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Finished 2nd in the 2025/26 Ligue 1 at 22-4-8. The 2026/27 Ligue 1 season is underway: 1-0-0 in 1 match played, next scheduled away at Strasbourg on Sat Aug 29, 2026.

Data as of 2026-08-27 · league seasons through 2025/26 · 2026/27 results through matchday 1
2025/26 finish
2nd
70 points
Ligue 1
Record (W-D-L)
22-4-8
34 matches
Goals scored
66
2nd most of 18
Goals conceded
35
2nd fewest of 18
Goal difference
+31
2nd best of 18

Most-used starting XI

Ligue 1 2025/26 · 34 matches · most common formation 3-4-2-1 (34 of 34)
33RISSER33Sarr22Ganiou20BAIDOO33Udol29THAUVIN27SANGARE20Aguilar31Thomasson26Saïd26EDOUARD

The eleven players with the most 2025/26 league starts, each shown in the line he most often started in, with his season start count. This is a record of last season, not a predicted lineup: team sheets come from the openfootball public-domain archive and cover the 2025/26 season in full. Rows follow the source team sheets, so a player used across several roles appears in his most common one.

Betting stats: goals, BTTS and clean sheets

Ligue 1 2025/26 · 34 matches · counts of what happened, not predictions
RecordCountRate
Over 2.5 goals22 of 3465%
Both teams scored (BTTS)17 of 3450%
Clean sheets12 of 3435%
Failed to score6 of 3418%
Draws4 of 3412%
Home record (W-D-L)14-0-3
Away record (W-D-L)8-4-5

Over and under the posted total

Ligue 1 · 2020/21 to 2025/26 · 216 matches with a posted total · counts of what happened, not forecasts
SeasonCompetitionMatchesOverUnderOn the numberOver rateMost common total
2025/26Ligue 1342113062%2.5
2024/25Ligue 1341024029%2.5
2023/24Ligue 1341519044%2.5
2022/23Ligue 1382018053%2.5
2021/22Ligue 1382216058%2.5
2020/21Ligue 1382117055%2.5
Total, 6 seasonsLigue 1216109107050%2.5
Home and away, all Ligue 1 matches in the window
CompetitionVenueMatchesOverUnderOn the numberOver rateMost common total
Ligue 1Home1085454050%2.5
Ligue 1Away1085553051%2.5

The posted total is the median of the books quoting that match, taken at each book's last recorded price before kickoff. Our archive is a daily snapshot grid rather than a tick feed, so it is not a closing line and is not published as one. "On the number" counts matches that finished level with a whole-number total, three goals with the total posted at 3 for instance, and those matches stay in the denominator of the rate. The home and away rows carry the total they were measured against, because that number is not always the same at both ends and a rate read without it says less than it appears to.

Odds history: how the market priced Lens

Ligue 1 · 2020/21 to 2025/26 · 216 matches with a posted price
CompetitionHow the match was pricedMatchesW-D-LWin rate
Ligue 1Shorter price than the opponent14683-33-3057%
Ligue 1Within 5 points of the opponent188-6-444%
Ligue 1Longer price than the opponent5217-13-2233%

Each match is placed by the median price across the books quoting it, converted to implied probability first, at each book's last recorded price before kickoff. Lens is the shorter price when its implied probability is more than 5 points above the opponent's. Implied probabilities include the bookmaker margin, so they sum to more than 100 across the three results. This is a record of past matches and their prices, not a forecast of the next one.

Against the top five

Record vs the top-5 finishers of the 2025/26 Ligue 1 (excluding themselves)
OpponentFinishedW-D-LGoals
Paris Saint-Germain1st0-0-20-4
Lille3rd1-0-13-3
Lyon4th1-0-14-1
Marseille5th1-0-13-4
Rennes6th1-1-03-1
All five4-1-513-13

2026/27 results through matchday 1

Ligue 1 2026/27 · 1-0-0 in 1 match played, 5 scored, 2 conceded · final scores read 2026-08-27 from the openfootball public-domain archive (CC0 1.0); later matchdays are not included
DateResultVenue
Sat Aug 22, 2026Lens 5-2 AuxerreWH

2026/27 fixtures

The next five league fixtures unplayed as of 2026-08-27, each with its date · head-to-head is all Ligue 1 meetings in our archive
DateFixtureLens W-D-LLast meeting
Sat Aug 29, 2026Strasbourg v Lens9-8-7 in 24Strasbourg 1-1 Lens
Sat Sep 5, 2026Lens v Lorient7-7-8 in 22Lorient 2-1 Lens
Sun Sep 13, 2026Le Mans v Lens3-3-4 in 10Lens 2-1 Le Mans
Sat Sep 19, 2026Monaco v Lens11-13-10 in 34Lens 2-3 Monaco
Sat Oct 10, 2026Lens v Lyon8-8-18 in 34Lyon 0-4 Lens

Closing form, 2025/26

Ligue 1 · last ten matches · sequence WLWLWDDWLW (oldest first)
DateResultVenue
2026-05-17Lyon 0-4 LensWA
2026-05-13Lens 0-2 Paris SGLH
2026-05-08Lens 1-0 NantesWH
2026-05-02Nice 1-1 LensDA
2026-04-24Brest 3-3 LensDA
2026-04-17Lens 3-2 ToulouseWH
2026-04-04Lille 3-0 LensLA
2026-03-20Lens 5-1 AngersWH
2026-03-14Lorient 2-1 LensLA
2026-03-08Lens 3-0 MetzWH

Season history

Last six seasons, competition named on every row, from our own match archive
SeasonCompetitionFinishW-D-LGFGAGDPts
2025/26Ligue 12nd22-4-86635+3170
2024/25Ligue 18th15-7-124239+352
2023/24Ligue 17th14-9-114537+851
2022/23Ligue 12nd25-9-46829+3984
2021/22Ligue 18th17-11-106248+1462
2020/21Ligue 17th15-12-115554+157

Where these numbers come from

Information, not betting advice. This page reports what happened: results, goal counts and team-sheet history from stated sources over stated windows. The betting stats are counts of past outcomes. It contains no picks, no projections and no recommendations.