Marseille’s two-point Ligue 1 edge tested by Lens’s home record
What is at stake, with the data behind it
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Lens welcome Marseille with a two-point table gap between them, but the home side’s 3-1 home record gives the fixture a clear statistical contrast. Gouiri, Thauvin and Harit headline the available attacking evidence.
Before kickoff
Can Lens make their home record count against Marseille’s stronger recent sequence? Lens have won 3 of their 4 home games this Ligue 1 season, while Marseille’s away record is 2 wins and 2 losses. Marseille, however, have won the last 4 matches in their listed 9-match form sample.
Home strength against Marseille’s momentum
Lens have scored 9 goals in home games and conceded 5, although they have kept 0 clean sheets there. Marseille have scored 7 goals in away games and conceded 5, with 1 away clean sheet. Those figures point to a contest where Lens’s home attacking output meets an away side that has shown some defensive resistance.
The table gap and the main threats
The provisional standings place Marseille #6 on 15 points from 9 games, two points ahead of Lens, who are #9 on 13 points from 9 games. Paris Saint Germain lead with 20 points, leaving Marseille 5 points behind and Lens 7 points behind. Both teams therefore have ground to recover in the table.
A. Gouiri carries Marseille’s clearest scoring return, with 6 goals and 3 assists in 9 appearances. Lens can look to F. Thauvin, whose 4 goals and 7 assists in 9 appearances give him the strongest combined attacking contribution in the supplied data. A. Harit has added 3 goals and 1 assist for Marseille.
The tactical reference point
Lens have used 3-4-2-1 in 9 matches. Marseille have used 4-2-3-1 in 4 matches, 4-1-4-1 in 3 and 4-4-2 in 1. The key question at kickoff is whether Lens’s 9 home goals can expose Marseille’s 5 away goals conceded.
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Standings source snapshot
These are the saved source standings. They may predate this match; they are not a live or recalculated post-match table.
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| 1 | Paris Saint Germain | WWWWW | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 20 | |
| 2 | Lille | WDDWL | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 18 | |
| 3 | Lyon | WLWLW | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 17 | |
| 4 | Paris FC | WLWLW | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 17 | |
| 5 | Rennes | LWLWL | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 16 | |
| 6 | Marseille | WWWWL | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 15 | |
| 7 | Monaco | LDLDW | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 15 | |
| 8 | Nice | WWLWW | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 14 | |
| 9 | Lens | LWWWL | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 13 | |
| 10 | Toulouse | WLDWD | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 13 | |
| 11 | Stade Brestois 29 | WLDWL | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 12 | |
| 12 | Lorient | LDWWL | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | |
| 13 | Strasbourg | LWLLL | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 10 | |
| 14 | Auxerre | LDWLW | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 10 | |
| 15 | Angers | LDLLW | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 8 | |
| 16 | Estac Troyes | WDLLL | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 8 | |
| 17 | Le Mans | LDLLW | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 7 | |
| 18 | Le Havre | LLLLL | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 2 |