Lens and Olympique Lyonnais will face off on Saturday the 19th of February at 5:00 pm in the 25th week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to be staged in Lens at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis. The encounter will be officiated by Jérôme Brisard.
Lens occupies the 8th place in the league with 36 points. It comes from a 3-2 win against Bordeaux in its last match in the Ligue 1. To date, it has won 10 times, draw 6 times, and lost 8 times.
Olympique Lyonnais occupies the 7th position in the table with 37 points. It comes from a 2-0 win against Nice in its last match in the Ligue 1. To date, it has won 10 times, draw 8 times, and lost 6 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 (13 times or 54.17%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-1-2 (13 times), 3-4-2-1 (6 times), 3-4-3 (3 times), 5-3-2 (once) and 3-5-2 (once).
Franck Haise is expected to play against Olympique Lyonnais with the following players: W. Fariñez Aray, C. Wooh, F. Medina, K. Danso, M. Haïdara, S. Fofana, C. Doucoure, J. Clauss, G. Kakuta, F. Sotoca and A. Muinga.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Lens would be 25.82.
J. Gradit and W. Saïd will definitely miss the match.
Olympique Lyonnais
Olympique Lyonnais has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (13 times or 54.17%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (13 times), 3-4-2-1 (7 times), 4-3-3 (3 times) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Peter Bosz is expected to play against Lens with the following players: A. Lopes, E. Palmieri dos Santos, T. Mendes Ribeiro, C. Lukeba, L. Dubois, M. Caqueret, K. Toko Ekambi, M. Dembélé and X. Shaqiri.
Presuming that this will be the line-up, the average age of Olympique Lyonnais would be 27.44.
J. Boateng, J. Denayer, J. Reine-Adélaïde and M. Cherki will definitely miss the match.