Lens receives Angers on Sunday (3pm), as part of the 12th day of Ligue 1. Here is all you need to know about this meeting.
Hanging in extremis by Nantes on Wednesday (1-1), Lens missed the opportunity to come back to the podium. The Sang et Or, unbeaten in November, are nonetheless a formidable team that could look to European places this season. For its part, Angers continues to zigzag between wins and losses, with only one draw since the start of the season. The SCO could overtake its opponent if successful, so this is a meeting that will be worth dear.
Stats to know (with Opta)
It will be the first meeting in the elite between Lens and Angers since January 29, 1994 and a Lensoise victory on the Angevins field (2-1).
Lens has won 3 of its last 4 confrontations against Angers in Ligue 1 (1 loss), as many as in the previous 7 meetings (2 draws, 2 losses).
Lens has lost only one of its last 17 home matches against Angers in Ligue 1 (9 wins, 7 draws). His defeat came in the most recent, August 28, 1993 (1-0 for Angers thanks to a goal from Cédric Daury).
Lens has 18 points after 10 Ligue 1 games this season, its 2nd best total at this stage in the 21st century after 2001/02 (21) when RCL finished 2nd at the end of the year.
Angers conceded 21 goals after 11 Ligue 1 2020/21 matches, its highest total at this stage since the 1978/79 season (24).
Lens is undefeated in its 5 home matches in Ligue 1 2020/21 (3 wins, 2 draws), this is the first time that the Sang-et-Or have started an L1 season with 5 matches without losing at home since 2006/07 (9), where Lens had finished 5th.
Angers have won 4 of their last 6 away matches in Ligue 1 (2 losses), as many as in the previous 19 (5 draws, 10 losses).
Lens has won 212 aerial duels in Ligue 1 this season, only Brest (226) have won more.
Lens striker Ignatius Ganago has scored 4 goals in 8 Ligue 1 matches this season, which is already his record in a single season in the top flight.
Angers player Angelo Fulgini suffered 44 fouls in Ligue 1 2020/21, it’s 19 more than any other player and it’s even 8 more than any other player in the 5 major European leagues.
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