Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Metz
Match Time & Date:
12/04/2024
03:00 PM
Prediction: 0-2
Lens
Stade Saint-Symphorien will host Friday’s football game between Metz and Lens, who face each other in the Ligue 1 round 29 opener. Les Grenats suffered yet another dip in form, with the team losing each of their last three league matches and, as a result, their elite division status is in great danger. A man to watch in the home team will be Georges Mikautadze, who scored a brace in a 4-3 loss to Brest, while all Christophe Herelle, Joel Asoro, and Benjamin Tetteh remain in the recovery room.
Les Rouges et Blancs, on the other hand, aim to keep their Champions League hopes alive and we predict that they will take advantage of Metz’s poor form in the French top flight. In the first half of the season Metz defeated Lens 1-0 at Stade Bolaert-Delelis, meaning that the visitors are hungry for revenge.
Highlighted Player (Angelo Fulgini):
Angelo Fulgini is a French footballer who plays for Angers in Ligue as a midfielder. Fulgini played for the likes of AS de Saint-Paul-en-Foret, FC Vidauban, SC Douai and Valenciennes during his youth career and he continued playing for the Athenians at senior level.
After scoring eight goals in 80 appearances for Valenciennes from 2015 to 2017, he moved to Angers before the start of the 2017/2018 Ligue 1 campaign and he quickly established himself as a first-team regular at Stade Raymond-Kopa. Angelo Fulgini scored his first ever goal for les Scoistes on August 6, 2017 in a 2-2 draw with Bordeaux. Despite being born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on August 20, 1996, the Angers midfielder represents France on the international stage.
Angelo Fulgini has 3 caps for the France U21 team, while making 15 appearances for the U19 team. His main position is central midfield, but he is uses as both right-back and right midfielder as well. His preferred foot is right.
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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