Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Lens
Match Time & Date:
16/12/2023
12:00 PM
Prediction: 2-1
Reims
Following three consecutive league wins, Lens shared the spoils with Montpellier in their last league match. Les Sang et Or are brimming with confidence following the Champions League win over Sevilla and they are seen as hot favourites to beat les Rouges et Blancs as well. Nampalys Mendy limped off with injury in the midweek clash, with fellow midfielder Neil El Aynaoui likely to step up, while both Florian Sotoca and Facundo Medina are banned for the match.
Reims, on the other hand, were beaten by Rennes and Nice in the previous two away games, which is yet another reason why we are going to bet on Lens. All Marshall Munetsi, Josh Wilson-Esbrand, Ibrahim Diakite, and Atangana Edoa remain on the sidelines with injuries, speaking of the away team. In their last meeting at the venue Lens defeated Reims 2-1 and we predict that history is going to repeat itself.
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 (Reims):
Reims are a French football club founded in 1931. Reims welcome their rivals at Stade Auguste Delaune, which can hold up to 21,684 people. Believe it or not, Reims won six Ligue 1 titles (1948/1949, 1952/1953, 1954/1955, 1957/1958, 1959/1960, 1961/1962). To make things even better for the fans, Reims participated in the European Cup final on two occasions.
In 1956 they faced Real Madrid in the title game and despite taking the lead after six minutes, the French side eventually suffered a 4-3 loss to los Blancos at Parc des Princes. Three years later Reims had a chance to get their revenge on Real Madrid, but the Spanish giants once again won the European Cup, with Mateos and Di Stefano finding the net in the 2-0 victory over Albert Batteux.
The club’s most notable footballer is Just Fontaine, who scored 13 goals for France at the 1958 FIFA World Cup finals. Reims’ home colours are red and white, with the team wearing white when playing on the road.
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