Lens host Paris FC at Stade Bollaert-Delelis on October 24 in Regular Season - 8 of Ligue 1. It is Matchday 8, when the season is starting to take shape. Paris FC arrive third in the table and Lens are eighth, so the visitors sit five places higher, which adds weight to a home fixture for Yannick Cahuzac's side.

The main factor is the contrast in recent league form and in how each side has been winning. Lens have won their last two Ligue 1 matches, 2-1 at home to Lyon on October 9 and 3-1 away at Estac Troyes on October 17, after a 2-1 defeat at Monaco on September 18. Their October 13 UEFA Champions League home match against Sporting CP, a 0-2 defeat, sits between those league results and is relevant only as schedule context. Paris FC, under L. Rosenior, beat Rennes 4-3 at home on October 18