Aug 31st features a match where Lens and Lorient will play a match in Lens in a meeting of these two Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, a perfect day for football. Lens is fresh off their 2-1 win against Rennes. Seko Fofana scored the first goal for Lens in the 66th minute, then Loïs Openda added another in the 70th minute on a feed from Sotoca. Lens is looking for direction having 2 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Lorient recorded a 2-2 draw against Toulouse. Armand Lauriente struck first for Lorient in the 2nd minute, then Rafael Ratão tied it up for Toulouse in the 31st minute . Lorient is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Lorient won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Lorient hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Julien Laporte and Arthur Theate, and they each have 1 goal. Florian Sotoca has been the most effective weapon for Lens lately. The French attacker has netted three goals in his last 5 matches
Wuilker Faríñez is unavailable to play for Franck Haise’s team, while Régis Le Bris’s Lorient squad will be without Julien Ponceau.