Trophies 3 competitions
🏆 1 × Champion (1997)
🥈 3 × Runner-up (2001, 2022, 2025)
🏆 1 × Champion (2008)
🥈 2 × Runner-up (2013, 2019)
🏆 1 × Champion (2025)
Team strength · Elo all ratings ›
Rating 1,973 everyone starts at 1500
Peak 2,009 reached 22 Aug 2026
Rank #38 of 14,597 clubs
Matches rated 1,364 last 2 Oct 2026

What this team's results have earned: every match in the database is replayed in date order, both sides start at 1500 and the winner takes points from the loser. The rating is the one it held after its last rated match, and the rank counts every club ever rated, sides that no longer play included. A measure of strength, not a forecast of the next result. Computed 3 Oct 2026.

Recent form · draws highlighted
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Over 470 matches (Jan 2015 – Oct 2026), RC Lens drew 122 where the draw model expected 131.3 from those particular fixtures — about 9 fewer, or 1.0 standard errors, which is what the model expected, near enough.

As unusual as a coin landing the same way 2 times running. A flat league average would have expected 132.9 instead — "more draws than the league" and "more draws than these fixtures deserved" are different claims. These matches were part of the model's own training set, so its chances were fitted already knowing the results.

Longest no-draw runs all on the records page ›
# Run From → To
1 22 05 Aug 2003 → 20 Dec 2003 ▸ matches
2 20 04 Oct 2025 → 21 Feb 2026 ▸ matches
3 19 08 Nov 1997 → 25 Apr 1998 ▸ matches
4 17 05 Jan 2025 → 04 May 2025 ▸ matches
5 14 12 Mar 2023 → 13 Aug 2023 ▸ matches
6 14 12 May 2017 → 21 Oct 2017 ▸ matches
7 12 01 Aug 2008 → 24 Oct 2008 ▸ matches
8 12 21 Oct 1998 → 09 Dec 1998 ▸ matches
9 11 23 Apr 2018 → 24 Sep 2018 ▸ matches
10 11 13 Feb 2017 → 01 May 2017 ▸ matches
By competition (all-time)
CompetitionPDDraw%NMax
Ligue 1 885 259 29.3% 1 19
Ligue 2 332 103 31.0% 4 14
UEFA Europa League 66 19 28.8% 0 6
Coupe de France 45 8 17.8% 2 5
UEFA Champions League 19 6 31.6% 1 4
Club Friendlies 14 3 21.4% 4 4
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 2 0 0.0% 2 2
Trophée des Champions 1 0 0.0% 1 1
By calendar year
YearPDDraw%Max
2026 37 6 16.2% 9
2025 38 2 5.3% 17
2024 37 14 37.8% 7
2023 50 13 26.0% 14
2022 39 11 28.2% 7
2021 44 15 34.1% 10
2020 25 7 28.0% 6
2019 39 8 20.5% 8
2018 42 14 33.3% 11
2017 40 6 15.0% 14
2016 39 14 35.9% 8
2015 40 12 30.0% 7
2014 43 13 30.2% 8
2013 42 13 31.0% 8
2012 40 18 45.0% 7
2011 39 11 28.2% 7
2010 40 14 35.0% 7
2009 39 12 30.8% 7
2008 39 9 23.1% 12
2007 45 15 33.3% 6
2006 48 15 31.3% 5
2005 46 17 37.0% 7
2004 38 16 42.1% 4
2003 43 9 20.9% 22
2002 43 14 32.6% 6
2001 31 11 35.5% 5
2000 38 9 23.7% 11
1999 44 12 27.3% 9
1998 39 7 18.0% 12
1997 36 9 25.0% 7
1996 41 10 24.4% 8
1995 45 18 40.0% 6
1994 37 10 27.0% 5
1993 22 11 50.0% 6
1986 2 0 0.0% 2
1983 6 3 50.0% 1
1977 6 0 0.0% 6
1975 2 0 0.0% 2
Matches all results ›
Date Home Score Away R Tournament
30 Sep 2016 RC Lens 2–0 Red Star H FRA · Ligue 2
24 Sep 2016 Valenciennes 1–2 RC Lens A FRA · Ligue 2
20 Sep 2016 RC Lens 4–2 US Orléans H FRA · Ligue 2
16 Sep 2016 Clermont Foot 1–1 RC Lens D FRA · Ligue 2
09 Sep 2016 RC Lens 1–1 Football Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas D FRA · Ligue 2
26 Aug 2016 ES Troyes AC 1–1 RC Lens D FRA · Ligue 2
20 Aug 2016 RC Lens 0–1 Amiens SC A FRA · Ligue 2
