Lens vs Nice Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 1st February 2023

The Ligue 1 clash at Stade Bollaert-Delelis this coming Wednesday sees home team Lens battling it out for the win against Nice.

The two teams enter the match at Stade Bollaert-Delelis with 17 points separating them in the Ligue 1 standings.

Neither Lens nor Nice managed a breakthrough, when they last faced each other. They ended up settling for a point in a 0-0 draw, and the best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 12/5.

Lens are well up for the task of building on their current momentum, and we expect them to deliver the goods in their upcoming clash at Stade Bollaert-Delelis against visitors Nice.

Lens vs Nice Prediction

Lens Form

Lens collected seven points from their last three matches, as they ran out 1-0 and 1-3 winners against Auxerre and Brest, respectively. Against Troyes, they had to settle for a draw after a 1-1 draw. Lens took six wins in their last six Ligue 1 matches on home soil, as they scored 11 and let in two goals.

Nice Form

In their last three matches, Nice beat Montpellier 6-1, drew 0-0 with Reims and beat Lille by 1-0. In their last six Ligue 1 away matches, Nice failed to win more than once. In stead, they've drawn three and lost two, scoring six while also conceding seven times.

Lens won seven matches, scored 18 goals and conceded seven in their last nine games against teams from the top half of the Ligue 1 table. This earned them 22 points. Nice took three wins from their last ten games against teams from the top half of the Ligue 1 table. They collected 11 points, scored eight goals and conceded 12. Lens so far pulled off a record of 13 wins, six draws and one defeat in the Ligue 1 this season. Nice enjoy a record of seven wins, seven draws and six defeats in the Ligue 1.

Lens vs Nice Team News

Lens could be looking at four players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against Nice. Brice Samba gets a day off from the Lens squad, as he serves out a suspension.

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

Nice have four on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against Lens on Wednesday.

Nice need to do without Andy Delort, Aaron Ramsey, Youcef Atal and Marcin Bulka, who are not fit enough to travel to Stade Bollaert-Delelis.

Lens vs Nice H2H

Lens and Nice settled for a point in a 0-0 draw, when last faced with each other. The best betting odds on a another draw at full-time with the bookies are at 12/5. Nice look back on four 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 3-3-4. No doubt worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Lens vs Nice Results

At least one team managed to keep a clean sheet seven times in the last ten matches between Nice and Lens. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 3/4 with the bookies.

Lens vs Nice Betting Tips

While Ross Barkley added three strikes to his account in his last six games in the Ligue 1, Przemyslaw Frankowski scored twice in his last six.

Lens are undefeated in the previous 10 matches at Stade Bollaert-Delelis, winning nine along the way while drawing one. Nice won two of their previous 10 games away from home across all tournaments, in which they drew five and lost three. The home side scored the first goal of the game in seven of their last 10 matches at Stade Bollaert-Delelis, with Nice doing likewise in five of their last 10 away games.

Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the last ten encounters between these two teams. Lens managed an average of 0.9 goals, with Nice averaging 0.7 goals in these games. Both teams to score was a winning bet three times in this run of matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Lens’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.7 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Nice's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.4 goals in these matches.