Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Lens
Match Time & Date:
23/11/2024
08:00 AM
Prediction: 2-2
Marseille
Stade Bollaert-Delelis will host Saturday’s football game between Lens and Olympique Marseille, the two Champions-League-chasing teams. Lens aim to build on a hard-fought 3-2 win over Nantes and they are likely to adopt yet another attack-minded approach against OM. Given Lens’ attacking potential at home, we are positive that they are going to find the net in the round 12 clash. Both Abdukodir Khusanov and Jonathan Gradit are banned for the match, while Fiorentina loanee M’Bala Nzola is back from suspension.
Roberto De Zerbi’s men, on the other hand, are eager to make amends for a shocking 3-1 loss to Auxerre. As Olympiauqe Marseille are likely to stick to their attacking style of play, we believe that there is a big value in betting on over 2.5 goals. The likes of Amine Harit, Derek Cornelius, Valentin Carboni, Faris Moumbagna, Ruben Blanco, and Bilal Nadir miss out with injuries for the visiting side.
Highlighted Player (Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg):
Born in Copenhagen, on the 5th of August, 1995, Hojbjerg has been playing football since the age of five. The Danish International spent his youth career playing for clubs BK Skjold, F.C. Copenhagen and Brondby IF. In 2012, he moved to Germany to sign his first professional contract with Bundesliga giants FC Bayern Munich.
After spending his first year playing for the Munich reserves, the midfielder made his maiden professional appearance the following season, in a Bundesliga game against FC Nurnberg on the 13th of April. Hojbjerg's next spell came at FC Augsburg, who signed him on a six-month loan from the Bavarians in January 2015. The same year, he scored his first-ever professional goal that came in a 2-1 away loss to Paderborn 07 on the 11th of April. The following season, he was loaned out again, this time to Schalke 04 for a whole season.
In a move that would mark the end of his stint in German Football, Hojbjerg joined Premier league club Southampton in 2016 on a transfer worth 13 million euros. He's currently on a five-year contract with the Saints. At the International level, the 24-year-old represented Denmark at every iteration of the youth level before making his senior debut on the 28th of May, 2014, in a friendly against Sweden.
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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