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Lens

France, 15th in Ligue 1 2026-27
Position15of 18
Points4in 5
Won, drawn, lost1-1-3
Goals9for, 9 against
FormWLLDL

Next matches

All 29
Fri 9 Oct
Lens Lyon 45%27%28%
Sat 17 Oct
TBC Troyes Lens Forecast soon
Sat 24 Oct
TBC Lens Paris FC Forecast soon
Sat 31 Oct
TBC Lille Lens Forecast soon
Sat 7 Nov
TBC Lens Marseille Forecast soon

Results

2026-27, 29 still to play
Fri 18 Sep
FT Monaco2 Lens1
Sun 13 Sep
FT Le Mans2 Lens2
Sat 5 Sep
FT Lens0 Lorient1
Sat 29 Aug
FT Strasbourg2 Lens1
Sat 22 Aug
FT Lens5 Auxerre2

Season projection

Model estimate
Most likely finish4th13% of simulations
Final points538 in 10 between 44 and 62
Title2%
Top 437%
Bottom 3<1%
Final record15-8-11Won, drawn, lost
Goals scored618 in 10 between 52 and 70
Goals conceded478 in 10 between 40 and 55
Goal difference+14

A week of matches ago: title 6%, top 4 47%, bottom 3 <1%, 55 final points.

Chance of each final position, in %

Every remaining Ligue 1 match simulated with Vesta’s strengths of today. The whole projected table

In numbers

In Europe

11 matches in the European cups since 2023-24
Won, drawn, lost4-3-4
Goals13– 19
FT Slavia Prague2 Lens3 Champions League, League PhaseThu 10 Sep 2026 FT Panathinaikos2 Lens0 Conference League, Playoff Round · 2nd Leg - Panathinaikos advance 3-2 on aggregateThu 29 Aug 2024 FT Lens2 Panathinaikos1 Conference League, Playoff Round · 1st LegThu 22 Aug 2024 FT Freiburg3 Lens2 Europa League, Knockout Round Playoffs · 2nd Leg - SC Freiburg advance 3-2 on aggregateThu 22 Feb 2024 FT Lens0 Freiburg0 Europa League, Knockout Round Playoffs · 1st LegThu 15 Feb 2024 FT Lens2 Sevilla1 Champions League, Group StageTue 12 Dec 2023

Vesta and Lens

221 league matches since 2020-21

Vesta's forecasts reconstructed with each season hidden (how).

By the minute

2026-27, 5 matches
Goals1-1516-3031-45+46-6061-7576-90+
For102411
Against003222
  • 0points won in the last five minutes and stoppage time1 goal scored from the 86th minute on
  • 0points thrown away in the last five minutes and stoppage time0 goals conceded from the 86th minute on
  • 1point won after going behindBehind at some point in 4 matches; joint 5th most in the league
  • 3points dropped after going aheadAhead at some point in 2 matches; joint 3rd most in the league

Goal minutes. Quarters of an hour by the minute of the match reports; stoppage time counts in the last quarter of each half.

League position

2026-27
Lens: league position through 2026-271510151808-2108-2809-0309-0609-1309-20

Strength

Rating 1,585
Lens: Vesta rating since 2014-151,4001,5001,60020142021202220242026

Vesta's rating before every match since 2014-15. 1,500 is an average team of these leagues.

Squad

Players used in 2026-27