📊 Form Guide

ESTAC

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ESTAC will be hoping for a better result following the 0-2 Ligue 2 defeat in their last game at the hands of Le Mans FC.

Their more recent scorelines reveal that not much more can be done by the ESTAC rearguard. ESTAC have given the opposition little, resulting in the tally of goals that have gone in at their end during their past 6 games standing at 4.

RC Lens

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RC Lens will go into the game following a 1-0 Ligue 1 win with the defeat of Havre AC in their most recent outing.

In that game, RC Lens managed 54% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for RC Lens was Ruben Aguilar (45'). Havre AC had 8 shots on goal with 2 on target.

A series of dependable performances from the RC Lens defensive players has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 4 from their past 6 clashes combined. In that period of time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves is 12. We will find out if that trend can be continued on in this game.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 24/08/2019 shows us that ESTAC have won 1 of these and RC Lens 4, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

A sum of 14 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 4 of them for Troyes and 10 being from Les Artésiens. That is an average goals per game value of 2.33.

The last league game featuring these sides was Ligue 1 match day 20 on 28/01/2023 when it finished ESTAC 1-1 RC Lens.

On that day, ESTAC managed 27% possession and 6 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. The scorer was Yasser Larouci (50').

RC Lens got 22 shots at goal with 4 on target. Adrien Thomasson (88') scored.

The match was refereed by Clément Turpin.

📰 Team News: RC Lens

RC Lens manager Pierre Sage has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Jonathan Gradit (Lower leg fracture), Samson Baidoo (Hamstring injury) and Régis Gurtner (Hamstring injury) can’t be considered. Florian Thauvin will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

⚡ Prediction

Our feeling is that ESTAC would be disappointed if they were not to score a goal against this RC Lens side, but a single goal likely won’t be enough to avoid defeat.

Therefore, we’re predicting a 1-2 win for RC Lens at full-time. Let’s see what happens here.

Victor Martins, 15:01 04/02/2026