Week 22 brings us a match on Jan 22nd where Lens hosts Olympique Marseille in a meeting of these two Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 2 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Lens is fresh off their 2-1 win against Saint-Étienne. Ryad Boudebouz struck first for Saint-Étienne in the 38th minute, then Sotoca tied it up for Lens in the 77th minute on a feed from Jonathan Clauss Finally they completed the comback in the 95th minute on a goal by Seko Fofana to cap off a wild match. Lens is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 3rd placed Olympique Marseille, recorded a 1-1 draw against Lille. Sven Botman struck first for Lille in the 15th minute on a feed from Renato Sanches, then Cengiz Ünder tied it up for Olympique Marseille in the 75th minute on a feed from Dimitri Payet squeezing out at least the one point for Olympique Marseille. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Olympique Marseille should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On the 26th of September, Olympique Marseille hosted Lens in their last match together. Lens was victorious by a score of 3 to 2. Florian Sotoca scored the first goal for Lens in the 9th minute on a penalty kick, then Przemysław Frankowski added another in the 27th minute.
Arkadiusz Milik has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 4 goals for Olympique Marseille. Seko Fofana has been the most effective weapon for Lens lately. The midfielder has netted 3 goals in his last five matches
Franck Haise’s Lens squad will be without Wuilker Faríñez, while Arkadiusz Milik, Álvaro González and Valentin Rongier are unavailable to play for Olympique Marseille.