RC Lens vs Olympique Lyonnais predictions, H2H, statistics and tips

At home, the team coached by W. Still will try to get a victory thanks to home advantage. The match is the Ligue 1 1st round, where  RC Lens will face Olympique Lyonnais at Bollaert-Delelis stadium on 16 August at 11:00, and will be refereed by Romain Lissorgue.

The home team, RC Lens is currently in 14º position in the tournament with 0 points, while Olympique Lyonnais is currently in 10º position with 0.  Continue reading our analysis for stats, H2H history and best predictions for this RC Lens vs Olympique Lyonnais.

RC Lens

RC Lens comes from playing against AS Monaco and finished the match with a result of 4-0, with win for RC Lens. Buoyed by this latest result, they will be looking to get another win against L'OL coached by Paulo Fonseca. In that last match between RC Lens and AS Monaco, Les Sang et Or team achieved a 46% possession of the ball, with 5 shots on goal of which 4 were goals. The goals were scored by Anass Zaroury, Adrien Thomasson and Neil El Aynaoui (x2).

In the last 8 matches, the team coached by W. Still has achieved 4 wins, 1 draw y 3 defeats. RC Lens average number of goals per game is 1.4 goals, while they concede an average of 1.3 goals per game. With this trend, they have kept 1 clean sheet in 1 official match. In those 8 matches, they have scored a total of 11 goals while conceding 10 goals.

Latest statistics in RC Lens matches:

• Over 2.5 goals: 4/8
• Under 2.5 goals: 4/8
• Both teams to score: 3/8
• First to concede goals: 5/8

Olympique Lyonnais

The team coached by Paulo Fonseca heads into this match on the back of a recent 2-0 win over Angers SCO. Thanks to the boost of this victory, the L'OL team will be looking for another good result in their visit to RC Lens.

In that match between Olympique Lyonnais and Angers SCO, the L'OL team achieved 57% ball possession, getting 4 shots on goal, 2 of which were goals. The goals were scored by Alexandre Lacazette (x2).

Analysing the last 8 matches, Paulo Fonseca's team has won 3, drawn 1 and lost 4. Olympique Lyonnais average 2.1 goals per game, while they concede an average of 1.9 goals per game. With this trend, they have now kept 1 clean sheet in an official match. In those 8 matches, they have scored a total of 17 goals while conceding 15 goals.

Latest statistics in Olympique Lyonnais matches:

• Over 2.5 goals: 6/8
• Both teams to score: 6/8
• First to score: 4/8
• First to concede goals: 4/8
• Draw at half-time: 4/8

RC Lens vs Olympique Lyonnais: H2H STATS

The match-ups between the two teams can help you when placing your bets. We have taken them into account for this RC Lens vs Olympique Lyonnais prediction. The last match between these teams was in the Ligue 1 competition, in an event that took place at the Groupama stadium on 04-05-2025 with the result of 1-2, with RC Lens winning.

The last 5 meetings between RC Lens and Olympique Lyonnais have resulted in 3 wins for RC Lens, 1 win for Olympique Lyonnais, and 1 draw. In those matches, RC Lens managed to score 9 goals, while Olympique Lyonnais scored 5 goals against RC Lens.

• In 3/5 matches both teams scored
• En 4/5 games it was an Over 2.5 goals