Lens and Nice are going to face off on Sunday the 10th of April at 5:05 pm in the 31st week of the Ligue 1. The match is going to be played in Lens at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis. The chosen referee is Willy Delajod.
Lens sits in the 10th place in the standings with 44 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Strasbourg in its last match in the Ligue 1. Up to now, it has won 12 times, draw 8 times, and lost 10 times.
Nice is in the 5th place in the league with 51 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Rennes in its last match in the Ligue 1. Up to now, it has won 15 times, draw 7 times, and lost 8 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 (17 times or 56.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-1-2 (17 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 Nice with the following players: J. Leca, J. Gradit, C. Wooh, F. Medina, P. Frankowski, S. Fofana, C. Doucoure, J. Clauss, D. Pereira da Costa, A. Muinga and I. Kpene Ganago.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Lens would be 25.55.
A. Keita will definitely miss the match.
Nice
Nice has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (29 times or 96.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (29 times) and 5-4-1 (once).
Christophe Galtier is expected to play against Lens with the following players: W. Benítez, M. Bard, J. Todibo, D. da Costa Santos, Y. Atal, K. Thuram-Ulien, P. Rosario, J. Kluivert, A. Gouiri, K. Dolberg and A. Delort.
Suppose that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Nice would be 26.00.
Christophe Galtier will probably not be able to employ M. Schneiderlin because of injury.
A. Claude Maurice will definitely miss the match.
