Reims vs Lens prediction: FRANCE: Ligue 1 betting tips on match 2024-11-28 19:45.
[p]Reims are starting to show some signs of life again as a win and draw from their past two outings ended what was a three-game losing run. It also looks like manager Luka Elsner has again found the formula to get the best out of his attack, with Reims having scored four goals across those two recent undefeated encounters, taking their tally for the campaign to 20 – their most after 12 Ligue 1 rounds since 1977. [/p]
[p]Despite that recent losing streak, the home side start the round just one point outside the top six and with their target of bettering last term’s top-nine finish more than achievable. Yet Reims do have a pretty rotten record against visiting Lens to overcome here, with no H2H victory in any of the past 12 competitive meetings between the two (D6, L6). [/p]
[p]Lens travel to Reims just one place and point behind them, so have the added motivation of leapfrogging them in the table with a win. Three defeats in their last four matches (W1) does suggest the away team aren’t in their best form right now, although they have only ended up on the losing side once in their last seven away league games (W2, D4), and that was via a slender 1-0 defeat to champions PSG, a game they also finished with ten men. [/p]
[p]Beyond being a big clash from a club perspective, manager Will Still will be desperate to get one over on his former employers, having left them by mutual consent before joining Lens in the summer. Shoring things up at the back could be key to that, with Lens having conceded eight goals in their past four Ligue 1 matches – that’s more than they conceded across their opening eight league games. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Reims’ Oumar Diakité is a man in form right now, with three goals across his past four combined matches for club and country, he also scored in the last H2H (1-1). Przemysław Frankowski set up his side’s goal in that game, and he scored in the only two games that Lens avoided defeat in across the past five rounds (W2).  [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Reims are one of just three sides yet to keep a home Ligue 1 clean sheet. [/p]
[p][i]Written by David H[/i][/p]