Lens vs Lille Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 4th March 2023

Lille visit Stade Bollaert-Delelis on Saturday for a Ligue 1 fixture with home side Lens.

Lens are placed four with 50 points after 25 matches. Lille occupy a position as six in the league on 44 points.

A win for Lille this coming Saturday will see them improve on their position in the table with an aim to finish in the top six of the Ligue 1.

Lens only average a modest 1.3 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 13 goals. They also conceded ten for an average of one per game. They kept their opponents from scoring two times.

Lille scored 18 goals, conceded nine and kept their opponents from scoring four times in their last ten matches.

Lens lost to 1-0 Lille in their last encounter. This served as payback for the 2-1 win, which Lens dished out the match before that.

Lens vs Lille Prediction

Lens Form

Lens collected four points from their last three matches, starting with a 3-1 win against Nantes. It was followed by a 1-1 draw with Montpellier and a 2-1 defeat against Nantes. Lens have been in potent form at Stade Bollaert-Delelis, winning no less than five of the past six Ligue 1 matches here. They also hammered in 12 goals, while letting in four as they also lost once.

Lille Form

Their past three matches saw Lille beating Strasbourg 2-0, losing 4-3 against PSG, and beating Brest by 2-1. Lille won twice, while also recording one draw, and three defeats in their last six away matches in the Ligue 1. The scoreline from these matches says seven goals conceded and eight scored.

Lens look a little out of sorts and confidence could be vital to which way this encounter turns out. With the home side short on confidence, Lille is the value bet.

Lens won six matches, scored 18 goals and conceded ten in their last 11 games against teams from the top half of the Ligue 1 table. This earned them 20 points. Lille took three wins from their last 12 games against teams from the top half of the Ligue 1 table. They collected 11 points, scored 17 goals and conceded 25. Lens claimed 14 wins, eight draws as well as three defeats in the Ligue 1 this season. Lille so far pulled off 13 wins, five draws and seven defeats in the Ligue 1.

Lens vs Lille Squads

Lens Squad

The 51-year-old Haise will select the starting eleven against Lille from this squad. The statistics represent goals scored and matches played in the Ligue 1 this season:

Brice Samba (0/25), Jean-Louis Leca (0/0), Wuilker Farinez (0/0), Adrien Louveau (0/0), Facundo Medina (1/23), Ismael Boura (0/9), Jimmy Cabot (0/11), Jonathan Gradit (1/20), Kevin Danso (1/25), Massadio Haidara (0/23), Steven Fortes (0/1), Adam Oudjani (0/0), Adrien Thomasson (2/22), Angelo Fulgini (1/4), David Costa (1/23), Deiver Machado (3/22), Fode Sylla (0/0), Jean Onana (0/12), Julien Le Cardinal (0/5), Lukasz Poreba (0/7), Mamadou Camara (0/0), Przemyslaw Frankowski (2/25), Salis Abdul Samed (1/23), Seko Fofana (3/23), Yacouba Barry (0/0), Adam Buksa (0/4), Alexis Claude (2/15), Florian Sotoca (6/25), Ikoma Lois Openda (9/25), Remy Lascary (0/7), Wesley Said (5/17).

Lille Squad

Below is the full team squad of Lille. The manager Fonseca will pick his starting XI against Lens from these players:

Adam Jakubech (0/0), Benoit Costil (0/19), Lucas Chevalier (0/19), Alexsandro Ribeiro (2/9), Bafode Diakite (2/24), Ismaily (2/18), Jose Fonte (1/21), Leny Yoro (0/7), Tiago Djalo (2/24), Andre Gomes (1/17), Benjamin Andre (1/23), Carlos Baleba (0/11), Jonas Martin (0/9), Jonathan Bamba (5/21), Adam Ounas (1/13), Alan Virginius (1/12), Angel Gomes (2/24), Edon Zhegrova (1/14), Gabriel Gudmundsson (0/8), Jonathan David (15/24), Mohamed Bayo (3/17), Remy Cabella (4/19), Timothy Weah (0/16).

Lens vs Lille Team News

At the time of writing, Lens have four players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Lille this coming Saturday. There is no need for Brice Samba to show up in the Lens dressing room, as he is suspended.

Adam Buksa, Jimmy Cabot and Wuilker Farinez are all absent from the Lens squad that faces Lille at Stade Bollaert-Delelis.

Lille are juggling with three absent players on this coming Saturday when travelling to Lens.

Jose Fonte, Jonathan Bamba and Gabriel Gudmundsson all face a spell on the sidelines for Lille due to various injuries.

Lens vs Lille Lineups

Lens vs Lille H2H

Lens claimed a 2-1 win, while Lille answered back with a 1-0 win in their two most recent meetings. Lille won six of the last ten encounters against Lens, but the latter won 1-0 in the latest meeting. The bookies have Lille to win this match at best price odds of 2/1.

Lens vs Lille Results

In the past ten matches between home side Lens and Lille both teams found the back of the net four times. Best priced odds on both teams to score with the bookies are at 3/4.

Lens vs Lille Betting Tips

It has been an excellent season for Jonathan David who managed to score an impressive 15 goals in total during the current campaign. He also seems on a good run currently, hitting the target three times in his last six outings. Lille are looking to him against Lens, hoping he keeps his momentum going.

Lens claimed eight wins in the previous 10 matches at home across all tournaments, as well as drawing one and losing one. Lille won four of their last 10 away games, as they also drew two and lost four of these matches. Lens managed four wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches at Stade Bollaert-Delelis.

Over 2.5 goals was a winning bet five times in the past ten encounters between Lens and Lille, with the latter scoring 1.9 goals on average in these. Lens managed an average of 0.6 goals as both teams scored four times in this run. Lens saw over 2.5 goals in five of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.7 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals appeared in five of the last ten matches that Lille played across all tournaments. They scored 2.1 times on average in the process.