Lens and Rennes are going to clash on Saturday the 8th of January at 9:00 pm in the 20th week of the Ligue 1. The match will take place in Lens at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis. The referee will be Benoît Bastien.
Lens is in the 9th place in the standings with 27 points. It comes from a 2-1 loss against Nice in its last match in the Ligue 1. As of now, it has won 7 times, draw 6 times, and lost 6 times.
Rennes is in the 4th place in the standings with 31 points. It comes from a 2-1 loss against Monaco in its last match in the Ligue 1. As of now, it has won 9 times, draw 4 times, and lost 6 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Lens
Lens has mostly adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up most used during the season (12 times or 63.16%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-1-2 (12 times), 3-4-2-1 (4 times), 5-3-2 (once), 3-5-2 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Franck Haise is expected to play against Rennes with the following players: J. Leca, J. Gradit, M. Haïdara, C. Wooh, P. Frankowski, J. Clauss, C. Doucoure, S. Fofana, Y. Cahuzac, D. Pereira da Costa and A. Muinga.
In case that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Lens would be 27.45.
D. Machado Mena, G. Kakuta and W. Saïd will definitely miss the match.
Rennes
Rennes has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 4-3-3 and 4-4-2 (8 times or 42.11% each of them).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (8 times), 4-4-2 (8 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Bruno Génésio is expected to play against Lens with the following players: A. Gomis, A. Truffert, L. Badé, W. Omari, H. Traoré, L. Majer, J. Martin, F. Tait, M. Terrier, B. Bourigeaud and G. Laborde.
Presuming that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Rennes would be 26.36.
N. Aguerd, J. Gelin, B. Meling, K. Sulemana and J. Doku will definitely miss the match.