On the 3rd of April, in this week 30 match, Strasbourg hosts Lens at Stade De La Meinau in a meeting of these two closely matched Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 2 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 5th placed Strasbourg is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Lorient. Neither Lorient nor Strasbourg could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 9 and 12 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Strasbourg should be reasonably happy with their performance, while lens sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-1 win against Clermont. Elbasan Rashani struck first for Clermont in the 9th minute, but Kevin Danso got the equalizer for Lens in the 39th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 48th minute on a goal by Florian Sotoca. Lens should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 22nd of September, Strasbourg took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Ludovic Ajorque struck first for Strasbourg in the 67th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Lens couldn’t manage to score, and Strasbourg took the shutout win.
Lens’s most prolific scorer has been Jonathan Clauss. The French defender has netted two goals over the last five matches. Strasbourg hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Lucas Perrin and Habib Diallo, and they each have 1 goal
Adrien Thomasson, Maxime Le Marchand, Ismael Doukoure and Kandil are unavailable to play for Julien Stéphan’s team, while Lens will be without Corentin Jean.