In this 21st week match, on Wed Feb 1st, Lens will host Nice at Stade Bollaert-delelis in a meeting of these two mismatched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, Lens recorded a 1-1 draw against Troyes. Yasser Larouci scored the first goal for Troyes in the 50th minute, but Adrien Thomasson got the equalizer for Lens in the 88th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Lens. Lens is on a hot streak lately, with only 0 loss in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Nice recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Reims. Reims had 13 on net, and Nice had 8, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Nice should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Nice and Lens battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Nice nor Lens could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 10 and 11 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
Ross Barkley has been the most prolific scorer on Nice in the last 5 matches with 3 goals. Lens’s top weapon lately has been Adrien Thomasson, who has 2 goals in the last five matches.