Lens 1-0 Saint-Etienne — Result, Statistics & Match Review — France - Ligue 1, 6 Apr 2025

📅06/04/2025 · 🕒16:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-2 2nd Score 3-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
52%
1.61
Draw
24%
3.94
Away
24%
4.31
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
46%
2.29
Over 2.5 OUR CALL
54%
1.56
Both Teams to Score
Yes
50%
1.63
No
50%
2.13
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
27%
4.59
2-3 Goals
34%
1.92
4-5 Goals
26%
2.8
6+ Goals
13%
7.63
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
19%
2.02
1/2
8%
35.0
1/X
8%
14.45
X/1 EV+ ✓
26%
4.36
X/2
6%
10.75
X/X
11%
6.3
2/1
7%
20.35
2/2
9%
7.96
2/X
6%
16.0
Value flag · X/1 at 4.36 — our 26% vs market 18.4%. Landed.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Our call
Over 2.5 — 54%
Fair price · no betting value
The bookmaker priced every market fairly — no dependable value at these odds, so skipping is the disciplined play.
Our call is our best estimate of the outcome; a value flag is a separate, rarer judgement about the price.
STRENGTH Home Win Over 2.5 — pattern-based signals at fair odds; informational, not a sized bet.
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
52%
Home Win
58%
-5.8pp
24%
Draw
22%
+2.3pp
23%
Away Win
20%
+3.5pp
46%
Under 2.5
40%
+6.5pp
54%
Over 2.5
60%
-6.5pp
50%
BTTS Yes
57%
-7.2pp
50%
BTTS No
43%
+7.2pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Lens EU Bookmakers 62%
Head to Head
AWAY Saint-Etienne EU Bookmakers 23%
+2% / +4% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -5% / -4%
1.89/1.04 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.92/1.68
+2% / -8% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -5% / -22%
55% Ball Possession 45%
15 Total Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 4
402 · 83% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 306 · 78%
27.3 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 15.9
22.9 Crosses 15.2
1.5 Yellow Cards 2.2
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Lens
4W-1D-1L
AWAY Saint-Etienne
1.83 Avg Goals (FT) 1.00
1.54 xG 1.14
57% Ball Possession 43%
14 Total Shots 12
5 Shots on Target 3
7 Corners 5
413 Passes 281
83% Pass Accuracy 74%
23 Box Touches 17
20 Crosses 19
1 Yellow Cards 3
19.10.2024 Saint-Etienne Saint-Etienne 0-2 Lens Lens FR1
15.01.2022 Saint-Etienne Saint-Etienne 1-2 HT 1-0 Lens Lens FR1
15.08.2021 Lens Lens 2-2 HT 1-1 Saint-Etienne Saint-Etienne FR1
03.03.2021 Saint-Etienne Saint-Etienne 2-3 HT 1-2 Lens Lens FR1
03.10.2020 Lens Lens 2-0 HT 1-0 Saint-Etienne Saint-Etienne FR1
21.07.2018 Lens Lens 0-1 HT 0-1 Saint-Etienne Saint-Etienne HAZ
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Lens
1-0
AWAY Saint-Etienne
2.18 xG 1.42
60% Ball Possession 40%
20 Total Shots 8
5 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 3
440 Passes 247
85% Pass Accuracy 73%
41 Box Touches 21
20 Crosses 8
3 Yellow Cards 2
POST-MATCH Lens vs Saint-Etienne
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Lens squeezed past Saint-Etienne 1-0. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

As we said in the preview, our model had Lens as the likeliest winner at 52%, and the 1-0 landed on that lead.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 54% and both teams to score was close to even at 50%.

On the day, Lens had 60% of the ball to Saint-Etienne's 40%, shots finished 20-8, expected goals 2.18 to 1.42.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Lens had the better of it with 4 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.83 goals for Lens and 1.00 for Saint-Etienne.

What was the final score of Lens vs Saint-Etienne?

Lens 1-0 Saint-Etienne in the France - Ligue 1 on 06/04/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Lens vs Saint-Etienne?

Before kick-off our model rated a Lens win the most likely single outcome at about 52%, with the full match-result split Lens 52%, draw 24%, Saint-Etienne 23%. The final score 1-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Lens) — while Over 2.5 went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Lens) ✗ Over 2.5
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