Lens vs Paris FC Prediction & Betting Tips

Form across a wider sample

Paris FC's recent run covers more than just Ligue 1 fixtures, taking in friendlies and other matches too. Across that wider sample they've won nine, drawn seven and lost four, scoring 34 and conceding 24. It's a record that points to a steady side rather than a spectacular one.

Lens: 20 completed matches; Paris FC: 20 completed matches.

Lens

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

39

Conceded

25

Difference

+14

Paris FC

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

34

Conceded

24

Difference

+10

Lens' equivalent sample includes Champions League and cup games as well as league fixtures. They've won ten, drawn five and lost five in that stretch, scoring 39 and letting in 25. Goals have flowed at both ends for Lens, which fits a team capable of good and bad days alike.

Both sides have shown they can score, but Lens' numbers also show they can be got at.

Comparative Team Statistics: Lens vs Paris FC

Recent meetings have gone Lens' way

The clubs have crossed paths several times over the years, and the older results are a mixed bag. But in the last two meetings, Lens have won both: a 2-1 home success last October, then a heavier 5-0 away win back in February. That's a proper reversal of what the current table might suggest.

History doesn't always line up with current form, and here it clearly doesn't.

A clear gap in the table

Paris FC currently sit third with 11 points from five games, having won three and drawn two without losing yet. Lens are down in 15th with just four points from the same number of matches, winning once and losing three times. On paper, that's a sizeable gap between the two clubs this season.

That's the kind of separation that usually favours the higher side, though it hasn't in their recent meetings.

Goal threats on both sides

Paris FC's L. Sinayoko has been among the goals recently, with four in five matches. For Lens, Franck Thauvin has been their standout, leading the way with three goals and two assists in five games. Filip Ivanović has also chipped in with two goals from three appearances for Lens.

Lens:

Best scorers:

F. Thauvin - 3

F. Ivanović - 2

Best assist providers:

F. Thauvin - 2

Penalty cards:

S. Sagnan x 1 x 1

F. Thauvin x 2

Paris FC:

Best scorers:

L. Sinayoko - 4

Best assist providers:

L. Sinayoko - 1

Lens still carry goal threats even during a difficult run, which is worth remembering.