Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Lens
Match Time & Date:
15/09/2024
20:45
Prediction: 3-2
Lyon
Sparkles will be flying when Lens and Olympique Lyon go head to head at Stade Bollaert-Delelis in the closing match of the Ligue 1 round 4. Lens made a promising start to the season, beating both Angers and Brest, while sharing the spoils with Monaco. Les Sang et Or are eager to give fans yet another reason to celebrate, but les Gones should not be written off just yet. Anass Zaroury has joined Jimmy Cabot and Neil El Aynoui in the recovery room, with David Pereira da Costa likely to step up.
Les Gones, on the other hand, desperately needed a win against Strasbourg before the international break and they managed to get one (4-3). Olympique Lyon, though, are not regarded as good travellers and we do not believe that they are capable of spoiling Lens’ party at Stade Bollaert-Delelis. Both Ernest Nuamah and Nicolas Tagliafico are sidelined with injuries for the visiting team.
Highlighted Player (Saïd Benrahma):
Said Benrahma is an Algeria international who started his club career at Nice. The pacey winger made his Ligue 1 debut during the 2013/2014 season and after scoring 3 goals in 17 appearances for les Aiglons in the French top flight, he moved to the Championship team Brentford in the summer of 2018.
Said Benrahma was born in Ain Temouchent, Algeria on August 10, 1995 and it has to be noted that he played for the likes of Angers, Gazelec Ajaccio and Chateauroux on loan before joining the Griffin Park outfit. The Algerian footballer impressed in the 2018/2019 Championship season, scoring 10 goals and providing 15 assists for his teammates.
His main position is right winger, but he is used as a left winger as well. Speaking of his international career, Said Benrahma made his debut for the Algeria national team on October 13, 2015 in a 1-0 win over Senegal.
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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