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

Sun 23rd Feb, 14:00 BST, La Beaujoire-Louis-Fonteneau, Nantes

The Ligue 1 is the focus for both Nantes and Lens on Sunday afternoon, as managers Antoine Kombouare and Franck Haise go head to head at the La Beaujoire-Louis-Fonteneau. Statistics power the predictions below for seventeen markets, and switching between them shows bespoke analysis, including head-to-head, form and unique league tables. The best odds are also provided. Click on the tabs below to find out more.

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

We can expect some goalmouth action in this one, but don't count on a record-breaker. Under 3.5 goals is our prediction, meaning no more than 3 goals will be scored in total during the standard 90 minutes. The best odds are below, followed by relevant form stats and head-to-head (H2H) records.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 45% chance of Lens coming away with a win.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Nantes 28%	5/2	12/5
Draw 26%	23/10	12/5
Lens 45%	11/10	23/20 2%
Draw 1-1 13%	11/2	5/1
Lens 1-0 12%	13/2	11/2
Lens 2-1 9%	8/1	7/1
Nantes 1-0 9%	9/1	15/2
Lens 2-0 8%	9/1	8/1
Draw 0-0 8%	8/1	7/1
Nantes 2-1 7%	11/1	9/1
Draw 2-2 5%	14/1	12/1
Nantes 2-0 5%	16/1	14/1 15%
Lens 3-1 4%	16/1	14/1
Lens 3-0 4%	18/1	14/1
Nantes 3-1 2%	28/1	20/1
Lens 3-2 2%	28/1	20/1
Nantes 3-2 2%	40/1	25/1
Nantes 3-0 2%	40/1	25/1
Over 2.5 Goals 46%	1/1	1/1
Under 2.5 Goals 54%	4/5	3/4
Home 1st Goal 44%	6/4	-
Away 1st Goal 51%	4/6	-
No 1st Goal 5%	8/1	-
BTTS - Yes 50%	4/5	5/6
BTTS - No 50%	19/20	10/11
BTTS - Home Win 13%	6/1	11/2 8%
BTTS - Draw 18%	7/2	17/5 2%
BTTS - Away Win 19%	7/2	16/5
Home/draw 55%	7/10	7/10
Away/draw 72%	2/7	3/10
Home/away 74%	1/3	3/10
Over 1.5 Goals 71%	1/3	1/3
Under 1.5 Goals 29%	12/5	21/10
Over 3.5 Goals 24%	11/4	12/5
Under 3.5 Goals 76%	2/7	2/7
Over 4.5 Goals 11%	6/1	11/2
Under 4.5 Goals 89%	1/10	1/11
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	14/1	12/1
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	1/33	1/50
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	1/14	1/18
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	8/1	7/1 6%
Home DNB 47%	6/4	7/5
Away DNB 64%	1/2	1/2
Nantes win to nil 16%	5/1	-
Lens win to nil 26%	5/2	-
Nantes / Nantes 14%	5/1	9/2 5%
Nantes / Lens 3%	25/1	20/1
Nantes / Draw 6%	14/1	11/1 8%
Draw / Nantes 11%	13/2	6/1
Draw / Lens 16%	4/1	4/1
Draw / Draw 17%	4/1	18/5 4%
Lens / Nantes 3%	33/1	25/1
Lens / Lens 24%	5/2	23/10 2%
Lens / Draw 6%	12/1	11/1

Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Nantes have played 21 matches so far this season and are in 15th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

17 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 7 games, drawn 7 and won 3. Nantes have conceded 26 goals, scored 18, failed to score in 3 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Nantes have played 10 games at home, winning 2, drawing 4 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 11 goals, conceded 14 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Lens lay in 7th place on 33 points in the Ligue 1 league table having played 21 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 13 games against teams below them in the table, winning 9, drawing 3 and losing 1 game. They have scored 22 goals and kept 7 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Lens have conceded 9 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Lens have played 11 away games, winning 5, drawing 4 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.9 goals per away game.

