Zapping But! Football Club RC Lens: our wishes for the Blood and Gold in 2021
If RC Lens is not yet allowed to speak of a return to the European Cup, well aware of the difficulty of its calendar, the Sang et Or switched at the last truce to 5th place, with three points d ‘advance over OM (6th) and four units over the Rennes – Montpellier tandem.
When we know that 5th place will be this qualifying year for the new Europa League Conference competition, the Lensois can legitimately dream of a return to the continental scene, fourteen years after their last European match.
52% chance of finishing in the Top 5
Statistics are also behind RC Lens if we rely on the simulations of the university Fabien Torre, who projects in real time the percentage of chance of success of each team. Of course, Racing only has a 2% chance of upsetting the “Big 4”, but the chances of finishing in the Top 5 are today 52%. And, because of the results in the Coupe de France, 6th place can also become European … bringing the chances of the promoted to 76%.
Still, with oppositions against Lyon, Paris, Lille and Monaco in the last eight days, Franck Haise’s men will still have to overthrow a few mountains to afford the right to dream …
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