Lille have been solid but not spectacular amid their unbeaten run, and the champions are unlikely to be blowing many teams away while David and Yilmaz fail to fire.
Les Dogues' record at home against Lens speaks for itself, though, and with Haise's side not exactly a force to be reckoned with on the road, we can only see this encounter ending all square.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Lille win with a probability of 51.38%. A draw had a probability of 26.5% and a win for Lens had a probability of 22.12%.
The most likely scoreline for a Lille win was 1-0 with a probability of 14.24%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.46%) and 2-1 (9.05%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.3%), while for a Lens win it was 0-1 (8.37%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 5.3% likelihood.