Olympique Lyonnais Lens betting prediction

The away team is currently in the 3^rd position of the league, with 46 points won, after 13 wins, 7 draws and 2 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in a home match against Nice, by (0‑1). In the last match, they tied in an away match against Brest, by (1‑1). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 6 wins, 8 draws and 1 loss in away matches, with 20 goals scored and 11 conceded; against 12 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss at their stadium, with 26 goals scored and 8 conceded. In their last match, for the Coupe de France, they got an away win against Lorient by (2‑4), after a penalty shootout. In the last 10 away league matches Lens has a record of 3 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss, so they have won 15 points out of 30 possible.

In this competition, they have a sequence of 4 draws in the last away matches and they haven't lost any of the last 6 away matches. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half‑time was the 0‑0 (7 out of 11 matches). Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 8 of the last 11 matches for this competition have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 22 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 6 times and have only turned the score around in 1. In the last 11 away matches for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 5 of their 12 goals between minutes (76'‑90').

Lens comes motivated for this round after a victory, on penalties, against Lorient, counting for the French Cup. In the last round of Ligue 1, the visitors drew (1-1) against Stade Brest. The away team usually plays in a 3-4-3, where the three most advanced players are David Costa, Florian Sotoca and Lois Openda. The brain of the team is midfielder Seko Fofana, who is responsible for defining and leading his team's attacks. Coach Franck Haise should not be able to count on Wesley Saïd, Steven Fortes, Adam Buksa, Jimmy Cabot and Wuilker Faríñez, all with physical problems.

Confirmed Lineup: Brice Samba, Kevin Danso, Facundo Medina, Deiver Machado, Julien Le Cardinal, Jonathan Gradit, Angelo Fulgini, Salis Abdul Samed, Seko Fofana, Adrien Thomasson, Florian Sotoca.
Coach: F. Haise.