In this week 25 match, on Sat Feb 19th, Lens will play host to Olympique Lyonnais in a meeting of these two Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a windy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 8th placed Lens, recorded a 3-2 win against Bordeaux. Arnaud Muinga struck first for Lens in the 10th minute on a feed from Gaël Kakuta, then Gaël Kakuta added another in the 22nd minute on a penalty shot. Lens is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while 7th placed Olympique Lyonnais is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Nice. Moussa Dembélé scored the first goal for Olympique Lyonnais in the 8th minute on a penalty kick, then Karl Toko Ekambi added another in the 52nd minute In the end, Nice was frustrated by Olympique Lyonnais’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Olympique Lyonnais ended the match with the shutout victory. Olympique Lyonnais is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
Lens and Olympique Lyonnais last played eachother at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais on Saturday Oct 30th. Olympique Lyonnais was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Karl Toko Ekambi struck first for Olympique Lyonnais in the 25th minute on a penalty kick, then Houssem Aouar added another in the 41st minute.
Olympique Lyonnais is glad to have Moussa Dembélé in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals. Both Seko Fofana and Arnaud Muinga have been the hottest scorers for Lens in the last five each having scored 2 goals each
Jonathan Gradit and Cahuzac are unavailable to play for Franck Haise’s team, while Moussa Dembélé, Rayan Cherki, Jason Denayer and Tino Kadewere are unavailable to play for Peter Bosz’s team.