Feb 6th features a match where Lorient hosts Lens in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Ligue 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Lorient sits at 19th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-4 loss against Nantes. Andrei Girotto struck first for Nantes in the 39th minute, then Randal Kolo Muani added another in the 53rd minute on a feed from Fábio. Lorient looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10, while in their last match, 9th placed Lens, recorded a 2-4 loss against Monaco. Wissam Ben Yedder scored the first goal for Monaco in the 18th minute, then Jean Lucas added another in the 27th minute. Lens is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
Lorient and Lens last played eachother at the Stade Bollaert-delelis on the 29th of August. Lens and Lorient battled to a 2-2 draw. Jonathan Clauss scored the first goal for Lens in the 24th minute, then Armand Lauriente tied it up for Lorient in the 27th minute .
Lens’s most prolific scorer has been Seko Fofana. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Soumano has been the most prolific scorer on Lorient in his last five matches with 2 goals.