Position8of 20
Points57in 38
Won, drawn, lost14-15-9
Goals43for, 31 against
FormLLWWW
Results
2002-03Sat 24 May
FT
Tue 20 May
FT
Sat 10 May
FT
Sat 3 May
FT
Sun 20 Apr
FT
Sat 12 Apr
FT
Sat 5 Apr
FT
Sat 22 Mar
FT
Fri 14 Mar
FT
Sat 8 Mar
FT
Sat 1 Mar
FT
Sat 22 Feb
FT
Sat 8 Feb
FT
Wed 5 Feb
FT
Sat 1 Feb
FT
Wed 29 Jan
FT
Wed 22 Jan
FT
Sat 18 Jan
FT
Fri 20 Dec
FT
Sun 15 Dec
FT
Wed 4 Dec
FT
Sun 1 Dec
FT
Sat 23 Nov
FT
Sun 17 Nov
FT
Sat 9 Nov
FT
Sat 2 Nov
FT
Sat 26 Oct
FT
Sat 19 Oct
FT
Sat 5 Oct
FT
Sat 28 Sep
FT
Sat 21 Sep
FT
Sat 14 Sep
FT
Tue 10 Sep
FT
Sat 31 Aug
FT
Sat 24 Aug
FT
Sat 17 Aug
FT
Sedan0
Sat 10 Aug
FT
Sat 3 Aug
FT
In numbers
- 20thof 81 teams of the five leagues by Vesta’s strength rating
- 3wins in a row, running now
- 3wins in a row, the longest run of 2002-03
- 4clean sheets in a row, the longest of 2002-03
- 26%of the team's league goals scored by Antoine Sibierski
- 39%of matches won since 2001-02
- 7–0Biggest win since 2001-02: Lens 7–0 Auxerre
- 1–5Heaviest defeat: Nancy 5–1 Lens
In Europe
11 matches in the European cups since 2023-24Won, drawn, lost4-3-4
Goals13– 19
Vesta and Lens
221 league matches since 2020-21- 49%of Lens's matches won by Vesta's favourite
- 85wins in 162 matches as Vesta's favourite
- 18%won with 18%: Lens 1–0 Paris Saint Germain
- 20%won with 20%: Marseille 0–1 Lens
- 20%won with 20%: Lille 1–2 Lens
- 65%lost at 65%: Metz 2–0 Lens
- 64%lost at 64%: Lens 0–1 Metz
- 63%lost at 63%: Lens 3–4 Le Havre
Vesta's forecasts reconstructed with each season hidden (how).
By the minute
2002-03, 32 matches| Goals | 1-15 | 16-30 | 31-45+ | 46-60 | 61-75 | 76-90+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | 5 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Against | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
- 4points won in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 0points thrown away in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 11points won after going behind
- 13points dropped after going ahead
Goal minutes, for 32 of the 38 matches played. Quarters of an hour by the minute of the match reports; stoppage time counts in the last quarter of each half.
League position
2002-03Strength
Rating 1,585Vesta's rating before every match since 2014-15. 1,500 is an average team of these leagues.
Squad
Players used in 2002-03| Player | Apps | Min | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rigobert SongCentre-back | 35 | 3,150 | 2 | 0 |
| Daniel MoreiraForward | 38 | 3,119 | 9 | 0 |
| Antoine SibierskiMidfielder | 37 | 2,908 | 11 | 0 |
| Jocelyn BlanchardMidfielder | 32 | 2,629 | 0 | 0 |
| John UtakaForward | 35 | 2,386 | 8 | 0 |
| Jacek BakCentre-back | 26 | 2,271 | 0 | 0 |
| Seydou KeitaMidfielder | 27 | 2,101 | 2 | 0 |
| Charles-Edouard CoridonMidfielder | 26 | 2,000 | 1 | 0 |
| Charles ItandjeGoalkeeper | 22 | 1,980 | 0 | 0 |
| Adama CoulibalyCentre-back | 25 | 1,875 | 0 | 0 |
| Guillaume WarmuzGoalkeeper | 16 | 1,440 | 0 | 0 |
| Yoann LachorCentre-back | 18 | 1,248 | 0 | 0 |
| Cyril RoolMidfielder | 15 | 1,231 | 0 | 0 |
| Zoumana CamaraCentre-back | 14 | 1,204 | 0 | 0 |
| Daouda JabiCentre-back | 13 | 1,078 | 0 | 0 |
| Papa Bouba DiopMidfielder | 16 | 1,075 | 3 | 0 |
| Olivier ThomertForward | 23 | 920 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephane PedronMidfielder | 13 | 809 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony VairellesForward | 12 | 769 | 2 | 0 |
| Dagui BakariForward | 21 | 730 | 2 | 0 |
| Rod FanniCentre-back | 13 | 669 | 0 | 0 |
| Ferdinand ColyCentre-back | 9 | 628 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric SikoraCentre-back | 4 | 231 | 0 | 0 |
| Majid Oulmers– | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| Guillaume Cherreau– | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| Pape SarrMidfielder | 1 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| Ibrahima N'Diaye– | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |

