Monday , 12 October 2026

RC Strasbourg Alsace vs Racing Club de Lens, Ligue 1 2026-27 REGULAR SEASON

Ligue 1 · 2026-27
RC Strasbourg Alsace
2 – 1
Full Time
Racing Club de Lens
Sat 29 Aug 2026 · 15:15 UTC De la Meinau HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 38' Florian Thauvin pen
Gessime Yassine 48' 1–1
Gessime Yassine 85' 2–1
Jeyland Mitchell 36' Y
Y 69' Franjo Ivanovic
Y 80' Ruben Aguilar
Gessime Yassine 84' Y

Overview

Match Preview

RC Strasbourg Alsace vs Racing Club de Lens — Ligue 1 at De la Meinau.

Match Details

  • Referee Bastien Dechepy
  • Assistant 1 Brice Parinet (France)
  • Assistant 2 Benjamin Pages
3 games this season 🟨 4.3/game ⚽ 11.0 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 AS Monaco FC 6 14
2 Lille OSC 6 13
3 Stade Rennais FC 1901 6 13
4 Olympique Lyonnais 6 11
5 Paris FC 6 11
6 Paris Saint-Germain FC 6 11
7 Stade Brestois 29 6 8
8 FC Lorient 6 8
9 OGC Nice 6 8
10 Racing Club de Lens 6 7
11 RC Strasbourg Alsace 6 7
12 Angers SCO 6 7
13 Olympique de Marseille 6 6
14 Le Mans FC 6 6
15 Toulouse FC 6 6
16 AJ Auxerre 6 6
17 ES Troyes AC 6 4
18 Le Havre AC 6 2

Head-to-Head

6
3
6
RC Strasbourg Alsace 15 games · Avg 2.3 goals Racing Club de Lens
Last 5 meetings
2026-08-29 RC Strasbourg Alsace 2–1 Racing Club de Lens 2026-02-27 RC Strasbourg Alsace 1–1 Racing Club de Lens 2025-11-22 Racing Club de Lens 1–0 RC Strasbourg Alsace 2025-02-16 Racing Club de Lens 0–2 RC Strasbourg Alsace 2024-10-06 RC Strasbourg Alsace 2–2 Racing Club de Lens

Recent Form

RC Strasbourg Alsace
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
29 Aug Racing Club de Lens H 2–1 W
21 Aug Olympique de Marseille A 0–4 L
17 May AS Monaco FC H 5–4 W
13 May Stade Brestois 29 A 2–1 W
10 May Angers SCO A 1–1 D
03 May Toulouse FC H 1–2 L
Racing Club de Lens
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
29 Aug RC Strasbourg Alsace A 1–2 L
22 Aug AJ Auxerre H 5–2 W
17 May Olympique Lyonnais A 4–0 W
13 May Paris Saint-Germain FC H 0–2 L
08 May FC Nantes H 1–0 W
02 May OGC Nice A 1–1 D

Season Stats

RC Strasbourg Alsace Racing Club de Lens
#11 Position #10
7 Points 7
6 Played 6
2 / 1 / 3 W / D / L 2 / 1 / 3
11 Scored 11
12 Conceded 10
-1 GD +1
1.17 PPG 1.17
33% Win % 33%

Key Stats

53% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)
47% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
0% Clean Sheets
RC Strasbourg Alsace this season
0% Clean Sheets
Racing Club de Lens this season

RC Strasbourg Alsace are 11th (7 pts). Racing Club de Lens are 10th (7 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

RC Strasbourg Alsace
0-15
–/1
16-30
–/1
31-45
3/1
46-60
2/2
61-75
–/2
76+
4/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Racing Club de Lens
0-15
1/–
16-30
–/–
31-45
3/3
46-60
4/2
61-75
1/2
76+
2/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

