Our prediction for this Coupe de France match:
Nantes
Match Time & Date:
01/03/2023
18:15
Prediction: 1-2
Lens
A spot in the Coupe de France semis will be at stake when Nantes and Lens square off against each other at Stade de la Beaujoire on Wednesday. Les Canaris failed to shock Juventus in the Europa League double-header, and they head into the match following the Ligue 1 loss to Rennes. Both Moses Simon and Moussa Sissoko are pushing for a start, while Nicolas Pallois and Quentin Merlin remain in the recovery room.
Les Sang et Or, on the other hand, have been having their ups and downs of late, with the team losing to Lyon, beating Nantes, while sharing the spoils with Montpellier. Lens are eager to record yet another triumph over les Canaris, and given Nantes’ busy fixture list, away triumph should be considered. All Claude Maurice, Wesley Said, Steven Fortes, and Adam Buksa are out of contention with injuries, speaking of the visiting side.
Highlighted Player (Alban Lafont):
Alban Lafont is a French goalkeeper who plays for Ligue 1 side Toulouse. Born in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Lafont joined AS Lattoise youth school at the age of nine and he stayed at the academy until 2014 when he moved to Toulouse.
The 193-cm-tall goalkeeper has established himself as a first-choice goalkeeper at Toulouse and it has to be noted that he made 36 appearances for the club in the 2016/2017 season, keeping 10 clean sheets in the process. Due to his dual citizenship, Alban Lafont is eligible to represent both Burkina Faso and France on international stage, but he has yet to play for the African team.
Alban Lafont represented les Tricolores at youth level and, no doubt, there is a bright future ahead of the talented shoot-stopper who was born on January 23, 1999. The rising star has a contract with Toulouse which expires on June 30, 2020.
Highlighted Team (Lens):
Based in the Pas-De-Calais department, Lens is a French club that plays home games at Stade Bollaert-Delelis. The Sang et Or are well known for their red shirts with yellow stripes, while black is the dominant colour of their away jersey.
The club was founded back in 1906 and the Sang et Or originally played in green and black shirts. Speaking of their home ground, Stade Bollaert-Delelis can hold up to 38,058 spectators. The venue was opened back in 1933, and renovated during the 2014/15 season. Lens did well to win the Ligue 1 trophy in the 1997/98 season, with the team finishing the process level on points with second-place Metz.
As a result, the Sang et Or represented France in the Champions League group stages the following season. The club’s biggest European success came in the 1999/00 season when they made it to the UEFA Cup semis. Lens have won two Coupe de la Ligue trophies as well.
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