1
-
M Cho FWD52
-
E Guessand FWD531
-
M Bard DEF4
1
-
Y Ndayishimiye MID41
-
M Bombito DEF3
1
-
A Mendy DEF3
1
-
H Boudaoui MID311
1
-
V. Orakpo FWD3
-
M Abdelmonem DEF2
-
J Lotomba DEF2
-
T Louchet MID2
-
Y Moukoko FWD221
-
S Diop FWD21
-
B Brahimi FWD2
-
J Boga FWD21
-
G Laborde FWD11
-