Lens vs Paris FC - prediction, team news, lineups

In hunt of a 3rd successive league triumph, Lens instrumentality to Stade Bollaert-Delelis connected Saturday to look 1 of this season’s astonishment stories, Paris FC.

Last season’s Ligue 1 runners-up are up to eighth successful the array acknowledgment to a 3-1 triumph astatine Troyes past week, putting them 4 points beneath Paris FC, who beryllium 3rd pursuing a thrilling 4-3 triumph implicit Rennes.

Match preview

Under Yannick Cahuzac, Lens are starting to gel, astatine slightest successful league play, with 2 wins successful a enactment and points successful 3 of their past 4 league fixtures.

With a triumph connected Saturday, they would adjacent their longest winning tally successful the French apical formation from the 2026 information of past season.

While they whitethorn beryllium turning the country domestically, they are struggling successful Europe, having mislaid their past 2 Champions League affairs without scoring a goal, including a 3-0 decision astatine Club Brugge connected Wednesday.

Although they person conceded lone erstwhile successful their past 2 league fixtures, Lens person fixed up aggregate goals successful each 3 of their Champions League matches, putting them beneath the knockout signifier enactment of that tournament.

Lens person won 2 of their 3 home location games this play but could lucifer their fig of location defeats connected Saturday from the 2026 information of past play (two).

Les Sang et Or tin widen their winning tally against Paris FC crossed each competitions to six matches this weekend, beating them astatine Stade Bollaert-Delelis 2-1 a play ago.

In a back-and-forth matter successful the French superior past week, Paris FC recovered a way, yet pulling up of Rennes and collecting maximum points.

Liam Rosenior’s men were pegged backmost by Stade Rennais doubly but stay unbeaten astatine location successful Ligue 1 this season.

While they person netted a combined 9 goals astatine location successful this competition, the Parisian broadside person failed to people successful 2 of their 3 league contests distant from location frankincense far.

On Sunday, Paris could endure successive distant defeats successful Ligue 1 for the archetypal clip each year, matching their longest losing streak arsenic the visitors from a play ago.

As awesome arsenic Paris FC person been this season, they person been a small excessively assertive astatine times successful their extremity of the field, conceding a league-high 3 penalties already.

Paris FC tin cod their first-ever Ligue 1 triumph astatine Lens this weekend, having not won astatine Stade Bollaert-Delelis since a 1-0 triumph successful Ligue 2 backmost successful 2016.

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Team News

Thigh strains whitethorn support Jhoanner Chavez and Abdallah Sima retired of the Lens fold this weekend, portion Jonathan Gradit is questionable owed to a musculus injury.

Also questionable volition beryllium Maik Nawrocki due to the fact that of a cruciate ligament tear, portion Matthieu Udol is eligible to instrumentality from his reddish paper suspension.

Odsonne Edouard and Ruben Aguilar netted successful their triumph implicit Troyes aft an ain extremity enactment them ahead, portion Florian Thauvin amazingly played conscionable implicit fractional an hr successful their midweek decision to Club Brugge.

For Paris FC, Jonathan Ikone has a limb issue, Nhoa Sangui has a sore hamstring and Luca Koleosho is questionable with a knock.

Three caller faces returned to the Paris FC fold arsenic substitutes past clip out, including Moses Simon, who earned conscionable his 3rd Ligue 1 headdress of the campaign.

Maxime Lopez notched a brace against Rennes past Sunday, and Lassine Sinayoko did the same, scoring the victor from the punishment spot successful the 97th minute.

Lens imaginable starting lineup:

Risser; Antonio, Ganiou, Baidoo; Aguilar, Haidara, Bulatovic, Udol; Thauvin, Sotoca; Edouard

Paris FC imaginable starting lineup:

Trapp; Camara, Chergui, Coppola, Traore; Lopez, Lees-Melou; Kebbal, Pagis, Krasso; Sinayoko

We say: Lens 1-1 Paris FC

These are 2 resilient teams that person played good domestically, and we judge the Lens backline volition clasp firm, with each broadside taking a point.

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