Lorient welcomes Lens to Stade du Moustoir for a clash in the 23rd round of the French top flight this Sunday; with kickoff at 15:00 EAT.
The hosts are second from the bottom but only two points behind Metz at the relegation playoffs. Coming into this match Lorient are winless in 15 domestic matches and they have a point to prove here. In their last five matches they have picked up only two points both home and away and both teams found the back of the net in four games in which they scored five goals.
FC Lorient gets into this fixture suffered 4-2 Ligue 1 defeat at the hands of Nantes in their most recent outing. In that game, FC Lorient had 46% possession, 15 shots with six of them on target and goals scored by Terem Moffi (56′) and Sambou Soumano (85′). FC Nantes got 12 shots with eight of them on target and goals by Andrei Girotto (39′), Randal Kolo Muani (53′), Osman Bukari (69′) and Willem Geubbels (86′).
Lens has always been one of the best teams in France, last season they had finished seventh in the table-narrowly missing out on a European ticket. Currently they are in the 9th spot just two points below the Europa Zone. In the last five matches they have picked up six points both home and away in which both teams scored in three of those games and Lens scored six goals.
RC Lens will be looking to make amends here since a 2-4 loss in their previous game versus Monaco in Coupe De France competition. In that game, Lens managed 66% possession, 18 shots with 12 of them on target and goals scored by Wesley Saïd (45′) and Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga (53′). Monaco FC got 13 shots with five of them on target and goals by Wissam Ben Yedder (18′, 88′), Jean Lucas (27′) and Sofiane Diop (29′).
Lorient vs Lens head to head
There have been 25 head to head meetings between these two sides since 1998. Out f the 25 meetings Lorient has 10 victories, 10 matches ended all square and Lens has five victories.
- Lens 2-2 Lorient 29/08/21
- Lens 4-1 Lorient11/04/21
- Lorient 2-3 Lens 13/09/20
- Lens 1-0 Lorient 02/11/19
- Lens 0-1 Lorient 23/04/19
Home
- Nantes 4-2 Lorient
- Lille 3-1 Lorient
- Lorient 0-0 Angers
- Lorient 1-1 PSG
- Stade Rennes 1-0 Lorient
Away
- Lens 2-4 Monaco
- Lens 0-2 Marseille
- Saint-Etienne 1-2 Lens
- Lens 1-0 Stade Rennes
- Lens 4-3 Lille
Lorient team news
Les Merlus will be without the services of Jeremy Morel and Laurent Abergel through injuries while Dango Outtara just returned from international duty and might feature in this match.
Lens team news
The visiting side will be without Deiver Machado through injury and Ignatius Ganago through international duty in Cameroon.
Prediction and odds
We are backing Lens to win in this fixture since Lorient is in very poor form at the moment without a win in the last 16 matches they have played.
- Lens Win
- Draw
- Both teams to score
