Match team: Lens vs Lorient
Competition time: 8-29 21:00
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Sotoka, a 30-year-old local centre-forward, scored eight goals and three assists in Ligue 1 last season, ranking second in the team's top scorer list. Cameroon international centre-forward Ganago, 22, also scored seven goals and three assists. Homegrown goalscorer Simon Banza, 25, and right-back Honasan Klaus scored five goals, two assists and three goals and six assists, respectively.
Gail Kakuta, a 30-year-old Democratic Congo forward who was loaned from Amiens last season, became the top Scorer of Lens with 11 goals and five assists in Ligue 1, and was also bought out by the team for 5 million euros this summer.
The 26-year-old Ivorian international centre-back Seck Fofana, worth 12 million euros, is the winning bidder in the Lens squad. Argentina international centre-back Fakundo Medina, 22, is a 10 million euro team member from River Plate's academy and is a 10 million euro team behind, representing his country at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
In addition to the buyout of Kakuta, Lens's signings this summer include: 5.5 million euros from Augsburg to get 22-year-old Austrian international center-back Kevin Danso; 1.5 million euros from millionaire to get 23-year-old Venezuelan international Uyrk Fariez; 2.3 million euros from chicago flames to get 26-year-old Polish international winger Frankowski; 1.5 million euros from Toulouse to get 27-year-old Colombian international left-back Defor Machado Signed homegrown goalscorer Wesley Sayid (Toulouse) for free, homegrown centre-back Christopher Wooch (Nancy) 19, and Portuguese goalkeeper Leshoul (Nantes, etc.) for free.
Guinea international left winger Jules Keita, 23, and homegrown midfielder Charles Boley, 22, ended their loan and returned to replenish their strength.
The Lens coach is 50-year-old homegrown coach Frank Heather. He played as a midfielder as a player, playing for Rouen, Laval, Angers and other teams. After retiring, Heather served as coach of Rennes Youth, Lorient & Lens B, and assistant coach for Lorient. He became manager of Lens on 25 February 2020, managing a club for the first time as a manager and having a strong track record last season. He loves to use a 3-4-1-2 formation.
Founded on 1 January 1906, Lens won the 1998 Ligue 1 and 1999 French League. Lens was a Ligue 1 powerhouse from the end of the last century to the beginning of this century, but in 2008 he fell to Ligue 2. It has since gone through 2 promotions and 2 relegations, returning to the top stage in 2020. Last season as a promoted horse in Ligue 1, he was ranked 7th.
The team has gone unbeaten in six consecutive matches in all competitions.
Lens lost a lot of people in the offseason, including: 21-year-old local centre-back Ruvac Bard (Rennes); 24-year-old homegrown right-back and Tokyo Olympics player Michelin (Athens AEK); 27-year-old homegrown forward Tony Mauricio (Sochaux), 26-year-old Mali international right-back Sheiko Traore (Dijon), 27-year-old homegrown goalie Vinzensini (Bastia); 20-year-old homegrown right winger Bubacar Kamala (Le Mans). In addition, 35-year-old homegrown centre-back Zakaria Diallo and 26-year-old homegrown goalkeeper Valentin Veron left the team as free agents.
Last season's Ligue 1 7 goals and 5 assists, 19-year-old star Karim Endor expired on loan and returned to his home team Paris Saint-Germain.
In the last 10 matches between the two sides, 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses, the winning rate is only 30%.
【Favorable】1, the last round of league away defeat to Monaco ushered in the first win of the new season, morale is uplifted. 2. Last season, he doubled Lorient at home and away, and the psychology of the recent confrontation was dominant. 3. This season's reinforcements are sufficient, and the strength and thickness of the lineup have been improved. 4. The offensive ability is not bad, and a total of 5 goals have been scored so far this season, of which Fofana and Ignatius have scored 2 goals each.
[Unfavorable] 1, the main midfielder of the last round of the league, Ducour, received a red card and will be suspended for this game. 2. Once the goal is conceded first in the game, the final result is basically non-flat or negative, and the pressure resistance is very poor.
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The 22-year-old Nigerian new international centre-forward Trem Murphy led the team with 14 goals last season and three assists. This person is worth 10 million euros and is also the champion of the team.
The 34-year-old homegrown Fabien Lemoin is lorient's captain. He has played for Rennes and Saint-Etiennes for many years and has contributed 7 goals and 22 assists in 318 Ligue 1 appearances so far, and is very experienced.
Jeremy Morel, a 37-year-old centre-back from his own academy, has played for Marseille, Lyon, Rennes and other strong teams, and returned to his parent team in the summer of 2020. Morel won the French League + French Super Cup with Marseille in 2011/12, contributing 10 goals and 23 assists in 418 Ligue 1 appearances. As a well-known international in Madagascar, he also scored 1 goal in 11 appearances for the country, and advanced to the quarterfinals with the team in 2019.
Lorient is 55-year-old local coach Christopher Pelicier. He began coaching the French lower division in 2006 and joined Amiens at the end of 2014. Leading the team all the way from Ligue D to Ligue 1 is quite an amazing achievement. At the end of May 2019, Pelicia moved to Lorient. In the 2019/20 season, he led the team to ligue 2 and was promoted to Ligue 1, and was successfully relegated last season.
Founded in 1926, Lorient's only honour in team history was the 2002 French Cup winner, which has been torn between Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 this century. Lorient was relegated to Ligue 2 in 2017 and was promoted to Ligue 2 under pelicier in 2019/20, successfully relegating last season.
Lorient conceded 68 goals last season as the third most in Ligue 1, which is just a point better than relegated Nimes (71) and Dijon (73).
Last season's Ligue 1 10 goals and 5 assists of the second top scorer & assist king, 24-year-old local winger Joan Veisa xia window left the team, for 10 million euros to premier League promotion Ma Brentford. Last season, apart from Joan Vessa and Trem Murphy, no one in Lorient scored more than four goals in Ligue 1. The departure of the former can be described as a major loss.
Lorient's other departures this summer include 20-year-old homegrown midfielder Julien Ponsu (Niems), 24-year-old Turkish striker and 2017/18 Ligue 2 Golden Boot to Mitt Bozok (Kaspassa), 26-year-old Cameroon international back Franklin Vaga (Caen), and 35-year-old homegrown midfielder Marfox (Charlotte independent). In addition, the 35-year-old local midfielder De La Pres and the 31-year-old local centre-back Sonnier left the team to become free agents.
[Advantageous] 1, the team entered the game state relatively quickly, and all 3 league games this season achieved the record of scoring the first goal.
[Unfavorable] 1, the team in the last round of the league can be described as losing and losing, two consecutive defenders to eat red cards, this game will be suspended punishment. 2. Last season's No. 2 scorer Visa earlier moved to Championship side Brentford, and the offensive firepower may have weakened. 3, the attack is relatively weak, so far only 3 goals have been scored, of which 1 goal is still a oolong ball, and the front line is not performing well. 4. In the past 5 games with an initial data of +0.5, he has been beaten 4 times, and his performance is extremely poor under this data. 5. The past performance of the match was not good, and last season, he was killed by the opponent's home and away doubles, and the confrontation psychology fell behind.
Match Analysis: Confidence Index - Lens Match Results - Lens 3 Wins ★★★★ 3 and 4 Defeats Lens won the first win of the season in the last round of league games against Monaco, and the team doubled RowanAnte last season, and Lens, who has the advantage of home, has a strong winning drum in this battle.
Highlights: Lens - 0.5 goals, the score is recommended 1-0 2-0 2-1