Lens vs Strasbourg prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2025-11-21 16:00.
[p]High-flying Lens and Strasbourg head into this weekend sitting third and fourth in Ligue 1 respectively, before their showdown on Saturday. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Lens entered the international break extremely high on confidence after a 4-1 win at Monaco – their fifth victory in six matches (L1). The Blood and Gold will hope to continue that momentum at Stade Bollaert-Delelis, where they haven’t lost since the opening weekend of the campaign, and their total of five Ligue 1 home wins is the joint-highest in the division. That’s a record which has helped them post a joint-club record eight wins after 12 games of a top-flight campaign, and with the incentive of being able to post back-to-back clean sheets on their own turf for the first time since April could now strike a huge early blow to a direct rival in the race for the top three.[/p]
[p]Strasbourg sit three points behind Lens, but have struggled for consistency in Ligue 1 recently, having won three and lost three of their last seven games in the division (D1). Their latest result in France’s top flight was a win though – 2-0 against Lille – meaning that Liam Rosenior’s men are now looking to earn three successive victories in all competitions for the first time this term. On a less positive note, they are looking to avoid three successive away league defeats for the first time since last November, following losses to fellow European qualification hopefuls Lyon (2-1) and Rennes (4-1).  [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Lens have lost just one of the last six H2Hs (W3, D2), but have tasted defeat at home three times in their last five such meetings with Strasbourg (W2). [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Lens have scored at least twice in their last 11 wins. [/p]
[p]None of Lens’ last nine home matches were goalless at half-time. [/p]
[p]There has been at least one goal between the 60th and 62nd minutes in Strasbourg’s last four games. [/p]
[p]Only Metz have conceded more Ligue 1 away goals this season (21) than Strasbourg’s 14 going into this matchday. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Odsonne Édouard has scored in each of Lens’ last five wins – with all five of those goals coming inside the first 25 minutes! Emmanuel Emegha’s brace proved the difference for Strasbourg against Lille, with the newly-capped Netherlands international having not been on the losing side in any of his last 15 scoring appearances (W12, D3). [/p]
[p]Lens defender Jonathan Gradit is suspended following his yellow card against Monaco. Strasbourg may be without Diego Moreira after he came off late on against Lille with an ankle injury, while Ismaël Doukouré is serving the last match of a four-game ban. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Given Lens’ strong home form and Strasbourg’s poor away form in Ligue 1, we predict a Lens win and over 2.5 goals. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Alex Bowmer[/i][/p]