Ligue 1 is in full swing after the World Cup break. This Thursday (29), Nice receives Lens, at 5 pm (Brasília time), in a match valid for the 16th round of the French Championship.
Nice is currently in ninth place in the league, with 22 points conquered. The team comes from six games without losing in Ligue 1 and uses the home advantage to achieve the post-World Cup victory. Lens, the sensation of the competition, wants to win to maintain the second place and take off from the competitors that are behind in the leaderboard.
Prognoses:
Under 2.5 goals – Yes
Lens has already scored 26 times in Ligue 1, averaging 1.7 goals per game. While Nice has an average of exactly one goal per game. However, the defensive system of the visiting team is very solid, being the 2nd best defense of the competition, with only 10 goals conceded.
While Nice’s defense isn’t among the season’s best, they’ve only conceded 17 goals so far. Therefore, it is not a defensive system that fails a lot and is leaked in many opportunities. Therefore, we understand that this is a game that will have few goals.
Both Teams To Score – No
As already mentioned, Lens’ defense has been leaked on a few occasions this season. Furthermore, Nice’s attack has not been as efficient this year, having only scored 15 times.
With these two statistics, we believe that the offensive system of the home team will not be able to break through the good defense of the visitor. Thus, we understand that only Lens scores goals in this match.
Lens scores 1st goal – Yes
Anyway, in 11 games out of 15 Ligue 1 games, it was Lens who came out ahead. Still, in the last four matches against Nice, Sang et Or scored 1st. With the team’s offense working so well this season, the same should happen in this matchup.
Still, the hosts started losing in nine of the 15 matches of the French Championship. Which supports the thesis that Lens scores the 1st goal of the game.
