PSG vs Lens Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 15th April 2023

Lens hope to close the gap a little on Ligue 1 leaders PSG, when they face off Parc des Princes in a round 31 match on Saturday.

PSG enjoy the view from the top of the table with 69 points after 30 matches. Lens find themselves positioned as number 2 in the Ligue 1 with 63 points following 30 rounds.

Going into the match as underdog, Lens will be highly motivated to keep their positive run going against PSG. A positive result at on Saturday certainly does not look beyond their powers.

PSG are confident they will be scoring goals in their next assignment in the Ligue 1, as they show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches. The hosts scored 2.1 goals on average per match, or 21 goals in total, while allowing 14 goals against, for an average of 1.4 per outing. They managed two clean sheets along the way.

Lens scored an average of 1.7 goals a game in the past ten matches. They scored 17 goals, let in eight for an average of 0.8 a game, and managed three clean sheets.

It was an enormously entertaining 3-1 match, when these two sides last played each other. A similar feast of goals would go down well on Saturday.

PSG vs Lens Prediction

PSG Form

PSG lost twice in their last three matches, as they were defeated 0-2 by Rennes and 0-1 against Lyon. They turned the table by winning 0-2 against Nice. PSG claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Ligue 1. They also drew one and lost two, as they scored 11 and conceded ten goals.

Lens Form

Lens are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Angers got left behind in a 3-0 win, before Rennes got hammered in a 0-1 victory. Strasbourg was the most recent victim in a 2-1 win for Lens. In their last six away matches in the Ligue 1, Lens won twice, while also recording three draws. They endured one defeat in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying five goals conceded and nine scored.

Both PSG and visitors Lens seem to struggle just a wee bit much right now, with keeping a clean sheet. We go out on a limb here and suggest that, both teams will find the back of the net.

PSG earned 13 points from their last nine matches against teams inside the top 6. They claimed four wins, following 18 goals scored while also conceding 14. Lens won seven games, picked up 24 points, scored 20 and conceded 11 goals in their last 16 games against teams from the top half of the Ligue 1 table. PSG so far pulled off a record of 22 wins, three draws and five defeats in the Ligue 1 this season. Lens show off 18 wins, nine draws and three defeats in the Ligue 1.

PSG vs Lens Stats

PSG vs Lens Squads

PSG Squad

Galtier will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Lens from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Ligue 1 this season):

Alexandre Letellier (0/0), Gianluigi Donnarumma (0/30), Lucas Lavallee (0/0), Sergio Rico (0/0), Achraf Hakimi (4/23), El Chadaille Bitshiabu (0/9), Juan Bernat (1/21), Marquinhos (2/26), Nordi Mukiele (0/19), Nuno Mendes (1/21), Presnel Kimpembe (0/11), Sergio Ramos (1/25), Timothee Pembele (0/5), Carlos Soler (3/19), Danilo Pereira (2/25), Ismael Gharbi (0/4), Marco Verratti (0/22), Renato Sanches (2/18), Vitinha (0/28), Warren Zaire-Emery (2/18), Hugo Ekitike (3/20), Ilyes Housni (0/1), Kylian Mbappe (19/26), Lionel Messi (14/25), Neymar (13/20).

Lens Squad

Here is the full team squad of Lens. The 51 year-old Franck Haise will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Brice Samba (0/30), Jean-Louis Leca (0/0), Wuilker Farinez (0/0), Adrien Louveau (0/0), Facundo Medina (2/25), Ismael Boura (0/9), Jimmy Cabot (0/11), Jonathan Gradit (1/25), Kevin Danso (1/30), Massadio Haidara (0/28), Steven Fortes (0/1), Adam Oudjani (0/0), Adrien Thomasson (2/27), Angelo Fulgini (1/9), David Costa (1/28), Deiver Machado (3/26), Fode Sylla (0/0), Jean Onana (0/14), Julien Le Cardinal (0/5), Lukasz Poreba (0/7), Mamadou Camara (0/0), Przemyslaw Frankowski (3/30), Salis Abdul Samed (1/28), Seko Fofana (4/28), Yacouba Barry (0/0), Adam Buksa (0/4), Alexis Claude (3/19), Florian Sotoca (6/30), Ikoma Lois Openda (15/30), Remy Lascary (0/9), Wesley Said (5/19).

PSG vs Lens Team News

PSG might be looking at three missing players for their upcoming assignment against Lens.

Renato Sanches, Nuno Mendes and Presnel Kimpembe are missing from the squad, PSG will field against Lenson Saturday.

Lens are juggling with four absent players on on Saturday when travelling to PSG. Brice Samba is suspended from the Lens squad with too many penalty points to his name.

Names like Adam Buksa, Jimmy Cabot and Wuilker Farinez most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play PSG.

PSG vs Lens Lineups

PSG vs Lens H2H

The last time these two teams faced off against each other, Lens came away as 3-1 winners. No doubt they are planning a similar outcome on Saturday. PSG enter the match against Lens with a 4-4-2 record in their previous ten encounters. A win rate of 40%, which is perhaps worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

PSG vs Lens Results

Both teams to score came out seven times in the past ten matches between PSG and Lens. Odds on both teams finding the back of the net are best priced at 7/10 with the bookies.

PSG vs Lens Betting Tips

Kylian Mbappe has four strikes in six Ligue 1 matches for PSG, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with Lens. The visitors are looking to Ikoma Lois Openda, who has provided his team with six Ligue 1 goals.

Of their 10 most recent games at Parc des Princes across all tournaments, PSG won six times, drew one and lost three. Lens won four of their recent 10 games on their travels, as well as drawing four and losing two. Who'll impose themselves on the match first at Parc des Princes this coming Saturday? PSG scored the opening goal six times in 10 home games, while Lens did it in seven of their last 10 away games.

Both teams not to score was a winning bet three times in the last ten encounters between PSG and Lens as under 2.5 goals happened four times. PSG scored an average of 1.5 goals a game, with Lens averaging one goal in this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of PSG’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They scored an average of 1.6 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Lens, who scored 2.2 times on average in those matches.