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	Nantes Lens
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	PSG	21	16	5	0	38	53	Apr 13	d 1-1A	l 1-2F	l 1-0A
2	Marseille	21	13	4	4	20	43	l 1-2A	Mar 2	l 1-3A	Mar 8
3	Nice	21	10	7	4	15	37	d 1-1F	Apr 6	d 0-00-0	l 2-0A
4	Monaco	21	11	4	6	9	37	d 2-2F	Feb 15	May 18	d 1-1A
5	Lille	21	9	8	4	12	35	Mar 15	d 1-1A	l 0-2A	Mar 30
6	Lyon	21	9	6	6	10	33	d 1-1A	l 2-0A	d 0-00-0	May 4
7	Lens Away	21	9	6	6	5	33	Feb 23	l 3-2A	-	-
8	Brest	22	10	2	10	-3	32	l 0-2A	l 4-1A	w 2-0F	Apr 20
9	Strasbourg	21	8	6	7	3	30	Mar 9	l 3-1A	Feb 16	d 2-2F
10	Toulouse	21	7	6	8	-1	27	Apr 27	d 0-00-0	l 0-1A	May 11
11	Auxerre	22	6	7	9	-6	25	w 2-0F	May 11	Apr 27	d 2-2F
12	Rennes	21	7	2	12	-1	23	w 1-0F	Apr 20	Mar 15	d 1-1A
13	Angers	21	6	5	10	-9	23	May 4	d 1-1F	w 1-0F	w 0-1F
14	Reims	21	5	7	9	-7	22	l 1-2F	w 1-2F	Apr 13	w 0-2F
15	Nantes Home	21	4	9	8	-8	21	-	-	w 3-2F	Feb 23
16	St Etienne	21	5	3	13	-26	18	d 2-2F	d 1-1F	Apr 6	w 0-2F
17	Le Havre	21	5	2	14	-23	17	l 0-2A	Mar 30	Mar 1	w 1-2A
18	Montpellier	21	4	3	14	-28	15	May 18	w 1-3F	w 2-0F	w 0-2F

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Lost

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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

18 / 20

Clean sheets

2 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Draw

Lost

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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Reims	1 - 1	Lens
Nantes	0 - 1	Lens
Toulouse	0 - 2	Lens
Nice	2 - 0	Lens

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
H	Lens	3 - 2	Nantes
A	Lens	0 - 1	PSG
H	Lens	0 - 2	Lille
A	Lens	2 - 0	St Etienne
A	Lens	2 - 2	Strasbourg
H	Lens	0 - 0	Nice
A	Lens	1 - 1	Rennes
H	Lens	0 - 0	Lyon
A	Lens	1 - 1	Monaco
H	Lens	2 - 0	Brest

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Lens have beaten Nantes in 4 consecutive league meetings

Lens have not lost to Nantes in 6 consecutive league meetings

Nantes

Lens

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

3 / 5

Clean sheets

2 / 5

NAN

LEN

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

Lens

Nantes

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 6

4 / 6

Clean sheets

2 / 6

0 / 6

LEN

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lens
Lens	3 - 2
Lens	4 - 0
Lens	3 - 1
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Lens	1 - 0

Goal Statistics

	Nantes 15th	Lens 7th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.1 goals	1.4 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 24% 1 34% 2 24% 3 12% 4+ There is a 76% probability that Lens will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-37 Nantes have scored 37% fewer goals at home than predicted	-5 Lens’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	0.8 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	1.7 conceded	1.0 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2024/2025 season

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NAN

LEN

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Games scored	17		15
Failed to score	4		6
Scored first	10		11
Goals scored	24		25
Avg. goals scored	1.1		1.2
Avg. shots per game	8		11
Avg. shots per goal	7		9
Conversion rate for	15		11
Avg. XG for	1.3		1.6
KickOff rating		+8%

NAN

LEN

32%

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Games conceded	18		12
Clean sheets	3		9
Conceded first	10		8
Goals conceded	32		20
Avg. goals conceded	1.5		1
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		8
Conversion rate against	17%		12%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.3
KickOff rating		+32%

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

Nantes Ligue 1 squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
20	6	6	7
M Abline	M Abline	M Simon	N Pallois

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Abline FWD	21	6	1	1 -
P Chirivella MID	20		2	4 -
J Castelletto DEF	19			4 -
M Simon FWD	19	5	6	1 -
N Cozza DEF	18	1		2 -
K Amian DEF	18	1		2 -
M Mohamed FWD	18	3		2 -
J Lepenant MID	17	2	1	2 -
D Augusto MID	17	2	2	5 -
S Thomas MID	16	1	2	1 -
N Pallois DEF	15		1	7 -
A Lafont GLK	12			1 -
N Zeze DEF	12			3 -
M Coco DEF	12		1	3 1
B. Guirassy FWD	12	2		-
D. Assoumani MID	9			-
F Mollet MID	9			1 -
T Kadewere FWD	8	1	2	1 -
A Lopes GLK	6			-
L. Leroux MID	5			-
P Carlgren GLK	3			-
S Sow DEF	3			-
F Centonze DEF	2			-
M Elia FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	20	6	25
M Abline	M Abline	M Simon	M Simon

