Lens vs Marseille Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 6th May 2023

The Ligue 1 game at Stade Bollaert-Delelis on Saturday will see visitors Marseille facing home side Lens.

Although outsiders this coming Saturday, Marseille will be highly motivated to at least keep their current gap in the Ligue 1 table to home side Lens.

Lens scored 20 goals, conceded seven, and pulled off five clean sheets in their past ten matches.

Marseille scored 16 goals, conceded 12 and managed two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Marseille lost 1-0 against Lens in their latest encounter. This served as pay back for the 2-0 defeat, Marseille handed out in the match before.

Lens vs Marseille Prediction

Lens Form

Lens look back on their last three matches with six points to show for their efforts. Against PSG, they were left empty-handed in a 3-1 defeat, but they avenged themselves by beating Monaco in a 3-0 win. They followed that up with a 0-1 win against Toulouse in their most recent outing. Lens claimed four wins in their last six Ligue 1 matches at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis. They came through these games with a record of one draw and one defeat, in which they conceded four and scored 12 goals.

Marseille Form

In their last three matches, Marseille first beat Troyes 3-1, then Lyon by 1-2 and finally Auxerre by 2-1. In their last six Ligue 1 away matches, Marseille claimed a full handful of five wins. They've drawn once and lost none, scoring ten whilst conceding four times.

We've thought long and hard which bet offers the best price at the bookies, as the match against Marseille could turn out a bit slippery for Lens. Considering form and strength in squad, we nevertheless ended up siding with the latter on Saturday.

Lens earned 19 points from their last nine matches against teams inside the top 6. They claimed six wins, following 16 goals scored while also conceding eight. Marseille claimed three wins and 11 points in the past eight games against teams placed inside the top six. They scored eight goals while conceding ten times. Lens are looking at a record of 20 wins, nine draws and four defeats in the Ligue 1 this season. Marseille so far pulled off 21 wins, seven draws and five defeats in the Ligue 1.

Lens vs Marseille Stats

Lens vs Marseille Squads

Lens Squad

Franck Haise will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Marseille from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Ligue 1 this season):

Brice Samba (0/33), Jean-Louis Leca (0/0), Wuilker Farinez (0/0), Adrien Louveau (0/0), Facundo Medina (2/28), Ismael Boura (0/9), Jimmy Cabot (0/11), Jonathan Gradit (1/28), Kevin Danso (1/33), Massadio Haidara (0/31), Steven Fortes (0/1), Adam Oudjani (0/0), Adrien Thomasson (3/30), Angelo Fulgini (1/12), David Costa (1/29), Deiver Machado (3/28), Fode Sylla (0/0), Jean Onana (0/17), Julien Le Cardinal (0/6), Lukasz Poreba (0/9), Mamadou Camara (0/0), Przemyslaw Frankowski (4/33), Salis Abdul Samed (1/29), Seko Fofana (4/31), Yacouba Barry (0/0), Adam Buksa (0/5), Alexis Claude (3/19), Florian Sotoca (6/33), Ikoma Lois Openda (18/33), Remy Lascary (0/10), Wesley Said (5/19).

Marseille Squad

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

Ruben Blanco (0/5), Simon Ngapandouetnbu (0/0), Chancel Mbemba (4/31), Eric Bailly (0/14), Issa Kabore (1/18), Jonathan Clauss (1/29), Leonardo Balerdi (0/30), Nuno Tavares (6/27), Samuel Gigot (2/24), Sead Kolasinac (4/28), Amine Harit (0/10), Azzedine Ounahi (1/22), Bartug Elmaz (0/0), Cengiz Under (5/32), Dimitri Payet (2/22), Jordan Veretout (3/33), Matteo Guendouzi (2/29), Ruslan Malinovsky (1/15), Valentin Rongier (1/32), Alexis Sanchez (13/30), Francois Mughe (0/0), Nemanja Radonjic (0/0), Pedro Ruiz (0/0), Vitor Oliveira (2/9).

Lens vs Marseille Team News

Lens might be looking at four missing players for their upcoming assignment against Marseille. For their upcoming match in round 34, Lens are unable to call upon Brice Samba, who is suspended.

Adam Buksa, Jimmy Cabot and Wuilker Farinez nurses various injuries and won't take part for Lens against Marseille at Stade Bollaert-Delelis.

Marseille have an almost full squad of players to choose from ahead of their next match this coming Saturday, as just two players seem to be forced up in the stands.

Names like Samuel Gigot and Amine Harit most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Lens.

Lens vs Marseille Lineups

Lens vs Marseille H2H

Marseille lost 1-0 against Lens in their latest encounter. This served as pay back for the 2-0 defeat, Marseille handed out in the match before. Marseille look back on five wins in their previous matches against their next opponent in the shape of Lens. The home side has a 30% win rate in these encounter for a total record of 3-2-5. No doubt worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Lens vs Marseille Results

Punters probably shouldn't go looking for both teams to score, when Marseille come visiting Lens. At least one team managed to keep a clean sheet six times in their last ten matches. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 21/20 with the bookies.

Lens vs Marseille Betting Tips

Scoring 18 goals during a Ligue 1 campaign is just the sort of form, every club adores in a player. Ikoma Lois Openda is out to extend his current momentum, and the upcoming game should be a good opportunity to add another goal to his name. Picking Ikoma Lois Openda to score seems like a no-brainer currently.

Stade Bollaert-Delelis witnessed Lens winning seven times in their last 10 matches here, whilst drawing two and losing one as well. Marseille claimed nine wins, one draw and zero defeats in their last 10 games away. Lens put seven wins on the board in their last 10 Ligue 1 matches. Their visitors from Marseille claimed all three points in six of their previous 10 league matches.

Less than 2.5 goals came out four times in the past ten encounters between these two while both teams not to score was a winning bet six times. Lens managed an average of 0.9 goals, with Marseille averaging 1.5 goals. Lens performed an average of 1.8 goals a game in their previous ten matches in which over 2.5 goals came out six times. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten outings for Marseille, who managed to score 1.5 times in those matches.