France - Ligue 1StarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Reims and Lens, taking place on Sunday, 18 February 2024, at Stade Auguste-Delaune in Reims.
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Reims, Recent FormFailing to acquire any points in their 2-0 away defeat by Lorient will have left the Reims squad feeling a little deflated. During that encounter they had 61% possession and had 20 attempts on goal with 5 on target, while their opponents hit 5 of their 17 shots on goal.
It's fair to say that manager Will Still will be pretty happy with his squad's ability to find the net of late, having scored 6 goals in their last 6 matches. That said, he will also be aware there is still work to do at the back, where they have shipped 8 goals in those same matches as well as some valuable points. When playing at home this season, they've notched up 5 clean sheets.
This will be regarded as a poor run of form, with 3 defeats from their last 6 matches and just 2 victories.
Lens, Recent FormHaving taken all 3 points, with a crucial 3-1 home win over Strasbourg in their last league game, Lens will undoubtedly be very satisfied with their work. Their share of possession in that meeting was 50%, while racking up 10 shots along the way, 6 of which were on target. Strasbourg had 19 shots on goal with 5 on target.
Manager Franck Haise will be reasonably pleased with his team's performances in front of goal, having scored 8 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 5 goals conceded in the same period. Away from home, they're currenlty on a run of 2 consecutive clean sheets, but they have failed to score in 5 of their 11 games away from Stade Bollaert-Delelis this season.
They have had a good run of form recently, winning 4 out of their last 6 games.
On an individual basis, David Pereira da Costa has scored in each of Lens' last 0 league games.
When these two teams last met in the league it was a 2-0 win for Lens.
Goals should be on the cards for Les Sang et Or in this one, given they have found the net, with at least 1 goal, against Reims in their last 8 meetings together.
In the last 2 league meetings between the teams, Lens has taken all 3 points and has not lost to Reims in 7 games.
Lens player Florian Sotoca has scored 2 times in the previous 3 matches against Reims away at Stade Auguste-Delaune in the league and will be looking for more of the same in this match.
With only Valentin Atangana Edoa (Hamstring) and Maxime Busi (Thigh) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Will Still will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
Franck Haise has a number of injury concerns in his Lens squad to contend with: Ruben Aguilar (Foot), Jimmy Cabot (Cruciate ligament) and Déiver Machado (Groin)
Reims Playing at home | Lens Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | Goals scored | 0.9 |
| 1.2 | Goals conceded | 1 |
| 38' | Time first goal scored | 37' |
| 39' | Time first goal conceded | 48' |
| 1.3 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.2 |
| 4.3 | Subs used | 4.9 |
| 2-0 | Biggest victory | 3-0 |
| 3-0 | Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
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