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)
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
Record
Count
Rate
Over 2.5 goals
22 of 34
65%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
17 of 34
50%
Clean sheets
12 of 34
35%
Failed to score
6 of 34
18%
Draws
4 of 34
12%
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
Season
Competition
Matches
Over
Under
On the number
Over rate
Most common total
2025/26
Ligue 1
34
21
13
0
62%
2.5
2024/25
Ligue 1
34
10
24
0
29%
2.5
2023/24
Ligue 1
34
15
19
0
44%
2.5
2022/23
Ligue 1
38
20
18
0
53%
2.5
2021/22
Ligue 1
38
22
16
0
58%
2.5
2020/21
Ligue 1
38
21
17
0
55%
2.5
Total, 6 seasons
Ligue 1
216
109
107
0
50%
2.5
Home and away, all Ligue 1 matches in the window
Competition
Venue
Matches
Over
Under
On the number
Over rate
Most common total
Ligue 1
Home
108
54
54
0
50%
2.5
Ligue 1
Away
108
55
53
0
51%
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
Competition
How the match was priced
Matches
W-D-L
Win rate
Ligue 1
Shorter price than the opponent
146
83-33-30
57%
Ligue 1
Within 5 points of the opponent
18
8-6-4
44%
Ligue 1
Longer price than the opponent
52
17-13-22
33%
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)
Opponent
Finished
W-D-L
Goals
Paris Saint-Germain
1st
0-0-2
0-4
Lille
3rd
1-0-1
3-3
Lyon
4th
1-0-1
4-1
Marseille
5th
1-0-1
3-4
Rennes
6th
1-1-0
3-1
All five
4-1-5
13-13
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
Date
Result
Venue
Sat Aug 22, 2026
Lens 5-2 Auxerre
W
H
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
Date
Fixture
Lens W-D-L
Last meeting
Sat Aug 29, 2026
Strasbourg v Lens
9-8-7 in 24
Strasbourg 1-1 Lens
Sat Sep 5, 2026
Lens v Lorient
7-7-8 in 22
Lorient 2-1 Lens
Sun Sep 13, 2026
Le Mans v Lens
3-3-4 in 10
Lens 2-1 Le Mans
Sat Sep 19, 2026
Monaco v Lens
11-13-10 in 34
Lens 2-3 Monaco
Sat Oct 10, 2026
Lens v Lyon
8-8-18 in 34
Lyon 0-4 Lens
Closing form, 2025/26
Ligue 1 · last ten matches · sequence WLWLWDDWLW (oldest first)
Date
Result
Venue
2026-05-17
Lyon 0-4 Lens
W
A
2026-05-13
Lens 0-2 Paris SG
L
H
2026-05-08
Lens 1-0 Nantes
W
H
2026-05-02
Nice 1-1 Lens
D
A
2026-04-24
Brest 3-3 Lens
D
A
2026-04-17
Lens 3-2 Toulouse
W
H
2026-04-04
Lille 3-0 Lens
L
A
2026-03-20
Lens 5-1 Angers
W
H
2026-03-14
Lorient 2-1 Lens
L
A
2026-03-08
Lens 3-0 Metz
W
H
Season history
Last six seasons, competition named on every row, from our own match archive
Season
Competition
Finish
W-D-L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
2025/26
Ligue 1
2nd
22-4-8
66
35
+31
70
2024/25
Ligue 1
8th
15-7-12
42
39
+3
52
2023/24
Ligue 1
7th
14-9-11
45
37
+8
51
2022/23
Ligue 1
2nd
25-9-4
68
29
+39
84
2021/22
Ligue 1
8th
17-11-10
62
48
+14
62
2020/21
Ligue 1
7th
15-12-11
55
54
+1
57
Where these numbers come from
Results, tables, head-to-head and betting stats. Our own match archive of Ligue 1 and Ligue 1 finals through 2025/26, derived from final scores. Every block names its competition and window.
Posted totals, handicaps and prices. Our own odds archive of 2020/21 to 2025/26, held as book-by-book snapshots. Each match takes the median across the books quoting it at their last recorded price before kickoff. The archive is a daily snapshot grid, so no number on this page is a closing line.
2026/27 results and fixtures. The openfootball public-domain fixture and results file (CC0 1.0), read 2026-08-27. Results shown are final scores of completed matches only.
Starting XI. openfootball 2025/26 team sheets (CC0 1.0); the construction is stated under the graphic.
Posted handicaps. Our odds archive holds no posted handicap for Ligue 1 or Ligue 2 matches in this window, measured at zero rows in every season, so this page carries no handicap block rather than a guessed one.
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.