Arsenal vs Lens Prediction | Champions League Betting Tips
Arsenal vs Lens Recent Form
Arsenal has nine points amassed from three wins out of four games. The only loss they suffered this season was actually against Lens, as they lost at Stade Bollaert-Delelis by 2:1 in the second round. The loss came after a successful start to the Champions League campaign when they defeated PSV by 4:0.
The Gunners bounced back after the loss and won both games against Sevilla. First, they won at Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán by 2:1 and then did the same at home last round by 2:0. Leandro Trossard and Bukayo Saka both scored goals in that game.
Lens is currently third in Group B and still have a chance to advance through. They were undefeated up until the last round. Before that, they won one game (2:1 vs Arsenal) and drew two games (1:1 vs Sevilla and 1:1 vs PSV Eindhoven).
Last round, they went up against PSV on the road and lost. Luuk de Jong scored the opener in the 12th minute of the game, which eventually turned out to be the decider as PSV got to a 1:0 win.
Arsenal vs Lens Head to Head
Arsenal fixtures versus Lens count five games. They two met in the Champions League before, in 1998, and then once again in the UEFA Cup in 2000. The two are currently tied as both clubs have two wins, with a single one ending in a draw.
In the first game this season, Lens won thanks to goals coming from Adrien Thomasson and Sepe Wahi. Les Sang et Or overturned the result after Gabriel Jesus opened up the scoring and came back from behind to take the win at home.
Arsenal vs Lens Betting Tips
Even with the latest Arsenal fixtures versus Lens going against the Gunners, they are still the favourites at home ground. Bookies give them 1.33 odds to win, with Lens coming at 10.50. A draw comes at 6.08 odds.
Arsenal may decide to avenge their loss from the first game and could go all-out attack in this one. For that reason, a different kind of Arsenal vs Lens prediction could involve Over 3 goals at 1.94.
Arsenal vs Lens Lineups
This is how the two teams are going to line up.
- Arsenal: (GK) David Raya; (DEF) William Saliba, Gabriel, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Oleksandr Zinchenko; (MID) Jorginho, Fabio Vieira, Declan Rice; (ATC) Gabriel Jesus, Leandro Trossard, Kai Havertz.
- Lens: (GK) Brice Samba; (DEF) Ruben Aguilar, Facundo Medina, Kevin Danso, Jonathan Gradit; (MID) Salis Abdul Samed, Adrien Thomasson, Angelo Fulgini, Andy Diouf; (ATC) Florian Sotoca, Elye Wahi.
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