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

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

Lyon are in Ligue 1 action on Sunday afternoon, as Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Fonseca aims to beat Franck Haise and his Lens side at the Groupama Stadium. In this preview you'll find odds for 17 different markets, alongside bespoke data that updates as you go between markets. Our predictions are based on 20-game form, so all stats are shown from a 20-game perspective. Home vs away and overall performance can be found, while you'll also find head-to-head history towards the bottom of the page.


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Lyon
49%
9/10-
Draw
24%
14/5-
Lens
27%
13/5-
Draw 1-1
11%
13/2-
Lyon 2-1
10%
15/2-
Lyon 1-0
9%
9/1-
Lyon 2-0
8%
10/1-
Lens 2-1
7%
12/1-
Lens 1-0
6%
14/1-
Draw 2-2
6%
11/1-
Lyon 3-1
6%
12/1-
Draw 0-0
5%
16/1-
Lyon 3-0
5%
16/1-
Lens 2-0
4%
20/1-
Lyon 3-2
3%
18/1-
Lens 3-1
3%
25/1-
Lyon 4-1
2%
25/1-
Lens 3-2
2%
28/1-
Over 2.5 Goals
56%
4/7-
Under 2.5 Goals
44%
11/8-
Home 1st Goal
52%
4/7-
Away 1st Goal
45%
7/5-
No 1st Goal
3%
16/1-
BTTS - Yes
58%
8/15-
BTTS - No
42%
11/8-
BTTS - Home Win
25%
9/4-
BTTS - Draw
18%
7/2-
BTTS - Away Win
14%
5/1-
Home/draw
73%
2/7-
Away/draw
51%
10/11-
Home/away
76%
1/4-
Over 1.5 Goals
79%
1/6-
Under 1.5 Goals
21%
4/1-
Over 3.5 Goals
34%
11/8-
Under 3.5 Goals
66%
4/7-
Over 4.5 Goals
17%
10/3-
Under 4.5 Goals
83%
2/9-
Over 5.5 Goals
8%
7/1-
Under 5.5 Goals
92%
1/12-
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/33
1%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
14/1
12%
-
Home DNB
66%
2/5-
Away DNB
43%
7/4-
Lyon win to nil
25%
11/4-
Lens win to nil
12%
7/1-
Lyon / Lyon
28%
2/1-
Lyon / Lens
3%
28/1-
Lyon / Draw
6%
12/1-
Draw / Lyon
17%
4/1-
Draw / Lens
10%
15/2-
Draw / Draw
13%
11/2-
Lens / Lyon
4%
18/1-
Lens / Lens
14%
5/1-
Lens / Draw
6%
14/1-
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Win / draw / win Ligue 1 table

Lyon have played 30 matches so far this season and lay in 6th place in the Ligue 1 league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 21 games against teams below in the table, having won 12, drawn 5 and lost 4 matches. They have kept 8 clean sheets and have failed to score in 3 fixtures. Lyon have outscored their opponents by 58 goals to 35 goals.

Home League Performance

Lyon have played 14 games at home winning 9, drawing 2 and losing 3 games. They have scored 30 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 18 goals at home.

Lens are in 8th position in the Ligue 1 on 45 points having played 30 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.

Won
Draw
Lost
Lyon
Lens
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
PSG3024605578 
l
 
2-3A
l
 
3-1A
l
 
1-2F
l
 
1-0A
2
Marseille3017492055 
l
 
2-3F
l
 
3-2F
l
 
1-3A
w
 
0-1F
3
Monaco3016682254 
l
 
0-2A
May 11
May 18
d
 
1-1A
4
Lille3015871553 
w
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
5
Nice3014971851 
w
 
4-1F
w
 
0-2F
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-0A
6
Lyon Home3015691751 
-
-
d
 
0-00-0
May 4
7
Strasbourg3014971151 
w
 
4-3A
l
 
4-2A
l
 
0-2A
d
 
2-2F
8
Lens Away3013611245 
May 4
d
 
0-00-0
-
-
9
Brest3013512-144 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-1A
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-3A
10
Rennes3012216538 
Apr 26
l
 
3-0A
w
 
1-0F
d
 
1-1A
11
Auxerre3010812-438 
d
 
2-2F
w
 
1-3F
Apr 27
d
 
2-2F
12
Toulouse309714-134 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-2A
l
 
0-1A
May 11
13
Reims308814-1032 
w
 
4-0F
d
 
1-1F
l
 
0-2A
w
 
0-2F
14
Nantes3071013-1531 
w
 
2-0F
d
 
1-1F
w
 
3-2F
l
 
3-1A
15
Angers308616-1930 
May 18
w
 
0-3F
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
16
Le Havre308319-3127 
w
 
4-2F
w
 
0-4F
l
 
3-4F
w
 
1-2A
17
St Etienne307617-3527 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-2F
18
Montpellier304323-4915 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-4F
w
 
