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Everything about Lens – Nice

Relaunched by its victory in Marseille on Wednesday (0-1) in the late match of the 9th day, Lens is only five points behind the fourth place occupied by Monaco. The Sang et Or have eight points (and one game) more than Nice, which no longer knows how to win and keeps falling in the standings.

Stats to know (with Opta)

Lens lost its last Ligue 1 match against Nice (1-2 on August 23) and could lose to Les Aiglons in their 2 matches of a season in the top flight for the first time since 1979/80 (0-1 each time).

Lens won 62% of its receptions in Nice in Ligue 1 (26/42), his highest success ratio against an elite club received at least 30 times.

Lens poster 31 points after 20 matches of Ligue 1 this season, his best total at this stage of the competition since 2006/07 (36 pts – 5th at the end of the season).

Nice did not win none of his last 5 matches Ligue 1 (2 draws, 3 defeats), only Nantes (11) and Montpellier (6) are on a longer famine. The Aiglons can suffer a 6th game without a win in the top flight for the first time since January-March 2015 (7).

After winning their first 3 home matches in Ligue 1 this season, Lens has only won qonly one of his last 6 (2 draws, 3 defeats), it was against Brest on December 23 (2-1).

Nice poster 7 points more away (15) than at home (8) in Ligue 1 this season, the highest positive differential in the top flight tied with Nîmes.

Lens signed up 30 goals in 20 matches of Ligue 1 2020/21, only Monaco did better (32 in 2013/14) at this stage of the competition among the promoted in the 21st century.

It is against Lens that Amine Gouiri scored his only double in Ligue 1, on August 23 (2-1), during his very first match with Nice in the top flight. The former OL player is the player who has collected the most balls in the last 30 opposing meters in L1 this season (23).

It was only Daniel Moreira in 2001/02 (10) who scored more goals for Lens in the first 20 days of an elite season than Gaël Kakuta in the 21st century (8 in 2020/21). The midfielder is involved on 4 goals against Nice in Ligue 1 (3 goals, 1 assist), no other team succeeds better in the elite (tied with Paris).

Adrian Ursea only displays 6 points scored with Nice in Ligue 1 (1 success, 3 draws, 4 defeats), worse record for a Gym coach during his first 8 matches with the club in the elite since Sylvester Takac in December 1996-March 1997 (also 6).

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