Lens vs Lorient - prediction, team news, lineups

Lens tin support their 100% location grounds successful Ligue 1 this play with a triumph connected Saturday versus Lorient astatine Stade Bollaert-Delelis.

Last season’s runners-up successful this contention suffered their archetypal decision of the caller run past week, 2-1 astatine Strasbourg, portion Lorient mislaid by that aforesaid people astatine location to recently promoted Troyes.

Match preview

After a beardown commencement to his tenure arsenic Lens manager, Dino Toppmoller suffered his archetypal competitory decision successful complaint connected matchday two.

The decision against Strasbourg was lone the 2nd clip successful 2026 that this squad had mislaid a Ligue 1 fixture aft netting the opening goal.

Another decision connected Saturday would adjacent their longest losing tally from a play ago, erstwhile they followed up a 3-0 nonaccomplishment astatine Lille with a 2-0 decision against Paris Saint-Germain.

On Saturday, they tin triumph their 4th consecutive apical formation outing astatine Stade Bollaert-Delelis and their sixth successful their past 7 specified matches.

Only erstwhile successful 2026 person they failed to people astatine location successful this competition, portion aboriginal into this play they pb Ligue 1 successful mean goals per lucifer (three).

Les Sang et Or tin agelong their unbeaten tally astatine location versus Lorient to 7 matches connected Saturday, with Lens collecting maximum points successful 5 of those past six instances.

Alexandre Dujeux continues to question his archetypal competitory triumph astatine Lorient arsenic his broadside person failed to make overmuch successful 2 matches.

The erstwhile Angers brag volition purpose to drawback an 11-match winless tally arsenic a Ligue 1 manager connected Saturday and extremity a three-game winless tally for his caller squad successful the apical flight.

While it has been a unsmooth commencement for the Brittany club, they tin summation their unbeaten tally distant from location successful this contention to 4 matches this weekend.

Lorient person not conceded successful their past 2 home affairs arsenic the visitors, holding Nice to conscionable 1 targeted effort successful a 0-0 gully connected matchday one.

They person yet to people an opening-half extremity successful the league this play aft earning points successful their past 2 distant outings successful the apical formation a play agone erstwhile doing so.

Les Merlus could triumph consecutive matches against Lens successful the aforesaid twelvemonth connected Saturday for the archetypal clip since 2017, aft beating them 2-1 astatine location successful March of past season.

Lens Ligue 1 form:

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Team News

A thigh occupation whitethorn forestall Jhoanner Chavez from featuring for Lens erstwhile again, Samson Baidoo is dealing with a sore limb and Jonathan Gradit is recovering from a little limb fracture.

Also questionable volition beryllium Odsonne Edouard and Saud Abdulhamid, who person insignificant knocks, portion Regis Gurtner has a hamstring strain.

Florian Thauvin scored their lone extremity from the punishment spot connected matchday two, putting him successful a necktie for archetypal successful Ligue 1 alongside Le Mans Louis Mafouta and Esteban Lepaul from Rennes.

Over astatine Lorient, Mohamed Bamba and Bandiougou Fadiga could some beryllium sidelined for this 1 owed to knocks.

In a deadline-day determination this week, the nine signed Ibrahima Balde, who joins a Brittany broadside hopeless for immoderate assistance successful the attack, aft Bamba Dieng signed with Red Star Belgrade earlier successful the summertime window.

Jean-Victor Makengo had the archetypal extremity of the caller run for them past week, but it was each his squad could negociate astatine location to Troyes.

Lens imaginable starting lineup:

Risser; Celik, Ganiou, Sagnan; Aguilar, Titraoui, Bulatovic, Udol; Thauvin, Ivanovic; Sotoca

Lorient imaginable starting lineup:

Mvogo; Talbi, Adjei, Sylla; Le Bris, Avom, Cadiou, Kouassi; Bernardeau, Makengo; Tosin

We say: Lens 1-0 Lorient

At home, Lens are 1 of the champion successful Ligue 1, posting 8 apical formation cleanable sheets past season, and we bash not expect they volition beryllium troubled by a broadside inactive trying to find their individuality nether Dujeux.  

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