Lens vs Marseille Preview & Prediction
by Alex Lawes ·
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Lens were humiliated in midweek as they return to Ligue 1 action with the visit of Olympique de Marseille to Stade Bollaert-Delelis on Sunday.
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Key stats
- Lens have won seven of their last 12 Ligue 1 meetings with Marseille (D1 L4), including five of the last eight.
- Lens have won 18 of the 42 Ligue 1 meetings since 1995/96 to Marseille's 16 (D8).
- Lens have won three of their last four home Ligue 1 games against Marseille, including 2-1 on 25 October 2025, although Marseille won the most recent meeting 3-1 at home on 24 January 2026.
- Lens have gone 35 consecutive home Ligue 1 games without a draw (W23 L12) since a 0-0 vs Nice on 28 September 2024 – the second-longest such run by any team since 1995/96, behind Rennes (38 between 2021 and 2023).
- Lens are ninth with 13 points coming into Matchweek 10 and have won three of four home games this season (L1).
- Lens have conceded in all nine games this season – one of three teams yet to keep a clean sheet, along with Le Mans and Strasbourg.
- Lens lost 0-1 at Lille last time out on 30 October, ending a three-match winning run.
- Marseille are sixth with 15 points coming into Matchweek 10 and have won four consecutive games, scoring 13 goals, after losing the previous four.
- Marseille are the only team yet to draw this season (W5 L4) and have not drawn in 12 Ligue 1 games since a 1-1 vs Nice on 26 April 2026.
- It is only the third time in 31 Ligue 1 seasons since 1995/96 that Marseille have not drawn any of their first nine games (also 2003/04 and 2025/26).
- Marseille's 20 goals are the joint-second-most in Ligue 1 (with Rennes), behind PSG's 21, and they have won their last two away games, 2-0 at Troyes and 5-2 at Angers.
- Lens have lost only one of seven home Ligue 1 games refereed by Willy Delajod since 2018/19 (W4 D2), and he took charge of the 2-2 draw between these sides in Lens on 3 February 2021.
- Marseille are winless in their last three Ligue 1 games under Delajod (D1 L2), losing 0-5 at PSG on 8 February 2026 and 0-2 at Monaco on 30 August.
‘Key stats’ are Ligue 1 only (not all competitions)
Lens vs Marseille prediction
Having replaced Dino Toppmoller last month, Yannick Cahuzac has overseen a continued malaise and the last week has been a horror one. After losing Derby du Nord to Lille last weekend, they then succumbed to a 9-1 annihilation at the hands of Como in the UEFA Champions League at home in midweek.
Olympique de Marseille, on the other hand, earned themselves an impressive defeat of German giants Bayer Leverkusen in the UEFA Europa League the other day. Marseille have been much-improved since the international break with Bruno Genesio’s side winning four in a row in Ligue 1.
Cahuzac remains in post at crisis club Lens and Marseille will be expected to continue their improvement with a victory up in Northern France.
Lens vs Marseille tip: Marseille to win
