Lens vs Nice Prediction, 9/28/2024 Ligue 1 Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 9/24/2024

Game: Lens vs Nice

Date: Saturday, September 28, 2024

Location: Stade Bollaert-Delelis in Lens, France

TV: Fubo

Stade Bollaert-Delelis is where Nice (2-1-2) will take on Lens (2-3-0) on Saturday. The goalkeepers who are expected to start are Brice Samba for Lens and Marcin Bulka for Nice.

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The Blood and Gold are ranked 7th in regard to xG having 7.9, and their xGA are sitting at 4.2. RC Lens surrendered 2 goals while conceding 0.40 goals per 90 min, and their oppositition have recorded 17 SoT on them. The team's differential on goals is 3 by 5 goals scored in addition to 2 goals given up. They have compiled 3 clean sheets, which puts them at a rate of 60.0 on the season. Lens has a total of 15 SVs and they have a SV percentage of 94.1 for the season. Lens has 10 yellow cards over the course of the season and also 1 red card. On the season, the club comes in with an average of 1.80 pts/match (9 pts) and sit at 16th in Ligue 1 with 2 assists.

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This season, the Eagles have a save % of 79.2 (24 shots on target against), and they also have a ranking of 8th in Ligue 1 with 7 points. The Eagles are sitting with an average of 1.4 points per fixture while tallying 8 assists and 1 red card. Nice has accumulated 14 goals and the team's expected goals this season is 10.8. The Eagles have a shut out % of 20.0 so far this year in addition to 10 yellow card warnings. This club's goals against per 90 minutes is currently at 1.20 with 18 saves, and they have tallied 1 clean sheet. Nice is 4th in relation to goals relinquished with 6, and the team's goal differential sits at 8.

The guy protecting the net for Lens is Brice Samba. Samba (99-74-72 record in his career) has earned 87 shutouts, which gives him a 35.7% clean sheet percentage. The goalie hailing from Congo has had 944 shots tried at him in 244 starting assignments. His goals allowed per 90 minutes is 0.99 (243 goals surrendered) and he holds a save percentage of 77.3. Samba has seen the pitch for 22,068 minutes and has accumulated 704 stops thus far in his career.

Marcin Bulka is expected to look after the net for Nice. He has conceded 0.96 goals per 90 mins while holding a mark of 19-16-21. Bulka has tallied 22 clean sheets and has defended 204 shots tried against him in 5,040 career mins. Thus far in his career, Bulka has conceded 54 goals and has accumulated 148 stops in 56 starts. He is the owner of a save % of 78.9 and his clean sheet rate is currently 39.3%.

Florian Sotoca is a guy to keep an eye out for Lens. He has 33 assists while tallying 30 yellow card cautions thus far in his career. The forward representing France has totaled 48 goals scored in 16,324 minutes. Sotoca has been given a starting assignment in 185 contests during his soccer career and he scores 0.26 goals per 90 mins.

Nice features an attacker in Evann Guessand, who is known to give defenses fits. He is averaging 0.31 G/90 and has been in the starting lineup in 60 contests during his career. The forward representing France has been on the pitch for 5,884 minutes while scoring 20 goals. He has totaled 7 yellow cards during his pro soccer career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 10 times.

Who will win tonight's soccer game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Lens

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