Lorient and Lens will face off on Sunday the 6th of February at 1:00 pm in the 23rd week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to take place in Lorient at the Stade Yves Allainmat – Le Moustoir. The encounter will be officiated by Romain Lissorgue.
Lorient is in the 19th place in the standings with 17 points. It comes from a 4-2 loss against Nantes in its last match in the Ligue 1. Up to now, it has won 3 times, draw 8 times, and lost 11 times.
Lens sits in the 9th position in the standings with 33 points. It comes from a 0-2 loss against Olympique Marseille in its last match in the Ligue 1. To date, it has won 9 times, draw 6 times, and lost 7 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Lorient
Lorient has mostly adopted the 5-3-2 line-up most used during the season (12 times or 54.55%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 5-3-2 (12 times), 3-5-2 (5 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 4-1-4-1 (once), 5-4-1 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Christophe Pélissier is expected to play against Lens with the following players: P. Nardi, J. Hergault, J. Laporte, M. Jenz, H. Mendes, T. Monconduit, Q. Boisgard, E. Le Fée, L. Abergel, A. Lauriente and T. Moffi.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Lorient would be 26.73.
J. Morel and D. Faissal Ouattara 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 54.55%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-1-2 (12 times), 3-4-2-1 (6 times), 3-4-3 (2 times), 5-3-2 (once) and 3-5-2 (once).
Franck Haise is expected to play against Lorient with the following players: W. Fariñez Aray, F. Medina, K. Danso, J. Gradit, P. Frankowski, S. Fofana, C. Doucoure, J. Clauss, W. Saïd, G. Kakuta and F. Sotoca.
If the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Lens would be 27.00.
D. Machado Mena and I. Kpene Ganago will definitely miss the match.