15 Aug 2016 Nîmes Olympique 0–2 RC Lens A FRA · Ligue 2
05 Aug 2016 RC Lens 2–2 Tours D FRA · Ligue 2
29 Jul 2016 Chamois Niortais 0–0 RC Lens D FRA · Ligue 2
22 Jul 2016 RC Lens 1–1 Arsenal D ITL · Club Friendlies
13 May 2016 RC Lens 1–0 Metz H FRA · Ligue 2
06 May 2016 Football Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas 2–1 RC Lens H FRA · Ligue 2
29 Apr 2016 RC Lens 0–1 Paris FC A FRA · Ligue 2
22 Apr 2016 Nîmes Olympique 4–2 RC Lens H FRA · Ligue 2
15 Apr 2016 RC Lens 2–0 AC Ajaccio H FRA · Ligue 2
08 Apr 2016 Chamois Niortais 0–1 RC Lens A FRA · Ligue 2
01 Apr 2016 RC Lens 3–0 AJ Auxerre H FRA · Ligue 2
19 Mar 2016 AS Nancy-Lorraine 1–0 RC Lens H FRA · Ligue 2
11 Mar 2016 RC Lens 1–1 Clermont Foot D FRA · Ligue 2
04 Mar 2016 Stade Lavallois 1–1 RC Lens D FRA · Ligue 2
29 Feb 2016 RC Lens 1–0 Évian Thonon Gaillard H FRA · Ligue 2
19 Feb 2016 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 0–0 RC Lens D FRA · Ligue 2
15 Feb 2016 RC Lens 0–1 Valenciennes A FRA · Ligue 2
05 Feb 2016 Tours 0–1 RC Lens A FRA · Ligue 2
02 Feb 2016 RC Lens 2–0 Stade Brestois H FRA · Ligue 2
30 Jan 2016 Le Havre AC 2–0 RC Lens H FRA · Ligue 2
23 Jan 2016 RC Lens 1–1 Dijon FCO D FRA · Ligue 2
15 Jan 2016 US Créteil-Lusitanos 1–1 RC Lens D FRA · Ligue 2
09 Jan 2016 Red Star 1–2 RC Lens A FRA · Ligue 2
19 Dec 2015 RC Lens 2–0 Football Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas H FRA · Ligue 2
11 Dec 2015 Paris FC 0–1 RC Lens A FRA · Ligue 2
30 Nov 2015 RC Lens 1–0 Nîmes Olympique H FRA · Ligue 2
27 Nov 2015 AC Ajaccio 1–1 RC Lens D FRA · Ligue 2
24 Nov 2015 RC Lens 1–1 Chamois Niortais D FRA · Ligue 2
20 Nov 2015 US Quevilly-Rouen Métropole 2–1 RC Lens H FRA · Coupe de France
06 Nov 2015 AJ Auxerre 1–2 RC Lens A FRA · Ligue 2
02 Nov 2015 RC Lens 1–0 AS Nancy-Lorraine H FRA · Ligue 2
26 Oct 2015 Clermont Foot 2–2 RC Lens D FRA · Ligue 2
19 Oct 2015 RC Lens 1–1 Stade Lavallois D FRA · Ligue 2
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Upcoming fixtures
Date Home · Away 1 / X / 2 Draw · logistic Tournament
Fri, 09 Oct 2026
09 Oct 18:45 RC Lens vs Olympique Lyonnais – / – / – 27.0% FRA · Ligue 1
Tue, 13 Oct 2026
13 Oct 16:45 RC Lens vs Sporting CP – / – / – 24.4% ITL · UEFA Champions League League phase
Sat, 17 Oct 2026
17 Oct 18:45 ES Troyes AC vs RC Lens – / – / – 23.0% FRA · Ligue 1
Wed, 21 Oct 2026
21 Oct 19:00 Club Brugge KV vs RC Lens – / – / – 20.8% ITL · UEFA Champions League League phase
Sat, 24 Oct 2026
24 Oct 18:45 RC Lens vs Paris FC – / – / – 25.3% FRA · Ligue 1
Fri, 30 Oct 2026
30 Oct 20:05 Lille OSC vs RC Lens – / – / – 29.0% FRA · Ligue 1
Wed, 04 Nov 2026
04 Nov 20:00 RC Lens vs Como 1907 – / – / – 23.8% ITL · UEFA Champions League League phase
Sun, 08 Nov 2026
08 Nov 19:45 RC Lens vs Olympique de Marseille – / – / – 23.0% FRA · Ligue 1
Tue, 24 Nov 2026
24 Nov 20:00 RB Leipzig vs RC Lens – / – / – 20.8% ITL · UEFA Champions League
Wed, 20 Jan 2027
20 Jan 20:00 RC Lens vs Manchester City – / – / – 19.1% ITL · UEFA Champions League

Draw · logistic is the chance of a draw from the logistic draw model: five signals — the goals model, the draw rate at the Elo gap, the expected goals and the competition's own draw rate — fitted on every match played so far and recalibrated, then applied to fixtures not yet played. A dash means the model has not rated that fixture. Descriptive statistics, not betting advice.