Please support our efforts

Watch the football match Live  between a team Lens vs Lille After the live, watch the replay of the match and highlights In championship competitions Ligue 1 .
This match is played on date 20 Sep 2025
This match takes place in Stade Bollaert-Delelis (Lens) – In championship competitions Ligue 1 by Season 2025/2026

Please share the matches on social media.

Highlights   Highlights

Full Match   Full Match

⚽ LENS VS LILLE – MATCH PREVIEW

Match Summary Table

🔎 OVERVIEW

The Derby du Nord is back as Lens welcome Lille in one of France’s most heated football rivalries. Beyond the three points, pride, bragging rights, and regional supremacy are at stake.

Lens, renowned for their high-octane style and passionate home crowd, will be eager to impose themselves, while Lille arrive with tactical discipline and the confidence of recent strong performances. Expect intensity, fierce duels, and a stadium atmosphere unlike any other.

🟡🔴 LENS – FIERY AND FEARLESS

Lens have become one of Ligue 1’s most entertaining teams in recent years, thriving on pressing, vertical play, and relentless energy. Backed by one of the loudest fanbases in France, they will look to start strong and dominate the rhythm at Bollaert-Delelis.

Strengths:

• High-intensity pressing and quick transitions

• Solid defensive organization with attacking full-backs

• Strong home record boosted by incredible crowd support

Key Players:

• Florian Sotoca – Workhorse forward linking play and finishing chances

• Elye Wahi – Explosive striker with pace and clinical edge

• Brice Samba – Reliable goalkeeper, key in big games

Likely Tactics: Lens will use a 3-4-3/3-4-2-1 formation, pressing aggressively, pushing wing-backs high, and creating overloads in wide areas.

🔵⚪ LILLE – STRUCTURED AND CLINICAL

Lille come into this derby with a well-balanced squad and a reputation for resilience. They have proven capable of frustrating even the strongest teams, often thriving on direct play and efficiency in front of goal.

Strengths:

• Compact defensive shape

• Midfield balance combining creativity and steel

• Lethal forwards capable of punishing mistakes

Key Players:

• Jonathan David – Clinical finisher and Lille’s attacking spearhead

• Angel Gomes – Creative midfielder driving attacking moves

• Lucas Chevalier – Talented young goalkeeper with sharp reflexes

Likely Tactics: Lille are likely to adopt a 4-2-3-1, sitting deeper, absorbing Lens’s pressure, and hitting quickly in transition with David leading the line.

📊 HEAD-TO-HEAD SNAPSHOT

• Total Meetings: 117

• Lens Wins: 36

• Lille Wins: 47

• Draws: 34

• Recent Trend: Lille are unbeaten in the last 3 derbies

📉 FORM GUIDE (LAST 5 MATCHES)

🎯 MATCH VERDICT

Prediction: Lens 2–2 Lille

The Derby du Nord rarely disappoints, and this edition promises fireworks. Lens will push hard at home, but Lille’s structure and attacking quality should ensure an even contest. A score draw looks the most likely outcome in a high-intensity battle.

LENS

LILLE