Lille vs Lens - prediction, team news, lineups

Lille could temporarily determination into archetypal spot successful Ligue 1 connected Friday with a triumph implicit Lens and immoderate help, arsenic they instrumentality to Stade Pierre-Mauroy connected matchday nine.

After a 1-1 gully astatine Monaco past weekend, Les Nordistes beryllium 3rd successful the table, 2 points supra Lens, who are eighth acknowledgment to a 2-1 comeback triumph implicit Paris FC.

Match preview

Despite different beardown aboriginal commencement connected matchday eight, Lille failed to clasp connected successful the Principality, dropping points successful successive league fixtures for the archetypal clip each season.

Davide Ancelotti’s men person failed to triumph 2 Ligue 1 affairs successful 2026-27 aft netting first, dropping 4 points arsenic a result.

That said, they are conscionable 2 points beneath Paris Saint-Germain for archetypal successful the array and could surpass them with a triumph and a Le Havre upset triumph connected Friday.

Since going unbeaten successful their archetypal 4 Ligue 1 affairs, things person gone southbound for this team, who person won conscionable 1 of their past six competitory games portion conceding a combined 7 goals successful their Champions League losses to Arsenal and Galatasaray.

Lille tin extremity a two-match winless tally astatine location crossed each competitions Friday, having conceded 5 goals implicit that stretch.

This week Les Dogues tin besides widen their location winning tally against Lens successful the French apical formation to 5 matches, conceding conscionable erstwhile during that time.

Domestically, Lens look to person turned the country nether caller management, reeling disconnected 3 consecutive league wins since Yannick Cahuzac took charge.

Another triumph connected Friday would surpass their longest winning tally successful Ligue 1 this twelvemonth and temporarily determination them up to 2nd successful the table.

Their home signifier sharply contrasts what this squad person shown america successful the Champions League, wherever they person mislaid their past 2 League Phase outings by a combined borderline of 5-0.

With a triumph connected Friday, they would triumph consecutive Ligue 1 matches extracurricular of Stade Bollaert-Delelis for the archetypal clip successful 2026.

Lens person conceded astatine slightest erstwhile successful each competitory distant crippled this season, allowing aggregate strikes connected 5 occasions.

Les Sang et Or tin assertion lone their 2nd distant triumph against Lille this decade, pursuing a 2-1 triumph successful 2022.

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Team News

A ft wounded volition apt support Ayase Ueda sidelined for Lille, portion Tiago Santos and Osame Sahraoui person knocks and Hamza Igamane is retired owed to a cruciate ligament tear.

Also unavailable this week is Tanguy Nianzou, who received a consecutive reddish paper successful the 2nd fractional against Les Monegasques connected matchday eight.

Ethan Mbappe Lottin scored successful the opening fractional of that fixture, putting him successful a five-way necktie for archetypal connected the squad with his 2nd of this competition.

At Lens, Ismaelo Gabiou is recovering from genu surgery, portion Jonathan Gradit and Abdallah Sima are questionable due to the fact that of limb injuries.

A cruciate ligament teardrop volition forestall Maik Nawrocki from featuring connected Friday, Jhoanner Chavez is dealing with a sore thigh, portion Odsonne Edouard whitethorn beryllium retired arsenic good owed to a insignificant knock.

Florian Thauvin and Thorgan Hazard netted second-half strikes arsenic they stormed backmost to bushed Paris FC, with the Belgian scoring his archetypal home extremity for his caller club.

Lille imaginable starting lineup:

Ozer; Srdanovic, Ngoy, Alexsandro, Perraud; Andre, Bentaleb; Mbappe Lottin, Perrin, Mukau; Giroud

Lens imaginable starting lineup:

Risser; Abdulhamid, Baidoo, Todibo; Aguilar, Bulatovic, Haidara, Udol; Thauvin, Sotoca; Ivanovic

We say: Lille 1-0 Lens

While Lens are successful bully signifier domestically, they volition look a broadside with overmuch much attacking potency than they person dealt with implicit the past fewer games, frankincense we judge the location broadside volition instrumentality to winning ways.

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