● ASSE has won 2 of its last 4 Ligue 1 McDonald’s matches (1 draw, 1 defeat), after not having won any of its previous 9 (2 draws, 7 defeats).
● Lens have drawn their last 5 Ligue 1 McDonald’s matches, you have to go back to 2013 to see a team have a longer series, Reims then made 6 in a row under the leadership of Hubert Fournier.
● Saint-Étienne remains on two consecutive home victories in Ligue 1 McDonald’s (1-0 v Lille, 3-1 v Auxerre), its best series since August-September 2020 (also 2). ASSE has not done better since April 2019 (3).
● Lens have scored in each of their last 12 trips to Ligue 1 McDonald’s (16 goals) and will equal their best series of this kind in the elite previously established in 1965, 1973-1974 and 2023 if they score at Geoffroy-Guichard.
● Lens (114) is the team which has attempted the most crosses in Ligue 1 McDonald’s play this season, ASSE (51) the 2nd which has attempted the fewest behind Strasbourg (48).
● Lens (111) and Saint-Étienne (104) are the only two Ligue 1 McDonald’s 2024/25 teams to have exceeded 100 fouls committed.
● Only Monaco (7.7) has a lower PPDA than Lens (9.1) in Ligue 1 McDonald’s this season, meaning that these teams allow their opponents few passes per defensive action on average, a testament to the effectiveness of their pressing .
● Abdulkodir Khusanov (Lens) has made 16 interceptions at Ligue 1 McDonald’s this season, more than any other player. Dylan Batubinsika (ASSE) has the 2nd total in this area (15 – like Pierre-Emile Højbjerg).
