Lens and Brest will clash on Saturday the 5th of March at 5:00 pm in the 27th week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to be staged in Lens at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis. The chosen referee is Johan Hamel.
Lens sits in the 6th place in the standings with 40 points. It comes from a 1-2 win against Angers SCO in its last match in the Ligue 1. To date, it has won 11 times, draw 7 times, and lost 8 times.
Brest is in the 12th position in the table with 32 points. It comes from a 0-1 loss against Lorient in its last match in the Ligue 1. As of now, it has won 8 times, draw 8 times, and lost 10 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 50.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-1-2 (13 times), 3-4-2-1 (6 times), 3-4-3 (3 times), 3-5-1-1 (2 times), 5-3-2 (once) and 3-5-2 (once).
Franck Haise is expected to play against Brest with the following players: J. Leca, J. Gradit, K. Danso, F. Medina, M. Haïdara, S. Fofana, F. Sotoca, C. Doucoure, J. Clauss, G. Kakuta and A. Muinga.
Presuming that this will be the line-up, the average age of Lens would be 27.82.
Franck Haise will probably not be able to employ P. Frankowski and W. Saïd because of injury.
A. Keita will definitely miss the match.
Brest
Brest has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (13 times or 50.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (13 times), 4-4-2 (10 times), 4-2-2-2 (once), 4-1-4-1 (once) and 4-3-3 (once).
Michel Der Zakarian is expected to play against Lens with the following players: M. Bizot, L. Brassier, J. Uronen, C. Hérelle, J. Duverne, D. Bain, L. Agoume, H. Magnetti, F. Honorat, R. Del Castillo and M. Satriano.
Suppose that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Brest would be 25.73.
S. Cibois and R. Pierre-Gabriel will definitely miss the match.
Michel Der Zakarian will not be able to have the presence of B. Chardonnet who is suspended.