Match Report
The table gap was wide: 31 points between Lens (7th, 62 pts) and Bordeaux (20th, 31 pts). Bordeaux had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 16th in the league over the last five rounds against 20th overall. Per game in the league, Lens were scoring 1.63 and conceding 1.26, Bordeaux 1.37 and 2.39, against a competition average of 1.4 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on Lens.
10 meetings are on record — 4 won by Lens, 5 by Bordeaux, 1 drawn, at 3.9 goals per meeting. 90% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 80%.
The match was played at Stade Bollaert-Delelis in Lens (capacity 38,223). On the scoreboard, Lens led 3-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 3-2.