They both shoot – yes
They both shoot – yes
Lens shares second place in the table with Marseille, surpassing them only by additional metrics. In this case, the team may have a chance to fight for the championship. The loss to PSG is only 6 points, but in the next duel it could be reduced to 3.
“Blood-gold” are approaching the upcoming meeting with a series of 3 “dry” victories with a total score of 8:0. It is worth noting that Lens have an excellent record, as evidenced by the 3rd and 1st places in Ligue 1 in terms of expected goals scored (xg = 1.77) and conceded (xga = 1.09) per game.
In addition, they are second to none in the game on their pitch. For 14 rounds, “Lance” scored 37 points out of a possible 42.
Strasbourg solves completely different tasks this season. The club is trying to maintain a residence permit in the country’s elite league. After 29 rounds, they share the 16th place in the table with Auxerre and only thanks to the advantage in additional indicators did they fall into the relegation zone.
From February 13, the team was headed by a new coach – Frederic Antonetti. Under his leadership, the “players” played 6 matches, in which they scored 8 points.
It is worth noting that they did not lose xg in any of these matches, gaining more than 1xg in each.
Strasbourg increased their productivity in the last third of the field and will probably be able to create some scoring opportunities in this meeting. Nevertheless, it is unlikely that it will be able to stop the home “Lance”.