Nice and Lens will play on Wednesday the 22nd of December at 20:00 in the 19th week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to be staged in Nice at the Allianz Riviera. The appointed referee is Jérôme Brisard.
Nice sits in the 4th place in the standings with 30 points. It comes from a 1-2 win against Rennes in its last match in the Ligue 1. So far, it has won 9 times, draw 4 times, and lost 5 times.
Lens occupies the 6th position in the table with 27 points. It comes from a 3-2 loss against Nantes in its last match in the Ligue 1. Until now, it has won 7 times, draw 6 times, and lost 5 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Nice
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (18 times).
Christophe Galtier is expected to play against Lens with the following players: W. Benítez, J. Lotomba, J. Todibo, D. da Costa Santos, Y. Atal, J. Kluivert, P. Rosario, M. Lemina, H. Boudaoui, K. Dolberg and A. Gouiri.
Suppose that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Nice would be 25.18.
R. Alves de Barros will definitely miss the match.
Lens
Lens has mostly adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up most used during the season (12 times or 66.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-1-2 (12 times), 3-4-2-1 (4 times), 3-5-2 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Franck Haise is expected to play against Nice with the following players: K. Danso, J. Gradit, F. Medina, M. Haïdara, S. Fofana, Y. Cahuzac, P. Frankowski, D. Pereira da Costa, F. Sotoca and A. Muinga.
Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Lens would be 26.10.
There are doubts about the presence of J. Leca.
D. Machado Mena, G. Kakuta and W. Saïd will definitely miss the match.