RC Lens are the guests at The Decathlon Arena on Sunday for the Ligue 1 fixture with home side Lille.
Our predictions, user poll and statistics for Lille v RC Lens can be found here - plus the latest match odds.
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Lille
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Lille will be looking for an improved result here following the 1-0 Ligue 1 defeat last time out to Nantes.
In that match, Lille managed 68% possession and 13 shots on goal with 4 on target. Nantes got 10 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Mostafa Mohamed (83') scored for Nantes.
Itโs been a rare occasion in recent games where Lille have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Lille have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 9 goals on the way. It will be interesting to see whether or not that trend will be continued on here.
Their prior results show that Lille:
- haven't been beaten in the league by RC Lens in their previous 5 games.
- are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches at home.
RC Lens
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RC Lens come into this clash following on from a 1-0 Ligue 1 win to beat Rennes in their previous outing.
In that game, RC Lens had 45% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for RC Lens was Wesley Saรฏd (47'). For their opponents, Rennes got 12 attempts at goal with 5 on target.
Will Still's RC Lens have managed to stick the ball in the net 6 times in the course of their previous six matches. The total of goals that have been scored against them during those same clashes equals 11.
Coming into this meeting, RC Lens have not registered a win against Lille when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league matches.
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Head to head
Inspecting their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 16/04/2022 shows us that Lille have won 3 of these games and RC Lens 1, with the tally of drawn games being 2.
A total of 13 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 8 of them for LOSC and 5 for Les Artรฉsiens. Thatโs an average goals per game figure of 2.17.
The last league encounter between the two was Ligue 1 match day 9 on 26/10/2024 and the score finished RC Lens 0-2 Lille.
In that match, RC Lens managed 58% possession and 10 shots at goal with 4 of them on target.
At the other end, Lille had 11 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Jonathan David (98') and Mohamed Bayo (101') scored.
The match was refereed by Benoรฎt Bastien.
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Team News: Lille
Samuel Umtiti (Calf injury), Edon Zhegrova (Adductor pain), Osame Sahraoui (Hip problems) and Tiago Santos (Cruciate ligament tear) wonโt be able to feature for Lille boss Bruno Gรฉnรฉsio.
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Team News: RC Lens
RC Lens boss Will Still has a number of players out of action. Denis Petric (Back injury), Martรญn Satriano (Cruciate ligament tear) and Rรฉmy Labeau Lascary (Cruciate ligament tear) will miss out on this game.
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Prediction
When taking everything into account, RC Lens will have a tough ask to score against this Lille team who should get the vital goal that wins it.
Thatโs why our selection here is for a very even contest with a 1-0 victory for Lille after 90 minutes.
Hopefully itโs a good one.
Andre Moura,
06:01 28/03/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Lille
Formed: 1944
Stadium: The Decathlon Arena (50,187)
Captain: Benjamin Andrรฉ
Chairman: Olivier Lรฉtang
Manager: Bruno Gรฉnรฉsio
Competitions: Ligue 1 position 6, UCL Qualifiers (Play-Offs)
๐ Key Man: Edon Zhegrova
Generally played in the Right Wing position, Edon Zhegrova was born in Herford, Germany. After having made a senior debut playing for KRC Genk in the 2017 - 2018 season, the gifted Forward has netted 4 league goals in this Ligue 1 2024 - 2025 season to date in 12 appearances.