League phase, matchday 2

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Tuesday 13 October 2026 · 17:45 · HT 0-1 · Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens · Referee Igor Pajač

RC Lens v Sporting: stats, form and bet builder picks

In RC Lens's last 3 home games and Sporting's last 4 away games in their leagues before kick-off, both teams scored in 5 of 7, over 2.5 goals in 5 of 7, with 8.4 corners per match (league 9.3) and 3.7 cards (league 3.7).

League only

All competitions

Figures, form and bet builder stats use each side's league games.

League games only

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Match stats

RC Lens v Sporting, full match

56%

Possession

44%

1.52

Expected goals (xG)

1.67

21

Shots

11

6

Shots on target

5

6

Corners

3

8

Fouls

12

2

Yellow cards

0

Red cards

0

1

Offsides

0

Goals and cards

22'

Goal

Luis Javier Suárez SPO

71'

Yellow card

Michaël Cuisance RCL

74'

Goal

Issa Doumbia SPO

81'

Yellow card

Florian Thauvin RCL

At a glance

RC Lens

W

L

D

L

Sporting

W

D

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From RC Lens's home games and Sporting's away games in their leagues this season, before kick-off, with players from the lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in RC Lens's last 3 home games and Sporting's last 4 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

71%

5/7 games · League 63%

Over 1.5 goals

86%

6/7 games · League 79%

Over 2.5 goals

71%

5/7 games · League 61%

Over 3.5 goals

57%

4/7 games · League 35%

Over 9.5 corners

29%

2/7 games · League 47%

Over 3.5 cards

43%

3/7 games · League 51%

RC Lens clean sheet

0%

0/3 games · League 23%

Sporting clean sheet

25%

1/4 games · League 23%

RC Lens fail to score

33%

1/3 games · League 23%

Sporting fail to score

0%

0/4 games · League 23%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

3.6

League 3.0

Corners

8.4

League 9.3

Cards

3.7

League 3.7

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

RC Lens

3-4-2-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

40

Robin Risser

DEFENDERS

6

14

23

25

32

MIDFIELDERS

21

Amadou Haidara

27

Michaël Cuisance

FORWARDS

10

Florian Thauvin

28

Junior Kadile

29

Franjo Ivanović

SUBSTITUTES

16

2

4

20

31

5

8

9

38

7

11

22

Sporting

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

30

Kaique

DEFENDERS

20

22

25

72

MIDFIELDERS

5

Sergi Altimira

8

João Simões

77

Issa Doumbia

FORWARDS

10

Geny Catamo

19

Nestory Irankunda

97

Luis Javier Suárez

SUBSTITUTES

1

13

55

4

18

21

73

7

9

28

31

58

Referee: Igor Pajač

1 game in Ligue 1 this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

2.0

League 3.7

Yellow cards per game

2.0

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

20.0

League 24.6

Penalties per game

0.00

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

RCL

SPO

Match

League

Goals per match

3.5

3.6

2.9

Over 0.5

100%

6/6

100%

8/8

100%

14/14

93%

Over 1.5

83%

5/6

100%

8/8

93%

13/14

78%

Over 2.5

83%

5/6

75%

6/8

79%

11/14

61%

Over 3.5

33%

2/6

75%

6/8

57%

8/14

35%

Over 4.5

17%

1/6

13%

1/8

14%

2/14

13%

Bet

RCL

SPO

Match

League

Yes

83%

5/6

75%

6/8

79%

11/14

61%

Yes and win

33%

2/6

38%

3/8

21%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

83%

5/6

63%

5/8

71%

10/14

56%

Yes and draw

17%

1/6

38%

3/8

29%

4/14

19%

Yes and loss

33%

2/6

0%

0/8

21%

Yes in both halves

0%

0/6

0%

0/8

0%

0/14

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Bet

RCL

SPO

Match

League

Corners per match

10.2

7.5

8.6

9.6

Over 7.5

100%

6/6

38%

3/8

64%

9/14

76%

Over 8.5

83%

5/6

25%

2/8

50%

7/14

65%

Over 9.5

67%

4/6

13%

1/8

36%

5/14

52%

Over 10.5

50%

3/6

13%

1/8

29%

4/14

39%

Over 11.5

17%

1/6

13%

1/8

14%

2/14

20%

Over 12.5

0%

0/6

0%

0/8

0%

0/14

13%

Referee Igor Pajač: 2.0 cards and 20.0 fouls per game in 1 game this season

Bet

RCL

SPO

Match

League

Cards per match

3.7

5.0

4.4

3.4

Over 2.5

83%

5/6

75%

6/8

79%

11/14

67%

Over 3.5

50%

3/6

63%

5/8

57%

8/14

50%

Over 4.5

33%

2/6

38%

3/8

36%

5/14

30%

Over 5.5

0%

0/6

38%

3/8

21%

3/14

7%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Luis Javier Suárez

5 starts · 1.3 per 90

33%

1/3

100%

5/5

20%

1/5

0%

0/5

Florian Thauvin

6 starts · 0.5 per 90

33%

2/6

33%

2/6

17%

1/6

0%

0/6

Matthieu Udol

6 starts · 0.4 per 90

0%

0/6

33%

2/6

0%

0/6

0%

0/6

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.