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

Stade Felix Bollaert-Delelis, Lens

Lens are in Ligue 1 action on Sunday afternoon, as Franck Haise looks to get one over on Eric Orie and his St Etienne side at the Stade Felix Bollaert-Delelis. The aim of this preview is, quite simply, to help you make the smartest bet possible. To this end, stats for every betting market have been published below, with head to head (H2H) history and particularly important form streaks highlighted. Odds are included as well.

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Lens's next match is v Brest at 16:15 on Sunday 20th April
St Etienne's next match is v Brest at 14:00 on Sunday 13th April
The last French Ligue 1 meeting between Lens and St Etienne was on Sunday 6th April 2025
French Ligue 1
April 6th 2025
Lens 1
0 St Etienne
 
G. Koyalipou 75'
 
LEN
STE
Shots On
5
3
Shots Off
8
3
Corners
6
3
Possession
61%
39%
Fouls
14
20
Yellow/red cards
3/0
2/0
 
LensSt Etienne
 
M. Ryan
R. Aguilar (K. Antonio 79')
A. Juma Bah
M. Sarr
D. Machado Mena (H. Ojediran 86')
F. Medina
A. Diouf (A. Fulgini 86')
N. El Aynaoui
A. Thomasson
W. Saïd (G. Koyalipou 66')
F. Sotoca (A. Zaroury 66')
G. Larsonneur
M. Nade
Y. Macon
(Y. Abdelhamid 87') L. Pétrot
M. Bernauer
(A. Moueffek 56') F. Tardieu
B. Bouchouari
P. Ekwah Elimby
(B. Old 68') Z. Davitashvili
(I. Wadji 69') I. Cardona
L. Stassin

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Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals

This Ligue 1 clash, with Lens and St Etienne going head-to-head, offers real intrigue in the highly popular over market, with a total of 3+ goals being scored seeming highly probable. Attackers on both sides will look to add to their tallies for the season and, having reviewed the relevant statistics and odds, we firmly believe that a bet on over 2.5 goals is the one to go for.

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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 54% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.57.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Lens
54%
4/7
23%
-
Draw
22%
31/10
14%
-
St Etienne
24%
19/4
69%
-
Draw 1-1
10%
7/1
14%
-
Lens 2-1
10%
15/2
6%
-
Lens 1-0
8%
17/2
19%
-
Lens 2-0
8%
8/1
10%
-
Lens 3-1
6%
11/1
29%
-
St Etienne 2-1
6%
16/1
42%
-
Draw 2-2
6%
12/1-
St Etienne 1-0
5%
18/1
73%
-
Lens 3-0
5%
11/1
37%
-
Draw 0-0
4%
16/1
42%
-
Lens 3-2
4%
20/1
19%
-
St Etienne 2-0
3%
33/1
100%
-
Lens 4-1
3%
20/1
38%
-
St Etienne 3-1
3%
40/1
58%
-
Lens 4-0
2%
20/1
49%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
61%
4/7
18%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
39%
11/8
25%
-
Home 1st Goal
53%
2/5
16%
-
Away 1st Goal
44%
2/1
26%
-
No 1st Goal
3%
16/1
42%
-
BTTS - Yes
60%
8/13
5%
-
BTTS - No
40%
6/5
7%
-
BTTS - Home Win
29%
15/8
28%
-
BTTS - Draw
18%
15/4
6%
-
BTTS - Away Win
14%
8/1
38%
-
Home/draw
76%
1/7
12%
-
Away/draw
46%
13/10
33%
-
Home/away
78%
2/9
5%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
82%
1/6
9%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
18%
4/1
33%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
39%
13/10
28%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
61%
8/13
19%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
21%
3/1
33%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
79%
1/4
12%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
10%
7/1
38%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
90%
1/12
4%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
96%
1/33
1%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
4%
14/1
25%
-
Home DNB
69%
2/9
19%
-
Away DNB
40%
3/1
60%
-
Lens win to nil
25%
2/1
20%
-
St Etienne win to nil
10%
10/1
83%
-
Lens / Lens
33%
7/5
29%
-
Lens / St Etienne
2%
33/1
17%
-
Lens / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
-
Draw / Lens
19%
7/2
10%
-
Draw / St Etienne
8%
10/1
47%
-
Draw / Draw
13%
6/1
27%
-
St Etienne / Lens
4%
18/1
17%
-
St Etienne / St Etienne
10%
15/2
55%
-
St Etienne / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Lens have played 27 matches so far this season and lay in 9th place in the Ligue 1 league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 14 games against teams below in the table, having won 9, drawn 2 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 7 clean sheets and have failed to score in 1 fixture. Lens have outscored their opponents by 31 goals to 28 goals.

