Lens vs Reims Ligue 1 Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Lens have a 50% loss percentage (24/48) against Reims in Ligue 1, their second highest ratio against a side they’ve faced at least 20 times in the top-flight after Nantes (51% - 38/74).
Lens are unbeaten in their last nine Ligue 1 home games against Reims (W7 D2), since a 3-4 loss in April 1962.
Lens have picked up 13 points after seven Ligue 1 games this season (W4 D1 L2). RCL have done better only once at this stage in the 21st century, in 2001/02 (17 – 2nd at the end of the season).
Reims have won their last two Ligue 1 games (4-0 v Montpellier and 2-1 v Strasbourg) after winning none of their first seven in the top-flight this season (D2 L5). It is their longest streak in the top-flight since December 2019 (also 2) but they have not won three in a row since April 1978 (3).
Lens have won their last four home Ligue 1 games, the longest current streak. Les Sang et Or have not won five games in a row on their own ground in the top-flight since April-August 2005 (5).
Reims have won only once in their last eight away Ligue 1 games (D4 L3), though this did come in their last such game at Montpellier last month (4-0).
Reims are winless in their last 10 Ligue 1 away games at promoted sides (D4 L6), since a 2-1 victory at Guingamp in February 2014.
No team have attempted more shots following high turnovers than Lens (14, level with Lyon) in Ligue 1 2020/21.
Gaël Kakuta has been involved in three of Lens’ last four goals in Ligue 1 (2 goals, 1 assist).
If he plays, Boulaye Dia will enjoy his 50th Ligue 1 game, all with Reims. With 16 goals, he is only one goal away from Prince Oniangué (17) as Reims’ top goalscorer in the top-flight in the 21st century. Three of his six top-flight goals this season have been scored in the first 15 minutes, more than any other player.
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