Lens and Olympique Marseille will clash on Saturday the 22nd of January at 9:00 pm in the 22nd week of the Ligue 1. The match will be staged in Lens at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis. The encounter will be officiated by Stéphanie Frappart.
Lens is in the 7th place in the standings with 33 points. It comes from a 1-2 win against Saint-Étienne in its last match in the Ligue 1. Until now, it has won 9 times, draw 6 times, and lost 6 times.
Olympique Marseille occupies the 3rd place in the table with 37 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Lille in its last match in the Ligue 1. Thus far, it has won 10 times, draw 7 times, and lost 3 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 57.14%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-1-2 (12 times), 3-4-2-1 (5 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 5-3-2 (once) and 3-5-2 (once).
Franck Haise is expected to play against Olympique Marseille with the following players: J. Leca, K. Danso, F. Medina, J. Gradit, P. Frankowski, C. Doucoure, S. Fofana, J. Clauss, W. Saïd, G. Kakuta and A. Muinga.
If this will be the line-up, the average age of Lens would be 27.09.
M. Haïdara, D. Machado Mena and I. Kpene Ganago will definitely miss the match.
Olympique Marseille
Olympique Marseille has mostly adopted the 3-2-4-1 line-up most used during the season (5 times or 25.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-2-4-1 (5 times), 4-1-4-1 (3 times), 4-3-3 (2 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 3-3-1-3 (2 times), 3-3-3-1 (2 times), 4-4-1-1 (once) and 3-5-1-1 (once).
Jorge Luis Sampaoli Moya will probably not be able to employ S. Mandanda because of injury.
A. Dia and P. Gueye will definitely miss the match.