Lens vs Saint Etienne

Lens have won each of their last two Ligue 1 home games, a first this season. It is also the first time that RCL have strung two clean sheets at home in the top-flight since their first three home matches in 2024-25.

Lens have won three of their last four Ligue 1 games (L1), which is as many as in the previous 10 (D1 L6).

St Etienne have 23 points after 28 Ligue 1 2024-25 matches, their lowest tally at this stage of a season in the top-flight (counting three points for a win). 19 of the 20 teams with exactly that total after 28 games were relegated at the end of the season.

Lens have won four of their five games against St Etienne since their most recent promotion to Ligue 1 in 2020 (D1), scoring at least two goals in each game.

St Etienne are the team against which Lens have lost the most times at home in Ligue 1 (14 times in 50 games), but les Sang et Or have only conceded one defeat on their home ground against les Verts in the top-flight in the 21st century, in September 2014 in a match relocated to Amiens (0-1).

Lens have lost five of their last seven matches in Ligue 1 (W2), which is as many as across their first 20 this season (W9 D6).

Last time out against Paris SG (1-6), St Etienne suffered their third defeat by five or more goals in Ligue 1 this season. The last team to lose more games by such a wide margin more times in a single campaign was Ajaccio in 1972/73 (4 defeats).

Lens have lost six of their 13 home matches in Ligue 1 this season (W5 D2), their third highest tally of defeats in a season in the 21st century, behind their two previous campaigns that ended in relegation (9 in 2010/11, 11 in 2014/15).