Welcome to Extratips: Lens vs Marseille Match Preview & Predictions for Ligue 1

Lens hosts Marseille at Stade Bollaert-Delelis on October 25, 2025, in a high-stakes Ligue 1 clash. Both teams urgently need points—Marseille sits 3rd with 22 points, while Lens is 7th with 16 points. Marseille arrives as slight favorites with odds of 2.35 to win, while the draw is pegged at 3.60 and a Lens win at 2.88. The recent head-to-head edge goes to Marseille, but Lens have won 10 of the last 24 duels. The last five meetings: Lens 2-1 Marseille, Marseille 2-0 Lens, Lens 1-1 Marseille, Marseille 0-1 Lens, Lens 0-2 Marseille—show a real battle. At home, Lens recently logged 2 wins, 2 draws, and 1 loss; Marseille’s last five away matches yielded 2 wins, 1 draw, and 2 losses.

Marseille's strengths include an in-form attack, strong midfield transitions, and solid away form; weaknesses are lapses at the back, vulnerable wide areas, and key injuries. Lens boasts a high pressing game, a fortress mentality at home, and tactical flexibility, but struggles to finish chances, can lose focus after halftime, and also has an injury or two. Missing key players like Deiver Machado for Lens and Facundo Medina, Geoffrey Kondogbia, and Hamed Traorè for Marseille could tilt the odds. Angles to watch: can Lens capitalize on Marseille’s tired legs; will set-pieces tell the story; is this a game where momentum swings decide everything? Expect a cracking contest with both teams likely to score, plenty of energy, and Marseille perhaps just edging it!