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Giroud's late goal gives Lille victory over Lens
Lille beat Lens 1-0 at Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Ligue 1 on matchday 9, Olivier Giroud scoring the only goal of the game in the 86th minute. The two sides had been level at 0-0 at half-time, and the home team had to wait until late in the second half to turn their superiority into a result.
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Lille controlled much of the contest, with 62% of the possession and 16 shots to 5, seven of them on target against three. They also won 10 corners to 2. Despite that pressure, Lens held firm through the first half and well into the second, and the visitors' own threat was limited, their expected goals figure standing at 0.25 against Lille's 1.8.
The win ended a run of four games without a victory for Lille and lifted them from third to second in Ligue 1, on 18 points. Lens, who went into the game eighth, stayed there on 13 points, now five behind their opponents.
Both sides turn to European action next. Lille travel to Bodo/Glimt in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday 3 November, while Lens host Como in the same competition on Wednesday 4 November.
Nabil Bentaleb was Lille's highest-rated player at 7.91 as they dominated the midfield. Lens goalkeeper Robin Risser earned a rating of 7.63 for keeping the visitors in the game until the 86th minute.
Lille won 10 corners to Lens's 2, a measure of how much of the game was played in the visitors' half.
Lille beat Lens 1–0 (half-time 0–0).
Lille met Lens in the Ligue 1 (Regular Season - 9). Kick-off was Friday, 30 October 2026, 20:05 UTC at Stade Pierre-Mauroy. Referee: Jérôme Brisard. Attendance: 45,632.
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- 86' Goal: Olivier Giroud — 1–0 · Watch Olivier Giroud's goal video (86')
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Lille (4-3-3)
Lens (3-4-2-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Lille 34%, the draw 29%, Lens 37%. It finished Lille 1–0 Lens.
Lens edge it on our strength rating — Lens sit 76 points higher on our strength rating, 1808 to 1732, and their recent finishing below the quality of their chances adds a little, as cold streaks like this have tended to bounce back. The draw sits at 29%, close to the usual rate for a gap this size, nudged up by that finishing streak and slightly down by a typical scoring environment.
Why Lens at 37%?
Lens sit 76 points higher on our strength rating — 1808 to 1732. Sides with a 40–80-point rating edge on the road won 32.6% of 11,123 such games. Lens sit -0.31 goals per game below chance-quality — cold streaks like this have bounced back. Visitors this cold went on to win 32.0% of 1,666 games, vs 27.8% for visitors finishing normally. The 300 most similar past games finished 37–27–36.
Why only 37%?
No scored evidence points the other way. 37% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 29% and Lille at 34%.
Why the draw at 29%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 29.1%. These teams' recent games average 3.0 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 24.8% of 27,237. The bounce-back factor adds 1.1 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Lens are 6 games into a new manager (Yannick Cahuzac), appointed 59 days ago. The famous new-manager bounce doesn't survive its receipt: sides with a new manager beat their rating by 0.9 points over 33,420 games — but sides on an equally bad run who kept their manager beat it by 2.4 over 31,777. Out: Ismaëlo Ganiou, a star player, and Odsonne Édouard and Abdallah Sima, rotation players. This does not change our forecast yet: we are still measuring how much missing players like these cost a team. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
Sirius probabilities, frozen at kick-off. Analysis, not betting advice. How Sirius is doing this season · Full breakdown, evidence cards and squad news in the Match Insights tab
About this match
On this page: the Lille vs Lens final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Ligue 1 fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
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