Both Teams To Score is mainly supported by Lille’s recent defensive trend. They have gone five matches without a clean sheet, and even in a strong 2-1 league win at Marseille on 22 March they still conceded. Their last four Ligue 1 games produced scorelines of 2-1, 2-1, 1-1 and 1-0, so one side of this market has usually been there while Lille still create enough to contribute themselves.
Lens bring the other half of the case because both teams have scored in five of their last six matches. They arrive after a 5-1 win over Angers, but they also conceded in that game and have allowed goals in four of their last six overall. Away from home in Ligue 1 they have scored 23 and conceded 15 in 13 matches, which is a solid base for a BTTS angle rather than a pure away-win case.
The latest matches for both clubs fit that pattern. Lille beat Marseille 2-1 despite only posting 1.0 xG, while Lens put up 3.4 xG in the 5-1 win over Angers and still gave up 1.6 xGA. That points to two attacks capable of finding a goal here, even if neither defence looks fully reliable right now.
There is one obvious caution: recent head-to-head meetings have often been tight, and five of the last seven finished under 2.5 goals. Even so, a low-scoring game does not kill the BTTS bet, and the 1-1 correct-score lean plus projected xG of 1.5 for Lille and 1.0 for Lens sit comfortably with a narrow both-teams-scoring outcome.
My prediction is Both Teams To Score at 1.62. Lille are on a five-match run without a clean sheet, Lens have seen both teams score in five of their last six, and Lens’ away league record of 23 goals scored and 15 conceded in 13 games supports chances at both ends. The projected 1-1 score also matches the market well.
