Lens travels to Montpellier to open the 15th day of Ligue 1, this Friday (9 p.m.). Here is the expected lineup for the Sang et Or.
It is with a reduced workforce that the Racing Club de Lens, sixth, travels to Montpellier, thirteenth. The Sang et Or hope to continue their good momentum to climb places in the rankings. But Franck Haise will have to deal with the absences of several important players.
Deiver Machado has joined the infirmary for several months, while Faitout Maouassa is also injured. Ayanda Sishuba, Jimmy Cabot and Wuilker Farinez are also out of this match. Finally, Lens will also have to do without an influential executive in the person of Florian Sotoca, suspended after his expulsion against Lyon last week (3-2).
Haise will nevertheless be able to rely on Elye Wahi, formerly of La Paillade. “ There is particular attention on my part for all the players, especially those who are arriving and especially the youngest, on my part. The executives have their own canteen where everyone passes messages to each other but they are well surrounded and very well integrated. With Elye, we meet regularly to talk but we haven’t talked about Montpellier.“
The Espoir international should be aligned at the forefront of an attack where Thomasson and Fulgini are also expected. In the midfield, El-Aynaoui could support Mendy, while Aguilar and Frankowski are expected on the flanks. The Gradit-Danso-Medina three-way defense is called upon to continue in front of the immovable Samba.
The expected composition of Lens : Samba – Gradit, Danso, Medina – Aguilar, Mendy, El-Aynaoui, Frankowski – Thomasson, Wahi, Fulgini.