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Abline FWD	6	20	1	9
M Simon FWD	5	14	6	25
M Mohamed FWD	3	13		3
J Lepenant MID	2	4	1	7
D Augusto MID	2	9	2	10
B. Guirassy FWD	2	3		1
T Kadewere FWD	1	5	2	5
N Cozza DEF	1	4		5
K Amian DEF	1	2		6
S Thomas MID	1	1	2	17
F Centonze DEF				3
L. Leroux MID				3
N Zeze DEF		1
F Mollet MID		2		6
D. Assoumani MID		2		3
M Coco DEF			1	4
P Chirivella MID		1	2	8
A Lafont GLK				1
N Pallois DEF		1	1	2
J Castelletto DEF		4		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1021	46	93
P Chirivella	J Lepenant	J Lepenant

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
P Chirivella MID	1021	28	48
J Castelletto DEF	879	27	67
D Augusto MID	742	38	78
N Zeze DEF	580	28	55
N Pallois DEF	478	30	53
J Lepenant MID	467	46	93
N Cozza DEF	409	38	63
M Simon FWD	373	10	81
K Amian DEF	373	36	61
M Abline FWD	313	8	92
A Lafont GLK	310	1	6
M Coco DEF	286	19	43
S Thomas MID	263	9	31
S Sow DEF	177	5	12
A Lopes GLK	171	1	2
T Kadewere FWD	143	13	30
M Mohamed FWD	122	13	53
F Mollet MID	90	2	8
B. Guirassy FWD	89	8	23
P Carlgren GLK	71
F Centonze DEF	42	3	4
D. Assoumani MID	40	6	14
L. Leroux MID	32	5	6
M Elia FWD	4

Lens Ligue 1 squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
21	6	3	8
A Thomasson	M Nzola	A Thomasson	F Medina

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
A Thomasson MID	21	2	3	4 -
A Diouf MID	21	1	1	2 -
F Medina DEF	19		1	7 1
F Sotoca FWD	19		1	3 -
D Machado DEF	17	1		3 1
A Fulgini MID	17	1	1	2 -
A Zaroury MID	16		1	1 1
M Nzola FWD	16	6	1	3 -
J Gradit DEF	14			3 -
R Lascary FWD	14	2	1	5 -
H. Ojediran MID	13	1		4 -
N Aynaoui MID	12	1		1 -
W Saïd FWD	12	1		2 -
D Costa MID	11			1
J Chávez DEF	10	1		1 -
M Sarr DEF	9			-
R Aguilar DEF	6		1	1 -
G Koyalipou FWD	5	1		-
H Koffi GLK	4			2 -
N Mendy MID	4			-
M Satriano FWD	4			-
M Ryan GLK	2			-
T. Pouilly MID	2			1 -
J. Agbonifo FWD	2	1		-
A. Juma Bah DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	17	3	24
M Nzola	M Nzola	A Thomasson	A Thomasson

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Nzola FWD	6	17	1	17
A Thomasson MID	2	7	3	24
R Lascary FWD	2	5	1	4
J. Agbonifo FWD	1	2
G Koyalipou FWD	1	4		3
J Chávez DEF	1	3		3
A Diouf MID	1	2	1	17
N Aynaoui MID	1	1		3
H. Ojediran MID	1	3		1
W Saïd FWD	1	3		3
A Fulgini MID	1	6	1	17
D Machado DEF	1	4		10
J Gradit DEF		3		4
A Zaroury MID		6	1	13
D Costa MID		3		5
M Sarr DEF				1
R Aguilar DEF			1	2
F Sotoca FWD		11	1	7
M Satriano FWD				1
F Medina DEF		3	1	13

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1087	61	118
F Medina	A Thomasson	A Thomasson

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
F Medina DEF	1087	37	80
A Thomasson MID	938	61	118
A Diouf MID	666	27	78
J Gradit DEF	661	21	69
F Sotoca FWD	517	11	56
A Fulgini MID	467	8	47
D Machado DEF	408	25	63
M Sarr DEF	388	8	18
N Aynaoui MID	327	18	39
A Zaroury MID	292	9	35
M Nzola FWD	250	6	61
J Chávez DEF	230	9	27
H. Ojediran MID	211	27	39
R Aguilar DEF	162	11	16
R Lascary FWD	152	16	44
D Costa MID	135	2	7
W Saïd FWD	111	4	14
H Koffi GLK	84	1	2
G Koyalipou FWD	83	1	9
N Mendy MID	75	2	5
M Ryan GLK	48		2
T. Pouilly MID	29	2	3
M Satriano FWD	15	3	7
J. Agbonifo FWD	8	2	5
A. Juma Bah DEF			1

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

Nantes have played 21 matches so far this season and are in 15th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Lens lay in 7th place on 33 points in the Ligue 1 league table having played 21 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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