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Lens won't feel too deflated by the 1-0 home defeat to Metz, given that their opponents sit a full 14 places above them in the league table.  In that game they had 75% possession and managed 31 attempts on goal, with 10 on target, compared to Metz who had 2 attempts and 2 on target.  

Franck Haise, their chief, will be doing some careful analysis of his defence, who have seen their goal breached 12 times in their last 6 games while somehow managing to pick up some points along the way with 7 goals scored.  They have scored in 5 of their last 6 home games but have only managed to keep 2 clean sheets in those games.  

Being unbeaten in 5 of their last 6 league matches at Stade Bollaert-Delelis, suggests a consistent run of home form, especially when we consider that 4 of these results were wins.  

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Toulouse will have been reasonably pleased with their 0-0 draw against Marseille, not least because of the valuable point gained.  They came away from that fixture with a 40% share of the possession and clocked up 10 attempts on goal with 3 on target, in comparison to Marseille, who managed 24 attempts on goal, 6 of which were on target.  

Carles Martínez Novell will be quite satisfied with his squad's offensive prowess in recent performances. They have managed to notch up 7 goals from their last 6 outings. However, the manager will know they have work to do at the back where they have let in 7 goals and, as a result, lost some important points.  They have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games.  

Toulouse will take some comfort from having only lost 1 of their last 6 games, but having managed just 2 wins shows there's room for improvement.  

Zakaria Aboukhlal will be aiming to add his name to the scoresheet again to extend his goal tally of 4 goals in the last 6 league outings for Toulouse.