Lorient and Lens are going to play 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 appointed referee is Romain Lissorgue.

Lorient is in the 20th place in the table with 17 points. It comes from a 4-2 loss against Nantes in its last match in the Ligue 1. So far, it has won 3 times, draw 8 times, and lost 11 times.​​

Lens occupies 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. So far, 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.

Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, 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, J. Gradit, K. Danso, F. Medina, P. Frankowski, S. Fofana, C. Doucoure, J. Clauss, G. Kakuta, W. Saïd and F. Sotoca.

If this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Lens would be 27.00.

D. Machado Mena and I. Kpene Ganago will definitely miss the match.