GolVolt — Lens vs Rennes: preview, line-ups, chances

What to watch for

Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.

Player in form

Florian Thauvin: 1 goal and 7 assists in 5 league matches

Goals1

The most goals and assists in the squad over recent league matches.

Last time

Last meeting, 7 February 2026: Lens – Rennes 3:1

DWDW

Lens are unbeaten in the last 4 meetings.

Attack

Rennes score 2.8 goals per match

Lens1.4 Rennes2.8

Last 5 matches in all competitions. Lens score 1.4.

Table

3 points apart in the table

7.Lens13 pts 2.Rennes16 pts

Lens: place 7, 13 pts · Rennes: place 2, 16 pts.

Player in form

Estéban Lepaul: 4 goals in 5 league matches

Goals4 xG4.22

Goals in line with the quality of his chances (xG 4.2).

Streak

Rennes have scored in 5 matches in a row

WWLDW

All competitions, friendlies excluded: 14 goals in those matches.

Players to watch

Ligue 1, this season.

Florian Thauvin

Lens · forward

4goals 8assists 8.04avg rating

Last match, Paris: 1 goal and 1 assist, rating 8.5.

Estéban Lepaul

Rennes · forward

7goals 0assists 7.57avg rating

Last match, Paris: 3 goals, rating 9.3.

Who is out

Injuries and suspensions

The list usually arrives about 48 hours before kick-off. There is none for this match yet.

Recent matches

Bar height is the goal difference. Hover or tap a bar for the details.

“This set-up” is Lens at home and Rennes away, as in this match.

Lens

at home · 10

7W0D3L2.0scored per match1.3conceded per match

Rennes

away · 10

4W2D4L2.1scored per match2.1conceded per match

Head to head

4 meetings since 2024.

Last time · 7 Feb 2026 · Ligue 1 Lens 3:1 Rennes Édouard 41' · Aguilar 54' · Saint-Maximin 78' · Lepaul 8'

2wins

2 draws1.8 goals per match · both scored in 2 of 4

0wins

Expected lineups

For now, the last starting XI: Lens (3-4-2-1, last: Paris) · Rennes (5-3-2, last: Strasbourg).

RRRisser RAAguilar SBBaidoo JTTodibo SAAbdulhamid MCCuisance AHHaidara MUUdol FTThauvin FSSotoca FIIvanović BSSamba PFFrankowski ABBoudlal CCCresswell ARRouault MNNagida SSSzymański VRRongier MCCamara BDDia MTTamari

LensRennes

When the provider publishes the expected XI (usually a day before the match), it replaces the last one. A player on the absence list stays on the pitch as a pale, dashed “ghost”.

Who wins?

The provider's forecast usually arrives a few days before kick-off.

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