Racing Club de Lens vs Paris Saint-Germain FC, Ligue 1 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Racing Club de Lens vs Paris Saint-Germain FC — Ligue 1 at Stade Bollaert-Delelis.
- Racing Club de Lens 34 games · 70 pts (2025/26)
- Paris Saint-Germain FC 34 games · 76 pts (2025/26)
Standings
# 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
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 24 Apr Stade Brestois 29 A 3–3 D 17 Apr Toulouse FC H 3–2 W 04 Apr Lille OSC A 0–3 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 13 May Racing Club de Lens A 2–0 W 10 May Stade Brestois 29 H 1–0 W 06 May FC Bayern Munchen A 1–1 D 02 May FC Lorient H 2–2 D 28 Apr FC Bayern Munchen H 5–4 W 25 Apr Angers SCO A 3–0 W Season Stats
Racing Club de Lens Paris Saint-Germain FC #2 Position #1 70 Points 76 34 Played 34 22 / 4 / 8 W / D / L 24 / 4 / 6 66 Scored 74 35 Conceded 29 +31 GD +45 2.06 PPG 2.24 65% Win % 71% Key Stats
58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)42% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history36% Clean Sheets
Racing Club de Lens this season53% Clean Sheets
Paris Saint-Germain FC this seasonRacing Club de Lens are 2nd (70 pts). Paris Saint-Germain FC are 1st (76 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Racing Club de Lens0-15–/316-301/231-452/246-603/261-753/–76+3/2■ Scored ■ ConcededParis Saint-Germain FC0-153/216-302/231-453/–46-603/–61-751/–76+4/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Racing Club de Lens to score. At the same time, Paris Saint-Germain FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' Racing Club de Lens started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
- 10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 15' 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.
- 20' 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.
- 25' The travelling Paris Saint-Germain FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 29' Paris Saint-Germain FC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia on 29.
- 34' Paris Saint-Germain FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 39' It’s high time Luis Enrique made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 44' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Senny Mayulu made 518 appearances and scored 6 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 45' Illia Zabarnyi is having his name booked by the referee on 45.
- 50' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Paris Saint-Germain FC winning 100% of all matches.
- 55' It looks like no one’s ball. Paris Saint-Germain FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 60' 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.
- 65' Racing Club de Lens 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.
- 70' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 75' It looks surprising Paris Saint-Germain FC does not make any changes. Lucas Beraldo has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 80' Paris Saint-Germain FC looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scoring 1 goals.
- 85' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 90' Matvei Safonov needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Paris Saint-Germain FC players.
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Lineups
Racing Club de Lens Lineups
3-4-3Starting XI
- 2
- 14
- 28
- 20
- 22
- 11
- 19
- 6
- 40
- 8
- 37
Bench
- 17
- 16
- 9
- 10
- 21
- 7
- 32
- 5
- 41
Coach Pierre SageParis Saint-Germain FC Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
- 21
- 10
- 39
- 7
- 6
- 4
- 29
- 14
- 87
- 24
- 27
Bench
- 5
- 8
- 9
- 17
- 89
- 49
- 42
- 53
- 54
Coach Luis Enrique -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Kylian Mbappe 4 Lionel Messi 3 Przemyslaw Frankowski 2 Ignatius Ganago 2 Bradley Barcola 2 Fabian Ruiz 1 Hugo Ekitike 1 M'Bala Nzola 1 Head to Head
Racing Club de Lens Form
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 2026-04-24 Stade Brestois 29 3–3 Racing Club de Lens D 2026-04-17 Racing Club de Lens 3–2 Toulouse FC W 2026-04-04 Lille OSC 3–0 Racing Club de Lens LParis Saint-Germain FC Form
2026-05-13 Racing Club de Lens 0–2 Paris Saint-Germain FC W 2026-05-10 Paris Saint-Germain FC 1–0 Stade Brestois 29 W 2026-05-06 FC Bayern Munchen 1–1 Paris Saint-Germain FC D 2026-05-02 Paris Saint-Germain FC 2–2 FC Lorient D 2026-04-28 Paris Saint-Germain FC 5–4 FC Bayern Munchen W 2026-04-25 Angers SCO 0–3 Paris Saint-Germain FC W -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 40.93 Racing Club de Lens xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.63 Paris Saint-Germain FC xGI would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Paris Saint-Germain FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.56Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 90% 10% ± 1.5 72% 28% ± 2.5 47% 53% ± 3.5 26% 74% ± 4.5 12% 88% Double Chance
Racing Club de Lens or Draw 49%Draw or Paris Saint-Germain FC 78%Racing Club de Lens or Paris Saint-Germain FC 73%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Paris Saint-Germain FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.6%0 – 1 11.6%0 – 2 Actual0 – 0 9.7%1 – 2 9.2%1 – 0 6.2%0 – 3 5.3%2 – 1 5.3%1 – 3 5%2 – 2 4.4%2 – 0 3.3%2 – 3 2.5%Asian Handicap — Racing Club de Lens
Handicap Racing Club de Lens covers Push Paris Saint-Germain FC covers -2.5 2% — 98% -2 2% 5% 93% -1.5 7% — 93% -1 7% 13% 80% -0.5 20% — 80% +0.5 48% — 52% +1 48% 24% 28% +1.5 72% — 28% +2 72% 16% 12% +2.5 88% — 12% Clean Sheet
Racing Club de Lens keeps clean sheet 21% ✓Paris Saint-Germain FC keeps clean sheet 40% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.