Our prediction for this Ligue 1 match:
Lille
Match Time & Date:
29/03/2024
03:00 PM
Prediction: 1-1
Lens
Lille and Lens square off against each other at Stade Pierre-Mauroy in the opening match of the Ligue 1 round 27. Les Dogues are eager to stay in the Champions League berth and we are positive that they will leave their hearts on the field in Friday’s showdown. All Tiago Morais, Rafael Fernandes, Andrej Ilic, and Samuel Umtiti are sidelined with injuries, but there are no suspended players in the home team.
Les Sang et Or, on the other hand, aim to recover from a 3-1 loss to Nice. Lens and Lille, though, seem to be evenly matched at the moment and we predict that they are going to share the spoils in Friday’s derby. As for the away team, midfielder Abdukodir Khusanov is banned due to the accumulation of yellow cards, while Jonathan Gradit has joined the likes of Deiver Machado and Jimmy Cabot in the recovery room.
Highlighted Player (Benjamin André):
Benjamin Andre is a French footballer, who began his career at Stade Raphaelois youth team. At the age of 16 Andre moved to Ajaccio and he played for the first team from 2008 to 2014. The right-footed midfielder scored 12 goals in 187 appearances in the league for the Corsican team and in the summer of 2014 he moved to fellow French club Rennes.
Andre scored his first goal for les Rouges et Noirs on January 25, 2015, in a 4-1 defeat to Caen. The French player made provided three assists for his teammates in 36 appearances for Rennes in the 2016/2017 Ligue 1 campaign and the club chiefs decided to extend his contract in June, 2017. His deal with the Roazhon Park outfit should expire on June 30, 2022.
Benjamin Andre, who was born in Nice on August 3, 1990, has seven caps for France U21 team. The Rennes footballer plays as a central midfielder, but he is often used as both left and right midfielder.
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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