Week 7 features a match on Friday Sep 9th, where Troyes and Lens will play a match in Lens in a clash of these two mismatched Ligue 1 teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Lens recorded a 1-1 draw against Reims. Folarin Balogun scored the first goal for Reims in the 71st minute, then Loïs Openda got the equalizer for Lens in the 82nd minute on a feed from Florian Sotoca squeezing out at least the one point for Lens. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Lens should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Troyes recorded a 1-1 draw against Rennes. Ike Ugbo struck first for Troyes in the 14th minute, then in the 48th minute, Martin Terrier sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Baptiste Santamaria earning them at least the one point. Troyes is looking for direction having earned 11 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 Lens won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Troyes is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Wilson Odobert and Tardieu each having 2 goals in their last 5. Lens is fortunate enough to have Loïs Openda in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals
Lens will be without Gaël Kakuta, Seko Fofana and Wuilker Faríñez, while Troyes will be without Abdu Conte and Andreas Bruus.