Strasbourg and Lens are going to face off on Friday the 29th of September at 9:00 pm in the 7th week of the Ligue 1. The match will be played in Strasbourg at the Stade de la Meinau. The chosen referee is Eric Wattellier.
Strasbourg sits in the 6th position in the league with 10 points. It comes from a 0-1 win against Metz in its last match in the Ligue 1. To date, it has won 3 times, drawn once, and lost twice.
Lens occupies the 16th position in the league with 4 points. It comes from a 2-1 win against Toulouse in its last match in the Ligue 1. To date, it has won once, drawn once, and lost 4 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Strasbourg
Strasbourg has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (2 times or 33.33%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (once), 4-2-3-1 (once), 3-4-3 (once) and 3-4-2-1 (once).
Patrick Vieira is expected to play against Lens with the following players: Matz Sels, Thomas Delaine, Lucas Perrin, Gerzino Nyamsi, Marvin Senaya, Habib Diarra, Ismael Doukoure, Dilane Bakwa, Ângelo and Emanuel Emegha.
In case that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Strasbourg would be 23.40.
There are doubts about the presence of Ibrahima Sissoko.
Karol Fila will definitely miss the match.
Lens
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (6 times).
Franck Haise is expected to play against Strasbourg with the following players: Brice Samba, Kevin Danso, Jonathan Gradit, Facundo Medina, Przemysław Frankowski, Andy Diouf, Salis Abdul Samed, Ruben Aguilar, Florian Sotoca, Adrien Thomasson and Wesley Saïd.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Lens would be 27.36.
Wuilker Fariñez Aray, Massadio Haïdara, Jimmy Cabot and David da Costa will definitely miss the match.