2-0F
w
 
0-2F
Win / draw / win form
Lyon 6TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
41
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
13
D
3
L
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lyon2 - 1Lille
Lyon4 - 2Le Havre
Lyon2 - 1Brest
Lyon2 - 3PSG
Lyon4 - 0Reims
Lyon0 - 0Toulouse
Lyon1 - 0Montpellier
Lyon4 - 1Nice
Lyon1 - 0St Etienne
Lyon2 - 2Auxerre
Lyon2 - 0Nantes
Lyon2 - 3Marseille
Lyon4 - 3Strasbourg
Lyon0 - 2Monaco
Lyon2 - 1Strasbourg
Lyon3 - 2Monaco
Lyon4 - 3Brest
Lyon1 - 1Reims
Lyon0 - 3Lens
Lyon1 - 0Nice
Goals: Scored
41
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
11
D
3
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ALyon1 - 2St Etienne
ALyon3 - 1Auxerre
HLyon2 - 1Lille
ALyon2 - 4Strasbourg
HLyon4 - 2Le Havre
ALyon2 - 0Nice
HLyon2 - 1Brest
HLyon2 - 3PSG
ALyon4 - 1Montpellier
HLyon4 - 0Reims
ALyon2 - 3Marseille
ALyon1 - 1Nantes
HLyon0 - 0Toulouse
ALyon1 - 2Brest
HLyon1 - 0Montpellier
ALyon1 - 3PSG
ALyon3 - 0Angers
HLyon4 - 1Nice
ALyon1 - 1Reims
HLyon1 - 0St Etienne
Lens 8TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
22
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Brest1 - 3Lens
Lille1 - 0Lens
Marseille0 - 1Lens
Nantes3 - 1Lens
Nice2 - 0Lens
Montpellier0 - 2Lens
Le Havre1 - 2Lens
Auxerre2 - 2Lens
Reims0 - 2Lens
PSG1 - 0Lens
St Etienne0 - 2Lens
Strasbourg2 - 2Lens
Rennes1 - 1Lens
Monaco1 - 1Lens
Angers0 - 1Lens
Rennes1 - 1Lens
Marseille2 - 1Lens
Metz2 - 1Lens
Lille2 - 1Lens
Lyon0 - 3Lens
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
10
D
1
Lost
9
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ALens3 - 1Brest
HLens0 - 2Reims
HLens1 - 0St Etienne
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
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Lyon since 2014
Lyon
Lens
Goals: Scored
7
8
Games: Scored
3 / 5
5 / 5
Clean sheets
0 / 5
2 / 5
LYN
3
LEN
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lyon
0 - 3Lens
Lyon2 - 1
Lyon2 - 1
Lyon3 - 2
0 - 1Lens
League games at Lens since 2015
Lens
Lyon
Goals: Scored
6
6
Games: Scored
4 / 6
4 / 6
Clean sheets
2 / 6
2 / 6
LYN
1
D
3
LEN
2
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lens
Draw0 - 0Draw
Lens3 - 2
Lens1 - 0
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 2Lyon
Goal Statistics

Lyon have been reliable in front of goal of late, finding the net in 11 consecutive Ligue 1 games. Their PG of 1.6 against Lens on Sunday suggests that run is likely to continue.

Goals have been an issue for Lens of late. It has been 5 Ligue 1 matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.2 suggests they'll struggle to end that run on Sunday afternoon against Lyon.

Lyon 6th Lens 8th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.7
goals
1.2
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
18%
1
31%
2
27%
3
15%
4+
10%
There is a 82% probability that Lyon will score 1 or more goals
0
30%
1
36%
2
22%
3
9%
4+
There is a 66% probability that Lens will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+16
Lyon have scored 16% more goals at home than predicted
-4
Lens’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
2.1
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.1
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Ligue 1 - 2024/2025 season
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Lyon
PG (predicted goals)
Lens
1.7
1.2
Attack rating
28%
better
LYN
LEN
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Games scored26
21
Failed to score4
9
Scored first16
15
Goals scored58
35
Avg. goals scored1.9
1.2
Avg. shots per game9
11
Avg. shots per goal5
9
Conversion rate for21
11
Avg. XG for1.7
1.7
KickOff rating
+28%
Defence rating
LYN
LEN
7%
better
view stats
Games conceded21
18
Clean sheets9
12
Conceded first12
13
Goals conceded41
33
Avg. goals conceded1.4
1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded10
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
7
Conversion rate against13%
14%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.4
KickOff rating
+7%

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

Lyon Ligue 1 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
281197
L PerriA LacazetteR CherkiD Caleta-Car
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Perri GLK28
1
-
G Mikautadze FWD2884
1
-
C Tolisso MID2764
4
-
A Maitland-Niles DEF2613
1
-
M Niakhaté DEF25
-
C Mata DEF253
4
-
A Lacazette FWD25112
3
-
N Matić MID241
1
-
R Cherki MID2479
3
-
M Fofana FWD2444
1
-
E Nuamah FWD2331
2
-
J Veretout MID222
4
-
N Tagliafico DEF1931
6
-
T Tessmann MID19
3
-
D Caleta-Car DEF151
7
-
Abner DEF1511
1
-
S Kumbedi DEF11
1
-
T Almada MID1012
1
-
W Omari DEF1
-
P Akouokou MID1
-
Lens Ligue 1 squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
266412
A ThomassonM Nzola D MachadoF Medina
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Diouf MID2911
2
-
A Thomasson MID2823
5
-
F Sotoca FWD2711
3
-
F Medina DEF251
11
1
D Machado DEF2414
5
2
A Zaroury MID231
1
1
A Fulgini MID2211
4
-
M Nzola  FWD2161
3
1
J Gradit DEF20
4
-
W Saïd  FWD202
3
-
N Aynaoui MID1941
4
-
M Sarr DEF17
-
H. Ojediran MID161
5
-
R Lascary FWD1421
5
-
R Aguilar DEF1311
3
-
J Chávez DEF101
1
-
G Koyalipou FWD102
-
M Ryan GLK9
-
N Mendy MID7
-
A. Juma Bah DEF6
1
-
J. Agbonifo FWD61
-
H Koffi GLK5
2
-
T. Pouilly MID5
1
-
M Satriano FWD4
-