Match Report
Guingamp went into the game 8th in the table on 39 points; Lens sat 2nd on 53 — a 14-point gap. On recent form Lens sat only 7th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. In league terms the two rates read 1.43/1.18 for Guingamp and 1.39/0.86 for Lens (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.11.
Four consecutive defeats weighed on Guingamp. From the last five rounds, Guingamp held 3 points of 15 and Lens 9.
The match was played at Stade du Roudourou in Guingamp (capacity 5,820). The referee was J. Miguelgorry, with 39 matches in our database and 1.5 yellows per game on average. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-1 full-time score.