RC Lens vs PSG Prediction: The Desperate One against the Confident One

Paris Saint Germain will once again face their demons when they make the journey to the Stade Bollaert-Delellis to face RC Lens. Paris Saint Germain have not had an easy ride against Lens on that ground, with their last 3 meetings ending in 2 defeats and 1 draw. Despite the form of both clubs which is visible on the Ligue 1 table, it is not a game PSG would want to take lightly.

RC Lens are coming off a difficult run and they need a win to get their season back on track, and beating PSG would be just enough to get their confidence up again. PSG on the other hand recorded a 9-0 win over US Revel in their Coup de France game a few days ago. It is almost impossible to see them slumping after such a gallant display, with their confidence running high. No matter how this ends, we can expect a nerve-racking game when these two clubs face each other for the first time this season.

RC Lens

After back-to-back defeats in their last 2 games, now they face the most in-form team in the division. RC Lens are in line for a tough run and they need a response in this game if they hope to make it into the top 6. At the moment, they are only 1 point behind Olympique Marseille in 6th place and 2 behind LOSC Lille in 5th. They have a total of 26 points from 17 league games and their goal tally is 3.

RC Lens faced AS Monaco in the Coup de France last weekend and they did well to play a 2:2 draw in regulation time, before losing 6:5 on penalties. They fell behind to 2 goals from Wissam Ben Yedder and Maghnes Akliouche in the 1st and 21st minute. In the 43rd minute, Faitout Maouassa pulled one back for Lens before Florian Sotoca brought the game level in the 62nd minute. Before the Coup de France, Lens had 1 defeat, 3 wins, and 1 draw in their last 5 Ligue 1 matches. They also had an 11-match unbeaten run before their 2-0 defeat to OGC Nice in their last Ligue 1 match.

RC Lens have kept a good record against PSG in their last 3 meetings at the Stade Bollaert-Delellis. They defeated them 3:1 on their last visit back in January last year.

Paris Saint Germain

Paris Saint Germain needs no further introduction. Top of the league with 40 points and 5 points ahead of OGC Nice in 2nd place, current Trophee des Champions holders and they are coming off a 9-0 win over US Revel in the Coup de France. There are still more fantastic things ahead to expect from this side.

Paris Saint Germain are on a 12-match unbeaten run in the Ligue 1, and in that time they had 10 wins and 2 draws. Their most recent league game against Metz FC ended in a 3:1 win, with Kylian Mbappe scoring a double and Vitinha scoring 1 in the game. With all the right records behind them, PSG are expected to grab another win against RC Lens, who are struggling for a winning form at the moment.

However simple the win might be for PSG on paper, they would hope to apply caution to this game considering their history against Lens at the Stade Bollaert-Delellis. The last time PSG beat Lens on that ground was back in 2014. Since then, they have visited that ground 3 times and they lost twice and drew once. One of the highlights of the clash between the two clubs at the Stade Bollaert-Dellelis was their last visit. PSG ended with a 3:1 defeat in that game and that’s a result they would not want to see repeat this season.

Head to Head

PSG leads the head-to-head battle convincingly. They won 10 of the 20 meetings between both clubs, while Lens won 3 and they drew 7.

Analysis and Predictions

There’s a lot of confidence in PSG to break the jinx and come out with a win in this game. RC Lens are not doing so badly this season, but they are far from the team they were last season and I think they would struggle to produce a befitting performance to snatch all 3 points from PSG.

According to analysis, RC Lens have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 6 matches against PSG, while PSG has not kept a clean sheet in 9 meetings against RC Lens. Both teams have also scored in the last 6 meetings against each other. There have also been less than 10.5 corners played in 7 of the last 9 meetings.

• Home Over 3.5 Corners at 1.60 Odds
• PSG Win at 1.949 Odds
• 2nd Half Over 1.5 Goals at 1.82 Odds