Jan 14th features a match where Lens hosts Auxerre in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. Lens is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Linas-Montlhery. Seko Fofana struck first for Lens in the 72nd minute, then Florian Sotoca added another in the 77th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Linas-Montlhery couldn’t manage to score, and Lens took the shutout win. Lens is on a hot streak lately, having won 8 of their last 10, while 18th placed Auxerre is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Dunkerque. Samy Baghdadi scored the first goal for Dunkerque in the 5th minute, then Rayan Raveloson tied it up for Auxerre in the 19th minute . They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season.
Auxerre is glad to have M’Baye Niang in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals. Lens’s most prolific scorer has been Alexis Claude Maurice. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches
Wuilker Faríñez is unavailable to play for Franck Haise’s team, while Christophe Pélissier’s Auxerre squad will be without Kays Ruiz-Atil and Paul Joly.