Team Form & Recent Performances

RC Lens

• 2025/26 Record: 2W, 0D, 2L in Ligue 1 (6 points, 9th); 2024/25 Ligue 1 11th with 6W, 6D, 9L

• Latest Result: Lost 2-0 at Paris Saint-Germain (September 14, 2025), won 2-0 vs. Brest (August 31, 2025), per

• Home Form: 1W, 0D, 1L in 2 Ligue 1 home games (3 goals scored, 2 conceded); 7W, 4D, 8L in 19 home games in 2024/25 (26 goals scored, 27 conceded)

RC Lens are mid-table, showing inconsistency. Their 2-0 loss to PSG, despite 31% possession and 11 shots, exposed defensive frailties, per. Their 2-0 win over Brest showcased home resilience, per. At Stade Bollaert-Delelis, they average 1.5 goals scored and 1.0 conceded per game this season, per. Over their last five games (2W, 0D, 3L), they’ve scored 6 goals and conceded 7, per. Injuries to Deiver Machado (knee) and Jhoanner Chávez (ankle) are concerns, per. Their 54.1% possession and 5.9 shots per game reflect attacking intent, but defensive lapses (6 goals conceded in 6 games) persist, per.

LOSC Lille

• 2025/26 Record: 3W, 1D, 0L in Ligue 1 (10 points, 2nd); 2024/25 Ligue 1 2nd with 10W, 10D, 4L

• Latest Result: Won 2-1 vs. Toulouse (September 14, 2025), drew 0-0 at Monaco (August 31, 2025), per

• Away Form: 1W, 1D, 0L in 2 Ligue 1 away games (3 goals scored, 1 conceded); 6W, 5D, 6L in 17 away games in 2024/25 (22 goals scored, 20 conceded)

LOSC Lille are flying high, sitting 2nd and unbeaten. Their 2-1 win over Toulouse, with goals from Nabil Bentaleb and Ethan Mbappé, showed grit, per. Their 0-0 draw at Monaco highlighted defensive solidity, per. Away, they average 1.5 goals scored and 0.5 conceded per game this season, per. Over their last five games (3W, 2D, 0L), they’ve scored 8 goals and conceded 2, per. Injuries to Alexsandro, Thomas Meunier, Ousmane Touré, and doubts over Hákon Haraldsson and Marc Caillard weaken their squad, per. Their 61.1% possession and 5.7 shots per game show control, per.

Head-to-Head Stats & Historical Context

• Overall Record: Lille lead with 19 wins to Lens’s 9, 15 draws in 43 matches, per

• Recent Meeting: March 30, 2025—Lille 1-0 RC Lens (Ligue 1), per

• Key Trend: Lille won 3 of the last 3 H2Hs; 3 of 5 had under 2.5 goals, averaging 1.8 goals per game; Lens won their last home H2H 2-1 (April 2022), per,

Lille’s 1-0 win in March 2025, with Matias Fernandez-Pardo scoring, continued their H2H dominance, per. Lens’s 2-1 home win in 2022 is their only recent H2H victory, per. Lille’s away resilience (1W, 1D in 2) meets Lens’s home strength (1W in 2), but Lille’s 3 straight H2H wins tilt the scales, per. Lens average 0.8 goals to Lille’s 1.6 in recent H2Hs, per.

Key Players to Watch

RC Lens

• Przemysław Frankowski (MID): 2 goals in Ligue 1. His wing play is key, per

• M’Bala Nzola (FWD): 2 goals in Ligue 1. A physical threat, per

• Brice Samba (GK): 5 clean sheets in Ligue 1, 70% save rate. Crucial against Lille’s attack, per

LOSC Lille

• Nabil Bentaleb (MID): 1 goal, 1 assist in Ligue 1; scored vs. Toulouse. Drives midfield, per

• Hicham Bouanani (FWD): 1 goal in Ligue 1. A rising star, per

• Yann Sommer (GK): 7 clean sheets in Ligue 1, 69% save rate. Vital away, per

Tactical Insights & Match Dynamics

Lens’s 3-4-2-1, under Pierre Sage, relies on Frankowski’s width and Nzola’s hold-up, with Adrien Thomasson and Mamadou Sangare in midfield, averaging 54.1% possession and 5.9 shots per game, per. Without Machado and Chávez, they’ll lean on Ruben Aguilar, targeting Lille’s 0.5 goals conceded away, but their 1.75 conceded per game is a concern, per. Lille’s 3-5-2, led by Bruno Genesio, uses Bouanani and Olivier Giroud up top, with Bentaleb and Benjamin André in midfield, averaging 61.1% possession and 5.7 shots per game, per. With injuries, they’ll rely on Aïssa Mandi and Gabriel Gudmundsson, exploiting Lens’s defensive gaps, per. The 38,223-capacity Stade Bollaert-Delelis will be intense, per. Web buzz favors Lille at 2.37 odds, with BTTS at 1.65, citing Lille’s form and H2H edge, per.