Lens and Olympique Marseille will face on Saturday the 22nd of January at 9:00 pm in the 22nd week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to be staged in Lens at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis. The appointed referee is Stéphanie Frappart.
Lens occupies the 7th place in the league with 33 points. It comes from a 1-2 win against Saint-Étienne in its last match in the Ligue 1. Up to 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. Up to now, 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, J. Gradit, F. Medina, P. Frankowski, S. Fofana, C. Doucoure, J. Clauss, W. Saïd, G. Kakuta and A. Muinga.
In case that the line up is confirmed, 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 is expected to play against Lens with the following players: P. López Sabata, L. Peres Petroni, W. Saliba, D. Ćaleta-Car, P. Lirola Kosok, M. Guendouzi Olié, B. Kamara, G. Santos da Silva, D. Payet, C. Ünder and A. Milik.
If this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Olympique Marseille would be 26.09.
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.