For this match, Franck Haise will be deprived of Médina who is suspended for accumulation of yellow cards. Haïdara or Wooh will replace it in the central hinge. Up front, the Lensois coach finds Wesley Saïd, who has only taken part in 13 L1 games this season. But it’s hard to imagine the former Toulouse player, who has missed the last 5 games with a thigh injury, starting the game.
the statement: Europe is not taboo
Defender Jonathan Gradit wants to be honest and ambitious before challenging Clermont: “I am not in favor of saying that we should not talk about a possible European qualification, that we must hide. We are in a club ambitious with an ambitious group and public. We have to be ambitious. It’s going to be a tempting end to the championship and we’ll have to take points because we want to fight until the end.
Player to watch: Jonathan Clauss
The side will experience a special afternoon. He expects to be celebrated by the faithful of Bollaert after being called up for the first time in the France team, this Thursday, by Didier Deschamps. The club’s most decisive player with 4 goals and 9 assists, the former Bielefeld player in the German 2nd division has been rewarded for his XXL performances in L1 since his arrival in Artois in the summer of 2020.
The stat: 194 minutes without scoring
Lens has just chained 2 meetings without scoring a single goal, 0-0 in Metz, 0-1 in front of Brest. The last Lensois player to have scored was none other than Jonathan Clauss, in Angers for a success with the score of 2 goals to 1. The blood and gold had not known such a period of scarcity since the end of last season. They had finished the season with 1 draw (Monaco 0-0) and 2 defeats (Lille 3-0 and Bordeaux 3-0).
the composition France Bleu Nord: Who to replace Medina?
Flour – Gradit, Danso, Wooh – Clauss, Fofana, Doucouré, Sotoca, Haïdara – Kakuta or Pereira Da Costa, Kalimuendo.