Lille vs Lens: preview, form, head-to-head and how to watch

Match overview

On Friday, 30 October 2026, Lille welcome Lens for a Ligue 1 fixture set to start at 20:05 UTC.

The match is scheduled to be played at Decathlon Arena - Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille. All times on this page are shown in UTC; the match page converts the kick-off to your local time zone.

Where the teams stand

The table shows Lille in 3rd place (15 points from 8 matches) and Lens in 7th place (13 points from 8 matches). Lille hold a 2 points advantage over Lens in the standings.

Lille currently sit in the Champions League places. Lille have scored 11 goals and conceded 6 goals in the league, a goal difference of +5. Lens have scored 16 goals and conceded 12 goals in the league, a goal difference of +4.

Recent form

Lille: 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats in their last 5 matches (W-L-D-L-D), scoring 5 goals and conceding 9 goals.

Lens: 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats in their last 5 matches (W-L-W-L-W), scoring 7 goals and conceding 8 goals.

Lens arrive in better form, taking 9 of a possible 15 points from their recent matches, compared with 5 for Lille.

Head-to-head

We hold 1 meeting between the two sides. The record stands at 1 win for Lille, 0 wins for Lens and 0 draws. The most recent meeting came on Saturday, 4 April 2026: Lille 3-0 Lens.

Across 1 meeting, the sides have produced 3 goals, an average of 3 per game.

Key numbers to watch

In their recent matches Lille averaged 1 goals scored and 1.8 conceded per game, while Lens averaged 1.4 scored and 1.6 conceded.

Lens have the sharper recent attack, averaging 1.4 goals per game over their last 5 matches.

How to watch

Broadcast listings stored for this match: beIn Sports (United States).

Rights differ from country to country, so check your local listings before kick-off.

Follow the match live

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