RC Strasbourg Alsace
Gessime Yassine 2 G 1 A
Samuel Amo-Ameyaw 2 G
Racing Club de Lens
Florian Thauvin 3 G 5 A
Matthieu Udol 2 G
Franjo Ivanovic 2 G
Saud Abdulhamid 1 G
Pierre Ganiou 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' What a night it is going to be! RC Strasbourg Alsace welcome Racing Club de Lens for this crunch clash at De la Meinau.
  • 5' Over 5 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 10' A quiet spell here at De la Meinau. RC Strasbourg Alsace seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 15' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 20' The home supporters are growing impatient. RC Strasbourg Alsace must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 25' RC Strasbourg Alsace are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 30' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 35' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 36' Jeyland Mitchell picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 38' Magnificent from Florian Thauvin! That is 51 goals in 178 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 43' Racing Club de Lens is showing some good football. However, Racing Club de Lens are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 48' Magnificent from Gessime Yassine! That is 8 goals in 185 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 53' RC Strasbourg Alsace seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 56' A goal from the Spain international Jacobo Ortega! He fires home on 56 to make it 2-1!
  • 61' Souleymane Sagnan has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 62' Ruben Aguilar has so much to prove this time. He replaces Maik Nawrocki on 62 minute.
  • 67' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 69' That is a card for Racing Club de Lens. Franjo Ivanovic will be fuming at that decision.
  • 72' The supporters are chanting for Andrija Bulatovic. He replaces Mickael Cuisance on 72 minute.
  • 76' A tactical swap from RC Strasbourg Alsace — Samuel Amo-Ameyaw on, Gio Reyna off on 76 minutes.
  • 80' Poor challenge from Ruben Aguilar. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
  • 83' Fresh legs for RC Strasbourg Alsace! Karim Coulibaly comes on to replace Lucas Hogsberg.
  • 84' RC Strasbourg Alsace receives a card for a hard tackle on 84.
  • 85' What a moment for Gessime Yassine! That strike on 85 puts his side firmly in control.
  • 89' Another substitution for Racing Club de Lens to replace Abdallah Sima by Florian Sotoca on 89 minute.
  • 90' Fabio Balde gets the nod from RC Strasbourg Alsace. He replaces Gessime Yassine and will look to change the dynamic.
  • Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for RC Strasbourg Alsace players.

Lineups

RC Strasbourg Alsace Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Racing Club de Lens Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Kevin Gameiro 4
Gessime Yassine 2
Sepe Elye Wahi 2
Ludovic Ajorque 2
Sanjin Prcic 2
Lois Openda 2
Alexis Claude Maurice 2
Habib Diallo 1

Head to Head

2026-08-29 RC Strasbourg Alsace 2–1 Racing Club de Lens 2026-02-27 RC Strasbourg Alsace 1–1 Racing Club de Lens 2025-11-22 Racing Club de Lens 1–0 RC Strasbourg Alsace 2025-02-16 Racing Club de Lens 0–2 RC Strasbourg Alsace 2024-10-06 RC Strasbourg Alsace 2–2 Racing Club de Lens

RC Strasbourg Alsace Form

2026-08-29 RC Strasbourg Alsace 2–1 Racing Club de Lens W 2026-08-21 Olympique de Marseille 4–0 RC Strasbourg Alsace L 2026-05-17 RC Strasbourg Alsace 5–4 AS Monaco FC W 2026-05-13 Stade Brestois 29 1–2 RC Strasbourg Alsace W 2026-05-10 Angers SCO 1–1 RC Strasbourg Alsace D 2026-05-03 RC Strasbourg Alsace 1–2 Toulouse FC L

Racing Club de Lens Form

2026-08-29 RC Strasbourg Alsace 2–1 Racing Club de Lens L 2026-08-22 Racing Club de Lens 5–2 AJ Auxerre W 2026-05-17 Olympique Lyonnais 0–4 Racing Club de Lens W 2026-05-13 Racing Club de Lens 0–2 Paris Saint-Germain FC L 2026-05-08 Racing Club de Lens 1–0 FC Nantes W 2026-05-02 OGC Nice 1–1 Racing Club de Lens D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.12 RC Strasbourg Alsace xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.09 Racing Club de Lens xG
I would bet for: RC Strasbourg Alsace or Racing Club de Lens 78% + Over 2.5 goals 78%

Match Result

✓ Correct
RC Strasbourg Alsace44% Draw22% Racing Club de Lens34%
Actual: RC Strasbourg Alsace win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes76% 0% No24%
Avg goals/match: 4.21
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 98%
2%
± 1.5 92%
8%
± 2.5 78%
22%
± 3.5 59%
41%
± 4.5 41%
59%

Double Chance

RC Strasbourg Alsace or Draw
66%
Draw or Racing Club de Lens
56%
RC Strasbourg Alsace or Racing Club de Lens
78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
RC Strasbourg Alsace32% Draw37% Racing Club de Lens31%
Actual: Racing Club de Lens win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
7.4%
2 – 2
7%
2 – 1
Actual
1 – 2
6.8%
3 – 2
4.9%
2 – 3
4.8%
3 – 1
4.8%
1 – 3
4.6%
2 – 0
3.5%
3 – 3
3.4%
0 – 2
3.4%
1 – 0
2.8%

Asian Handicap — RC Strasbourg Alsace

Handicap RC Strasbourg Alsace covers Push Racing Club de Lens covers
-2.5 11% — 89%
-2 11% 12% 77%
-1.5 23% — 77%
-1 23% 17% 60%
-0.5 40% — 60%
+0.5 61% — 39%
+1 61% 17% 22%
+1.5 78% — 22%
+2 78% 12% 10%
+2.5 90% — 10%

Clean Sheet

RC Strasbourg Alsace keeps clean sheet
13% ✓
Racing Club de Lens keeps clean sheet
13% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.