RC Lens & Clermont Foot meet on Match-day 29

The Stade Bollaert-Delelis sees Saturday action as Lens take on Cleermont – 5:00pm GMT.

Cleermont currently sit in sixteenth place as they travel to ninth placed Lens.

RC Lens go into this match with 41 points secured

With one draw, which followed a defeat, Lens’s recent form has not been great. They will be looking to return to winning ways in this next match.

Also, With 41 points, they currently sit ninth in the League. The breakdown for the team’s record is 11 wins, 9 losses and 8 draws having won 11 matches, drawn eight games, and lost nine meetings.

Playing at home, Lens have won six meetings, drawn five matches, and lost three games.

A victory for RC Lens would put them on 44 points.

Good Attacking Performance

Lens will be pleased to have a good goal scoring record so far this season (42). This season, their stand-out attacking players have been Seko Fofana (2), Jonathan Clauss (2), and Florian Sotoca (1). Lens have conceded 38 goals.

Lens are likely to be missing four of their key players when they start Saturday’s game, due to injury and illness.

Clermont Foot arrive at this fixture, having secured 28 points so far this season

Whilst Cleermont need a positive result from this fixture, they cannot afford to throw caution to the wind. Another successive defeat for Cleermont after losing against FC Lorient and Lille would represent a worrying sign of where they are just now.

Also, suffering 11 losses in 18 matches is a terrible run of form for any club, Pascal Gastien’s Cleermont will know this and will be hopeful of turning it around. Now they have 7 matches won, 14 games lost and 7 duels drawn; that’s why they currently sit in sixteenth place, with a total of 28 points having won seven games, drawn seven fixtures, and lost 14 meetings.

With a poor record on the road, which amounts to four victories, two draws, and eight losses, it is hard to predict a positive outcome for Cleermont as they travel once more.

Victory for Clermont Foot would take their points tally to 31 so far this season.

Going into Saturday’s game, Pascal Gastien without five of his players, due to illness or injury.

RC Lens v Clermont Foot – Head-to-Head.

Regarding their historical duels Lens and Cleermont have faced each other 22 times in the past, with the balance of wins sitting in Lens’s favour (7 – 4). Also, Lens are unbeaten in their last four games played at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis against Cleermont. In their most recent meeting of this fixture was December 2021 and the score line ended up with a 2-2 draw.

Performance Report

For Lens, Seko Fofana, one of their best scorers, has netted
two goals in 28 League matches this campaign, while Cedric Hountondji is one of the top performing players after having scored
two goals in 28 League fixtures this Ligue 1 Season for Cleermont.

Other players of note for Lens are Seko Fofana and Jonathan Clauss with two goals each and for Cleermont are Cedric Hountondji and Elbasan Rashani with two goals both.