Home League Performance

Lens have played 13 games at home winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 6 games. They have scored 14 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and conceded 16 goals at home.

St Etienne are in 17th position in the Ligue 1 on 23 points having played 27 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

10 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 40 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 12 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

25 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 16 games, drawn 5 and won 4. St Etienne have conceded 63 goals, scored 25, failed to score in 9 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Lens
St Etienne
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSG2823505474 
l
 
1-2F
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-6F
l
 
2-1A
2
Marseille2816481952 
l
 
1-3A
w
 
0-1F
l
 
0-2A
l
 
5-1A
3
Monaco2815581950 
May 18
d
 
1-1A
May 4
l
 
1-0A
4
Strasbourg2814771149 
l
 
0-2A
d
 
2-2F
w
 
2-0F
Apr 26
5
Lyon2814681648 
d
 
0-00-0
May 4
Apr 20
l
 
1-0A
6
Nice2813871747 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-0A
l
 
1-3A
l
 
8-0A
7
Lille2813871247 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
w
 
1-0F
l
 
4-1F
8
Brest2813411143 
w
 
2-0F
Apr 20
Apr 13
l
 
4-0A
9
Lens Home2912611042 
-
-
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
10
Auxerre2810810038 
Apr 27
d
 
2-2F
w
 
3-1F
d
 
1-1A
11
Toulouse289712134 
l
 
0-1A
May 11
May 18
l
 
2-1F
12
Rennes2810216032 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
5-0A
13
Nantes287912-1430 
w
 
3-2F
l
 
3-1A
d
 
1-1A
d
 
2-2A
14
Reims297814-1129 
l
 
0-2A
w
 
0-2F
w
 
3-1A
May 11
15
Angers287615-2027 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
d
 
