Marseille and Lens clash this Sunday at the Orange Vélodrome for matchweek 31 of the Ligue 1. Currently, Jean-Louis Gasset's team are 8th in the table with 41 points, while Franck Haise's team are 6th with 46 points. The match will be broadcast live at 15:00 on beIN SPORTS en Espanol.
After drawing 2-2 in the last match against Nice (Ligue 1 2023/24), Marseille receive Lens, who won 1-0 against Clermont (Ligue 1 2023/24). Going into the encounter, Jean-Louis Gasset's team is on a sequence of 5 games without a win in the Ligue 1 Uber Eats 23/24. On the other hand, Franck Haise's team is on a scoring run that has seen them score at least one goal a game in their past 12 matches in the Ligue 1 Uber Eats 23/24. When analysing the previous encounters between the teams, the two sides have faced each other one hundred four times previously: both sides recording forty-one wins. Specifically in the Orange Vélodrome, Marseille have the advantage in the duels against Lens: 28 wins in 51 games, while Franck Haise's team has 12 wins.
In the Ligue 1, ninety-nine games were played between the two teams, with 39 wins for Lens, 21 draws and 39 wins for Marseille.
Considering the Ligue 1 Uber Eats 23/24, from Marseille's most influential players, Pierre Aubameyang participated in 30 games, and Pau López has played the most minutes (2579). Pierre Aubameyang has scored 12 goals, the most across Marseille's squad. As for Lens, Brice Samba is the most used player in a total of 30 games (2700 min). Elye Wahi is their current best scorer with 7 goals.
The last meeting between the two teams ended with Lens winning 1-0. It is expected to be an exciting clash, that can go either way.
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Pierre Aubameyang 1' Pape Gueye 85' | Wesley Said 77' |