Lens vs Angers Prediction, 11/29/2020 Ligue 1 Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 11/25/2020

Game: Lens vs Angers

Date: Sunday, November 29, 2020

Location: Stade Bollaert-Delelis in Lens, France

TV: Viaplay Denmark

Odds/Point Spread: Lens (+110) Angers (+240)

Ismael Traore and Angers (5-1-5, 11th in Ligue 1) go to Stade Bollaert-Delelis on Sunday where they'll meet Lens (5-2-2, 9th in Ligue 1). The goalies who are expected to start are Jean-Louis Leca for Lens and Paul Bernardoni for Angers. The Black and Whites are at at +240 while Lens are priced at +110. The O/U opens at 2.25.

Lens took the field against Dijon in their last match and earned the victory with a final of 1-0. In regard to passing, they finished with a 84.4% passes received rate by completing 391 of the 463 pass targets in their last game. Lens tried 15 dribbles in this contest and successfully completed 9 of the tries for a rate of 60.0%. Concerning shot accuracy, Lens finished the game at a 50.0% rate by hitting 4 shots on target out of 8 shots. Lens has an average of 1.56 goals per 90 (14 goals in total) and are sitting with 7 assists in all matches for the year.

Gael Kakuta is a player you are going to want to keep your eye on for Lens. He has totaled 27 assists while earning 14 yellow card warnings so far in his career. Kakuta has started 173 matches during his pro soccer career and he has earned 0.17 goals per 90 mins. The forward representing France has accumulated 29 goals scored in 15,101 professional minutes. Someone else who should impact this game is Florian Sotoca, the forward who is from France. He has assisted a teammate on a goal 13 times during his career while he has scored 23 goals. Sotoca has totaled 6,040 mins in 69 starts and has been handed 8 yellow cards. He is averaging 0.34 goals per 90 mins during his pro soccer career.

The man who will defend the goal for Lens is Jean-Louis Leca. Leca has seen the pitch for 16,360 mins and has earned 398 stops so far in his career. His GA/90 is 1.04 (189 goals conceded) and he has earned a save % of .724. The goalie from France has seen 555 shots attempted at him in 184 starting assignments. Leca (78-43-61 record in his career) has 69 shutouts, which has him sitting with a 37.5% shutout rate.

In their last game, Angers walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 1-0 against Lyon. Angers finished the match with a 69.6% successful dribble percentage by completing 16 out of the 23 dribbles they tried. They wrapped up this contest by connecting on 408 out of their 506 attempted passes for a rate of 80.6%. Angers converted 7 SoT out of 19 shots tried earning them a 36.8% rate when they last took the field. With 15 goals and 12 assists in all their games, Angers sports an average of 1.36 goals and 1.09 assists per 90.

Ismael Traore should provide a spark for Angers. The defender from France has accumulated 30,266 professional minutes and has scored 13 goals. He has totaled 27 yellow cards in his career and has assisted on a goal 6 times. He is currently averaging 0.04 goals per 90 minutes and has been in the starting lineup in 343 outings so far in his pro soccer career. Make sure to watch out for Angelo Fulgini, the midfielder representing Cote d'Ivoire. Fulgini has earned himself a total of 21 yellow card warnings in 11,580 minutes (129 starting assignments). His goals per 90 minute average so far in his career is 0.14. He has totaled 18 goals so far in his pro soccer career while assisting a teammate on a goal 10 different times.

Paul Bernardoni will be residing in front of the goal for Angers. Bernardoni has racked up 36 clean sheets while seeing 601 shots against him in 12,014 career minutes. He sports a save % of .697 and his shutout rate sits at 26.9%. He has given up 1.48 goals per 90 while earning a record of 47-33-54. So far in his career, Bernardoni has conceded 197 goals and has tallied 413 saves in 134 starting assignments.

Who will win tonight's Ligue 1 game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Angers (+240)

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