RC Lens vs Paris Prediction & Preview - Ligue 1
Paris FC won 4-3 at home to Stade Rennais 6 days before this trip, and that scoreline is the shape of their season in one line: four goals scored, three given away, nothing safe. They go to RC Lens on Saturday, 24 October 2026 at 19:45 BST in Ligue 1, at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis in Lens. Neither side is defending well enough for this to be quiet.
- Fixture: RC Lens v Paris FC
- Competition: Ligue 1
- Date: Saturday, 24 October 2026
- Kick-off: 19:45 BST
- Venue: Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens, France
Was the 4-3 against Rennes a one-off for Paris FC?
It was not. Paris FC have won 4, drawn 1 and lost 1 of their last six matches, taking 13 points and scoring 12 goals, so the Rennes win was the loudest result in a run that has been good rather than freakish.
The Marseille game said the same thing in a different stadium: Paris FC won 3-2 away to Olympique de Marseille 48 days before this match. Before that, 3-0 at home to Nice. They have scored two or more in 4 of their last 6.
The flat days are flat, though. They failed to score in 2 of those 6 - a 0-0 at home to Olympique Lyonnais and a 0-1 defeat away to Lorient 14 days ago. Away from home in this run they have won 1 of 2.
RC Lens are winning in Ligue 1 and losing in Europe
Split Lens's last six by competition and two different teams appear. In Ligue 1 they beat Troyes 3-1 away 7 days ago and Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 at home 15 days ago. In the UEFA Champions League they lost 0-2 at home to Sporting CP and then 0-3 away to Club Brugge KV, that second one only 3 days before this fixture.
Across all six: won 2, drew 1, lost 3, 7 points, 8 scored and 11 conceded. At home in that run they have won 1 of 2.
Goals at both ends
Lens have not kept a clean sheet in any of their last six. They conceded two or more in 4 of them, and there were three or more goals in the game in 5 of 6 - the highest rate either side brings into Saturday.
Paris FC are tidier but not tight. Two clean sheets in six, two or more conceded in 2 of 6, three or more goals in the game in 4 of 6. Put a side that cannot keep one out against a side that scores in bunches and the arithmetic is not complicated.
Paris FC and RC Lens did meet in May 2026, when Paris FC won 6-2 at home in the Première Ligue Féminine. That was the women's teams, in a different competition.
What time is kick-off for RC Lens vs Paris FC?
RC Lens v Paris FC kicks off at 19:45 BST on Saturday, 24 October 2026 at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis in Lens, France, in Ligue 1. The RC Lens vs Paris FC match page stays open for calls until the whistle.
Team news
RC Lens, under Yannick Cahuzac, are without Maik Nawrocki with a cruciate ligament tear, Jonathan Gradit with a muscle problem, Abdallah Sima with a dead leg and Ismaëlo Ganiou with a bruised knee, three of those four being defenders (OneFootball, beIN Sports). Paris FC, managed by Liam Rosenior, are missing Jonathan Ikoné and Nhoa Sangui, and named Kevin Trapp, Hamari Traoré, Pierre Lees-Melou and Lassine Sinayoko in the eleven that started the Rennes win (OneFootball).
RC Lens vs Paris FC prediction
Paris FC to win this Ligue 1 match away at RC Lens, with goals at both ends, at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis on Saturday 24 October 2026. Paris FC have 13 points from their last six against Lens's 7, and they have conceded two or more only twice in that run while Lens have done it four times and kept no clean sheets at all. Lens are three days removed from a 0-3 in Belgium and have won 1 of their last 2 at home, which is not the platform to take on a side scoring two or more in 4 of 6.
Our prediction: RC Lens 1-2 Paris FC
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