Lens vs Lille Prediction, 3/4/2023 Ligue 1 Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Guy Bruhn - 2/28/2023

Game: Lens vs Lille

Date: Saturday, March 4, 2023

Location: Stade Bollaert-Delelis in Lens, France

TV: Fanatiz USA

Odds/Point Spread: Lens (+133) Lille (+208)

Stade Bollaert-Delelis is the site where Lille (13-5-7) will try to beat Lens (14-8-3) on Saturday. Lens are priced at +133 while Lille OSC are at +208. The total is 2.75. The expected starting goaltenders are Brice Samba for Lens and Lucas Chevalier for Lille.

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RC Lens surrendered 20 goals while conceding 0.80 goals per 90, and opponents have accounted for 83 SoT against them. They have a total of 9 clean sheets, giving them a percentage of 36.0 on the year. Lens has compiled 42 yellow cards so far this season and 1 red card. The Blood and Gold rank 3rd in the category of expected goals having 45.3, and their expected goals against are 27.2. For the season, this club averages 2.00 pts per contest (50 pts) and also sit at 4th in soccer with 28 assists. Their differential on goals is currently at 19 by way of 39 goals finished in addition to 20 goals relinquished. Lens has recorded 64 saves and also hold a save percentage of 78.3 over the course of the season.

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On the campaign, LOSC Lille has a save % of 65.9 (85 shots on target against), and they also sit at 6th in soccer with 44 pts. The Dogues have put together an average of 1.8 pts/match while totaling 28 assists and 1 red card. Lille has tallied 45 goals and the team's expected goals for the year is sitting at 46.3. LOSC Lille has a shut out % of 28.0 this year in addition to 50 yellow cards. The team's goals against per 90 is 1.28 in addition to 56 saves, and they have compiled 7 clean sheets. Lille is ranked 6th in regard to goals against with 32, and their goal differential is at 13.

The man who will protect the net for Lens will be Brice Samba. Samba has seen the pitch for a total of 17,568 minutes and has tallied 551 saves during his career. His GA/90 is 1.01 (198 goals conceded) and he is the owner of a save percentage of .759. The goalie from Congo has faced 726 shots tried against him in 194 career starts. Samba (73-62-60 record during his career) has recorded 64 shutouts, which gives him a 33.0% clean sheet rate.

Lucas Chevalier will be looking after the goal for Lille. Chevalier has totaled 16 shutouts while defending 183 shots tried against him in 4,410 minutes throughout his career. He has a save percentage of .738 and his clean sheet rate is currently 32.7%. He has surrendered 1.10 goals per 90 mins and he has a record of 19-15-15. During his career, Chevalier has allowed 54 goals and has earned 135 stops in 49 starts.

Florian Sotoca is a member of the team who can make an impact for Lens. Sotoca has been in the starting lineup in 140 contests during his pro soccer career while scoring 0.29 goals per 90 minutes. The forward hailing from France has earned 40 goals scored in 12,316 mins. He has accounted for 25 assists while earning 25 yellow card warnings so far in his pro soccer career.

Lille is being led by Jonathan David, who can change the course of a fixture. The forward born in Canada has been on the pitch for 11,263 professional minutes while he has scored 73 goals. He scores 0.58 goals per 90 mins and has been given a starting assignment in 129 games during his soccer career. He has accounted for 12 yellow cards thus far in his career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 19 times.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Lens (+133)

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