3-3A
l
 
4-2A
16
Le Havre288317-2627 
l
 
3-4F
w
 
1-2A
l
 
0-2A
d
 
1-1F
17
St Etienne Away286517-3623 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
-
-
18
Montpellier284321-4315 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-2F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
Win / draw / win form
Lens 9TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Lens1 - 1Le Havre
Lens1 - 3Nice
Lens1 - 0Brest
Lens2 - 3Monaco
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
9
D
1
Lost
10
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
HLens2 - 0Montpellier
ALens2 - 0Reims
HLens1 - 3Marseille
HLens3 - 2Nantes
ALens0 - 1PSG
HLens0 - 2Lille
ALens2 - 0St Etienne
St Etienne 17TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
46
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
4
D
4
Lost
12
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Montpellier0 - 2St Etienne
Le Havre1 - 1St Etienne
Marseille5 - 1St Etienne
Lille4 - 1St Etienne
Auxerre1 - 1St Etienne
PSG2 - 1St Etienne
Toulouse2 - 1St Etienne
Rennes5 - 0St Etienne
Lyon1 - 0St Etienne
Angers4 - 2St Etienne
Nantes2 - 2St Etienne
Nice8 - 0St Etienne
Brest4 - 0St Etienne
Monaco1 - 0St Etienne
Quevillaise.2 - 1St Etienne
Guingamp2 - 2St Etienne
Grenoble0 - 2St Etienne
Ajaccio2 - 0St Etienne
Valenciennes0 - 2St Etienne
Bastia0 - 4St Etienne
Goals: Scored
22
Conceded
45
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
W
4
D
4
Lost
12
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSt Etienne1 - 6PSG
ASt Etienne2 - 0Montpellier
ASt Etienne1 - 1Le Havre
HSt Etienne1 - 3Nice
HSt Etienne3 - 3Angers
ASt Etienne1 - 5Marseille
HSt Etienne0 - 2Rennes
ASt Etienne1 - 4Lille
ASt Etienne1 - 1Auxerre
HSt Etienne1 - 1Nantes
ASt Etienne1 - 2PSG
HSt Etienne3 - 1Reims
ASt Etienne1 - 2Toulouse
HSt Etienne0 - 2Marseille
ASt Etienne0 - 5Rennes
HSt Etienne1 - 0Montpellier
ASt Etienne0 - 1Lyon
HSt Etienne2 - 0Strasbourg
ASt Etienne2 - 4Angers
HSt Etienne0 - 2Lens
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
6
Lens have not lost to St Etienne in 6 consecutive league meetings
League games at Lens since 2014
Lens
St Etienne
Goals: Scored
4
3
Games: Scored
2 / 3
2 / 3
Clean sheets
1 / 3
1 / 3
LEN
1
D
1
STE
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lens
Draw2 - 2Draw
Lens2 - 0
0 - 1St Etienne
League games at St Etienne since 2015
St Etienne
Lens
Goals: Scored
6
10
Games: Scored
3 / 4
4 / 4
Clean sheets
0 / 4
1 / 4
LEN
3
D
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT St Etienne
0 - 2Lens
1 - 2Lens
2 - 3Lens
Draw3 - 3Draw
Goal Statistics
Lens 9th St Etienne 17th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.9
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
14%
1
28%
2
27%
3
17%
4+
13%
There is a 86% probability that Lens will score 1 or more goals
0
29%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 65% probability that St Etienne will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-24
Lens have scored 24% fewer goals at home than predicted
+2
St Etienne’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.2
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.3
conceded
2.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2024/2025 season
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Lens
PG (predicted goals)
St Etienne
1.9
1.2
Attack rating
8%
better
LEN
STE
view stats
Games scored19
18
Failed to score8
9
Scored first14
9
Goals scored31
28
Avg. goals scored1.1
1
Avg. shots per game10
7
Avg. shots per goal9
7
Conversion rate for12
14
Avg. XG for1.5
1.1
KickOff rating
+8%
Defence rating
42%
better
LEN
STE
view stats
Games conceded16
23
Clean sheets11
4
Conceded first11
18
Goals conceded30
63
Avg. goals conceded1.1
2.3
Avg. shots/game conceded8
13
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
5
Conversion rate against13%
19%
Avg. XG against1.4
2.3
KickOff rating
+42%

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

Lens Ligue 1 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
254411
A ThomassonN AynaouiD MachadoF Medina
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Ryan GLK8
-
A. Juma Bah DEF5
1
-
M Sarr DEF16
-
F Medina DEF241
10
1
R Aguilar MID1311
3
-
A Diouf MID2811
2
-
N Aynaoui MID1941
4
-
D Machado MID2314
5
2
F Sotoca FWD2611
3
-
A Thomasson FWD2723
5
-
W Saïd  FWD192
3
-
Subs
H Koffi GLK5
2
-
K. Antonio DEF2
-
N. Čelik DEF
-
A Fulgini MID2111
4
-
H. Ojediran MID151
5
-
N Mendy MID7
-
G Koyalipou FWD92
-
A Zaroury FWD221
1
1
St Etienne Ligue 1 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
28965
G LarsonneurL StassinZ DavitashviliB Bouchouari
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Larsonneur GLK28
4
-
Y Maçon DEF11
4
-
M Bernauer DEF5
3
1
M Nade DEF2011
1
-
L Pétrot DEF251
3
-
B Bouchouari MID231
5
-
P Ekwah MID231
3
-
F Tardieu MID182
-
I Cardona FWD922
2
-
L Stassin FWD2594
3
-
Z Davitashvili FWD2776
2
-
Subs
B Maubleu GLK
-
Y Abdelhamid DEF14
3
-
D Appiah DEF231
1
-
D Batubinsika DEF24
3
1
B Old  MID8
-
L Mouton MID201
2
-
A Moueffek MID161
1
-
D. N´Guessan FWD6
-
I Wadji FWD6
-