Racing Club de Lens vs AS Saint-Etienne, Ligue 1 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Racing Club de Lens vs AS Saint-Etienne — Ligue 1 at Stade Bollaert-Delelis.
- Racing Club de Lens 34 games · 70 pts (2025/26)
- AS Saint-Etienne 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Romain Lissorgue
- Assistant 1
- Assistant 2 Ludovic Reyes
16 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 4.6 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Paris Saint-Germain FC 34 76 2 Racing Club de Lens 34 70 3 Lille OSC 34 61 4 Olympique Lyonnais 34 60 5 Olympique de Marseille 34 59 6 Stade Rennais FC 1901 34 59 7 AS Monaco FC 34 54 8 RC Strasbourg Alsace 34 53 9 FC Lorient 34 45 10 Toulouse FC 33 44 11 Paris FC 34 44 12 Stade Brestois 29 34 39 13 Angers SCO 34 36 14 Le Havre AC 34 35 15 AJ Auxerre 34 34 16 OGC Nice 34 32 17 FC Nantes 33 23 18 FC Metz 34 17 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 06 Apr AS Saint-Etienne H 1–0 W 30 Mar Lille OSC A 0–1 L 15 Mar Stade Rennais FC 1901 H 1–0 W 08 Mar Olympique de Marseille A 1–0 W 01 Mar Le Havre AC H 3–4 L 23 Feb FC Nantes A 1–3 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 06 Apr Racing Club de Lens A 0–1 L 29 Mar Paris Saint-Germain FC H 1–6 L 09 Mar Le Havre AC A 1–1 D 01 Mar OGC Nice H 1–3 L 22 Feb Angers SCO H 3–3 D 15 Feb Olympique de Marseille A 1–5 L Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history36% Clean Sheets
Racing Club de Lens this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Racing Club de Lens0-15–/316-301/231-452/246-603/261-753/–76+3/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Stade Bollaert-Delelis will turn into a battlefield for Racing Club de Lens and AS Saint-Etienne.
- 5' It’s high time Eirik Horneland made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 10' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Maty Ryan suffering a number of foals already.
- 15' It looks like no one’s ball. AS Saint-Etienne is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 19' Racing Club de Lens receives a card for a hard tackle on 19.
- 24' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Racing Club de Lens needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 29' Florian Tardieu needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 30' Facundo Medina was booked on 30.
- 32' The referee shows AS Saint-Etienne player a card on 32.
- 37' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 42' Racing Club de Lens is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 47' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 52' AS Saint-Etienne is showing some good football. However, AS Saint-Etienne are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 56' Another substitution for AS Saint-Etienne to replace Florian Tardieu by Aimen Moueffek on 56 minute.
- 61' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 61 minutes.
- 65' It’s a booking for AS Saint-Etienne player. Benjamin Bouchouari gets a card.
- 66' Racing Club de Lens manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Goduine Koyalipou is hanging Wesley Said on the field on 66 minute.
- 68' Another substitution for AS Saint-Etienne to replace Zuriko Davitashvili by Ben Old on 68 minute.
- 73' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering AS Saint-Etienne that had 426 games and scored 375 goals.
- 75' Goal! Goduine Koyalipou scores his 9 goal in 328 matches.
- 79' Kyllian Antonio has so much to prove this time. He replaces Ruben Aguilar on 79 minute.
- 84' The travelling AS Saint-Etienne supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 85' The Racing Club de Lens manager makes a substitution. Deiver Machado departs to be replaced by Hamzat Ojediran.
- 86' Angelo Fulgini is replacing Andy Diouf for the Racing Club de Lens side.
- 87' That looks like a foul for a card for Hamzat Ojediran.
- 87' The supporters are chanting for Yunis Abdelhamid. He replaces Leo Petrot on 87 minute.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Racing Club de Lens players.
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Lineups
Racing Club de Lens Lineups
3-4-1-2Starting XI
- 30
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2
Ruben Aguilar ↓ Kyllian Antonio 79'
- 28
- 20
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22
Wesley Said ↓ Goduine Koyalipou 66'
- 3
- 14
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7
Florian Sotoca ↓ Anass Zaroury 66'
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18
Andy Diouf ↓ Angelo Fulgini 86'
- 23
- 27
Bench
- 26
- 16
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11
Angelo Fulgini ↑ 86'
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19
Goduine Koyalipou ↑ 66'
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21
Anass Zaroury ↑ 66'
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15
Hamzat Ojediran ↑ 85'
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32
Kyllian Antonio ↑ 79'
- 4
Coach Will StillAS Saint-Etienne Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
- 30
- 10
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7
Irvin Cardona ↓ Ibrahima Wadji 68'
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19
Leo Petrot ↓ Yunis Abdelhamid 87'
- 3
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22
Zuriko Davitashvili ↓ Ben Old 68'
- 27
- 13
- 6
- 32
- 4
Bench
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5
Yunis Abdelhamid ↑ 87'
- 8
- 21
- 1
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25
Ibrahima Wadji ↑ 68'
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29
Aimen Moueffek ↑ 56'
- 14
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11
Ben Old ↑ 68'
- 63
Coach Eirik Horneland -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Florian Sotoca 4 Seko Fofana 3 Denis Bouanga 2 Ryad Boudebouz 2 Facundo Medina 1 Remy Labeau Lascary 1 Goduine Koyalipou 1 Harold Moukoudi 1 Head to Head
Racing Club de Lens Form
2025-04-06 Racing Club de Lens 1–0 AS Saint-Etienne W 2025-03-30 Lille OSC 1–0 Racing Club de Lens L 2025-03-15 Racing Club de Lens 1–0 Stade Rennais FC 1901 W 2025-03-08 Olympique de Marseille 0–1 Racing Club de Lens W 2025-03-01 Racing Club de Lens 3–4 Le Havre AC L 2025-02-23 FC Nantes 3–1 Racing Club de Lens LAS Saint-Etienne Form
2025-04-06 Racing Club de Lens 1–0 AS Saint-Etienne L 2025-03-29 AS Saint-Etienne 1–6 Paris Saint-Germain FC L 2025-03-09 Le Havre AC 1–1 AS Saint-Etienne D 2025-03-01 AS Saint-Etienne 1–3 OGC Nice L 2025-02-22 AS Saint-Etienne 3–3 Angers SCO D 2025-02-15 Olympique de Marseille 5–1 AS Saint-Etienne L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 41.58 Racing Club de Lens xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.97 AS Saint-Etienne xGI would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Racing Club de Lens winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.55Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 72% 28% ± 2.5 46% 54% ± 3.5 26% 74% ± 4.5 12% 88% Double Chance
Racing Club de Lens or Draw 80%Draw or AS Saint-Etienne 45%Racing Club de Lens or AS Saint-Etienne 75%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.8%1 – 0 Actual0 – 0 9.8%2 – 0 9.5%2 – 1 9.1%0 – 1 6.5%1 – 2 5.6%3 – 0 4.9%3 – 1 4.9%2 – 2 4.5%0 – 2 3.6%3 – 2 2.5%Asian Handicap — Racing Club de Lens
Handicap Racing Club de Lens covers Push AS Saint-Etienne covers -2.5 11% — 89% -2 11% 16% 73% -1.5 27% — 73% -1 27% 23% 50% -0.5 50% — 50% +0.5 78% — 22% +1 78% 14% 8% +1.5 92% — 8% +2 92% 6% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
Racing Club de Lens keeps clean sheet 39% ✗AS Saint-Etienne keeps clean sheet 21% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.