Saint-Étienne and Lens will face off on Saturday the 15th of January at 5:00 pm in the 21st week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to take place in Saint-etienne at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard. The referee will be François Letexier.
Saint-Étienne sits in the 20th position in the league with 12 points. It comes from a 0-1 loss against Nantes in its last match in the Ligue 1. Up to now, it has won twice, draw 6 times, and lost 11 times.
Lens occupies the 6th position in the table with 30 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against Rennes in its last match in the Ligue 1. Until now, it has won 8 times, draw 6 times, and lost 6 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (6 times or 31.58%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (6 times), 4-3-3 (5 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times), 3-4-3 (once), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Pascal Dupraz is expected to play against Lens with the following players: G. Antunes da Silva, M. Nade, T. Kolodziejczak, Y. Macon, A. Nordin, L. Gourna Douath, M. Camara, A. Aouchiche, Z. Youssouf, R. Boudebouz and J. Krasso.
Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Saint-Étienne would be 26.73.
E. Green, H. Moukoudi, S. Sow, M. Trauco Saavedra, Y. Neyou Noupa, D. Bouanga, R. Hamouma and W. Khazri 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 60.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-1-2 (12 times), 3-4-2-1 (5 times), 5-3-2 (once), 3-5-2 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Franck Haise is expected to play against Saint-Étienne with the following players: J. Leca, K. Danso, F. Medina, J. Gradit, P. Frankowski, S. Fofana, C. Doucoure, J. Clauss, D. Pereira da Costa, G. Kakuta and A. Muinga.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Lens would be 26.55.
M. Haïdara, D. Machado Mena and I. Kpene Ganago will definitely miss the match.
