RC Lens vs Manchester City prediction | 20 Jan 2027 | xGtoday


RC Lens
Ranking: #30 overall, #2 in France

83.5 → 81.3 (-2.2 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-3 10 Sep Slavia Praha (A) 83.3 0.0
2-2 13 Sep Le Mans (A) 82.2 -1.1
2-1 18 Sep Monaco (A) 81.8 -0.4
2-1 09 Oct Lyon (H) 81.8 0.0
0-2 13 Oct Sporting CP (H) 81.3 -0.5
Manchester City
Ranking: #5 overall, #2 in England

90.5 → 91.2 (+0.7 over last 10 games)

Rating
0-2 08 Sep Porto (A) 91.6 +0.7
0-1 13 Sep Man United (A) 91.6 0.0
5-3 20 Sep Sunderland (H) 90.4 -1.2
0-3 11 Oct Liverpool (A) 90.8 +0.4
2-4 14 Oct PSG (H) 91.2 +0.4

RC Lens vs Manchester City: by the numbers

Manchester City sit 25 places above RC Lens in our European rankings.

Manchester City arrive on the stronger recent trend, moving +0.7 rating points over their last 10 matches against RC Lens's -2.2.

RC Lens first reached their highest ever xGtoday rating of 84.0 on 29 August 2026.

Manchester City first climbed to #1 in our European rankings on 26 July 2018.