Nantes vs Lens Prediction & Tips
The team coached by Antoine Kombouaré is preparing to welcome at the Stade La Beaujoire a Racing Lens against whom they lost a couple of days ago, but in Ligue 1. However, that time Nantes succumbed on the road, so this time the “Canaries” will try at all costs to make their home ground respected.
Beyond the above, it is important to remember that Nantes have not had a good month of February. For the last four matches in all competitions, “The Canaries” have been winless. In that period, the team has recorded 3 defeats in a row, including the aforementioned one against Lens, another against Juventus, being eliminated from the Europa League and, most recently, in the French Brittany derby at home to Rennes.
It’s a complicated scenario for “The Canaries”, who needed a couple of consecutive penalty shoot-outs (against Tahon and Angers) to reach this stage of the Coupe de France. The Pays de la Loire side are 13th in Ligue 1 with 28 points, far from the European Cup zone.
Franck Haise’s men are not going through their best moment of the season either. Indeed, they have suffered just one defeat in their five most recent official matches. However, in that same period, the “Red and Gold” have only won one match, at home to Nantes on the 24th matchday of Ligue 1.
It is important to remember that in the aforementioned period of five recent matches, Lens played four away matches, drawing three of them 1-1 (Brest, Lyon and Montpellier). The last of those draws, last Saturday against Montpellier, allowed Lens to take advantage of Marseille’s loss to reach the 50-point mark and thus move to within a couple of points of second place in Ligue 1.
Despite their stumbles in the last few rounds, it is crucial to note that Racing Club de Lens are having a serious campaign. Also, it is worth remembering that on their way to the quarter-finals of the French Cup, Lens eliminated Brest 1-3 in the round of 32 and Lorient in the round of 16 on penalty kicks.
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