RC Lens – Le Havre: Lens can reclaim top spot 
RC Lens host Le Havre on Friday night at the Bollaert-Delelis with a simple brief: win and move back to the summit of Ligue 1, if only for a few hours.
Lens eager to bounce back 
A trip to Marseille snapped a brilliant run. Beaten 3-1 at the Vélodrome, Lens lost top spot for the first time in weeks. Predictable for some, damaging for few — it doesn’t erase what they built.
Before that loss they were on a ten-match winning run in all competitions. It was their first Ligue 1 defeat since late October. At Bollaert the side under Pierre Sage is rock-solid: nine straight home wins since he took charge last summer.
Defensively they’re a benchmark. Just 16 goals conceded in the league, only three at home this season. Lens have kept four consecutive clean sheets on their turf.
They beat Le Havre 2-1 in the reverse fixture and haven’t lost to the Normandy side in five Ligue 1 meetings.
Le Havre creeping along quietly 
Le Havre aren’t flashy. They don’t need to be. A 0-0 with Monaco last time out reminded everyone of the basics: they defend, they grind, they frustrate.
Unbeaten in the league since the turn of the year, they’ve conceded just once in three matches. The attack, though, is blunt—especially away: shut out in three of their last four trips.
Still, they’re hard to shift. One defeat in five, sitting comfortably above the drop zone. They also remember Bollaert fondly — a 4-3 win there last season after trailing by two.
Probable lineups
RC Lens : Risser ; Ganiou, Sarr, Abdulhamid ; Aguilar, Thomasson, Bulatovic, Udol ; Thuavin, Saïd ; Édouard
Le Havre : Mpasi-Nzau ; Sangante, Seko, Ndiaye ; Nego, Ebonog, Gourna-Douath, Boufal ; Mambimbi ; Samatta, Soumaré
Football Prediction RC Lens vs Le Havre
Lens to win
Lens know how to close out these home dates. Expect Le Havre to sit deep and try to survive; patient, disciplined finishing from Lens — plus the pressure of the crowd — should eventually tilt things their way.
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