France - Ligue 1StarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Lens and Marseille, taking place on Saturday, 06 May 2023, at Stade Bollaert-Delelis in Lens.
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Lens, Recent FormLens head into this match with some confidence in the knowledge that they recorded a solid 1-0 away win against Toulouse in their last league encounter. During that encounter they had 54% possession and had 11 attempts on goal with 3 on target, while their opponents hit 2 of their 8 shots on goal.
Manager Franck Haise will be reasonably pleased with his team's performances in front of goal, with them having scored 11 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 4 goals conceded in the same period. They've kept a clean sheet in 4 of their last 6 matches, and playing at home this season, they have scored in 15 of their 16 games.
They have certainly enjoyed a good run of late, having won 5 of their past 6 matches. They've shown great form at home this season, winning 14 of their 16 league games.
Loïs Openda will be keen to add his name to the scoresheet and build on his current scoring record of 6 goals in the last 6 league games for Lens.
Marseille, Recent FormMarseille enter this game with a comfortable 2-1 home win over Auxerre last time out in the league. They achieved 70% possession in that match and had 26 strikes at goal, with 4 hitting the target, up against Auxerre's tally of 11 efforts at goal, 3 of which were on target.
Manager Igor Tudor will be reasonably pleased with his team's performances in front of goal, with them having scored 10 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 5 goals conceded in the same period. They've kept a clean sheet in 3 of their last 6 away games, and this season they have scored in 14 of their 16 games played on the road.
They have not lost away from home for an impressive 11 games in a row.
The Marseille travelling support have had something to shout about on the road via the goals from Alexis Sánchez, who's scored 4 goals in their last 6 league matches away from home.
The last league encounter between these two sides concluded with a 0-1 win for Lens.
As away records go, Les Olympiens have built up a decent scoring streak against Lens in the league, having scored at least 1 goal in each of their last 4 away meetings. We've seen plenty of goals from Marseille when they've visited Les Artésiens in the league, in their last 3 games they've scored a total of 8 goals, which is an average of 2.67 per game. Playing at home, Lens have failed to score in 2 of their last 3 league games against Marseille.
In the league, Marseille have been unbeaten in the last 4 times they have visited Lens at Stade Bollaert-Delelis.
Dimitri Payet will be feeling confident of netting goals for Marseille in this one against Lens with his scoring record of 3 goals in their last 5 meetings in the league.
The injury list is starting to mount up for Lens manager Franck Haise with Jimmy Cabot (Cruciate ligament), Steven Fortès (Knee), Déiver Machado (Hamstring) and Wesley Saïd (Muscle) all unavailable for selection, and Wuilker Faríñez (Cruciate ligament) out for the rest of the season.
With Amine Harit (Cruciate ligament) and Azzedine Ounahi (Broken toe) both being out for the rest of the season Marseille manager Igor Tudor will be pleased that there are no other major fitness concerns amongst the rest of his squad ahead of this upcoming fixture.
Lens Playing at home | Marseille Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | Goals scored | 1.9 |
| 0.7 | Goals conceded | 0.7 |
| 41' | Time first goal scored | 33' |
| 55' | Time first goal conceded | 50' |
| 1.2 | Yellow cards | 1.9 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 4.5 | Subs used | 4.3 |
| 5-2 | Biggest victory | 3-0 |
| 1-0 | Biggest defeat | 1-0 |
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