Lens – Angers: Lens hunting the top spot 
RC Lens have a golden chance to move temporarily into first. Angers (12e) turn up in the North hoping to nick points and shove themselves further from the drop.
Lens need to get the engine going 
They messed up last weekend. A 2-1 loss at Lorient was a slap in the face and a wasted chance to put serious heat on PSG. Lens sit second, one point behind Paris (who have a game in hand). Form’s slipped — one win in their last four.
Still, Bollaert is a nightmare for visitors. At home they’re brutal: 11 wins in their last 12 league visits. On 56 points they’re even ahead of where they were in that ridiculous 2022-2023 run at the same stage. They love facing Angers — unbeaten in their last three home meetings — and they’ll feed off the crowd to get back up to speed.
Angers out of ideas 
Up front it’s flat. Twelfth after a soaking at Nice (2-0), Alexandre Dujeux’s men are struggling to score. The numbers sting: the second-worst expected goals figure in the league and goalless in four of their last five league games.
They can still surprise — that 1-0 raid at Nantes showed it. But to grab a tenth win and keep a cushion over the drop they’ll have to work for it. Against a side that’s been their bogey (six straight defeats to Lens), expect Angers to bunker deep, hope for a break and pray a counter ends like 2021’s shock at Bollaert (3-1).
Probable lineups
Lens : Risser ; Celik, Ganiou, Sarr ; Abdulhamid, Sangare, Thomasson, Udol ; Thauvin, Fofana ; Edouard
Angers : Koffi ; Courcoul, Camara, Lefort ; Raolisoa, Mouton, Belkebla, van den Boomen, Djibirin ; Sbai, Koyalipou
Football Tip Lens vs Angers
Lens to win
Against a Lens block that’s physical and ruthless at home, Angers’ meek attack will struggle and probably smash into a brick wall.
Lens are hungry to make up for that Lorient slip and need points in the title race. They’ve got firepower up front and the Bollaert crowd behind them. Against an Angers side that can barely get going, the home team have enough to break them down. A Lens win looks the sensible call.
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