📊 Form Guide

RC Lens

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RC Lens won’t want a repeat of their last result here after a 2-1 Ligue 1 defeat last time out to FC Lorient.

In that match, RC Lens had 66% possession and 20 shots at goal with 6 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for RC Lens was Odsonne Édouard (48'). Lorient got 6 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Bamba Dieng (18') and Aiyegun Tosin (65') scored for FC Lorient.

Matches involving RC Lens have usually been engaging affairs recently with a lot of goalmouth action being the norm. Over their past half dozen games, a total of 22 goals have been recorded for both teams combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 14 of those accredited to RC Lens. That being said, we will just have to wait and see whether that trend will be replicated in this upcoming game.

Coming into this fixture, RC Lens have not lost a league tie with Angers SCO in their last 8 games. Quite a long unbeaten run against them.

Angers SCO

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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Nice in Ligue 1 action, Angers SCO and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Angers SCO had 47% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 1 on target. Nice had 12 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. Melvin Bard (65') and Elye Wahi (90') scored for Nice.

A tendency of at least one team drawing a blank in games featuring Angers SCO has been noticeable of late. A glance at their last 6 outings reveals that it has happened 6 times. In those clashes, opposing sides have managed a goal total of 7 while Angers SCO have scored 2.

Coming into this fixture, Angers SCO have not emerged victorious against RC Lens when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 27/02/2022 reveals that these fixtures have not been kind to Angers SCO. They’ve not been able to come away with any wins at all while RC Lens have just been too good for them, beating them in 100% of those games where they have faced each other.

In all, 14 goals were scored between them in these games, with 11 from Les Artésiens and 3 created by Les Scoïstes. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.33.

The previous league game between these sides was Ligue 1 match day 14 on 30/11/2025 when it finished Angers SCO 1-2 RC Lens.

In that match, Angers SCO managed 45% possession and 7 shots on goal with 5 on target. Their only player to score was Harouna Djibirin (76').

At the other end, RC Lens got 17 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Florian Thauvin (45', 74') scored.

The match was refereed by Guillaume Paradis.

📰 Team News: RC Lens

Régis Gurtner (Hamstring injury), Jonathan Gradit (Lower leg fracture), Wesley Saïd (Hamstring injury) and Samson Baidoo (Hamstring injury) won’t be available for RC Lens boss Pierre Sage. Arthur Masuaku is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

We think that Les Artésiens will probably employ a 3-4-2-1 system for this game and select Robin Risser, Nidal Celik, Ismaelo Ganiou, Malang Sarr, Saud Abdulhamid, Mamadou Sangare, Adrien Thomasson, Matthieu Udol, Florian Thauvin, Abdallah Sima and Odsonne Edouard.

📋 Team News: Angers SCO

There’s a good chance that Les Scoïstes might make use of a 3-5-2 lineup, starting Herve Koffi, Emmanuel Biumla, Ousmane Camara, Jordan Lefort, Lilian Raolisoa, Yassin Belkhdim, Haris Belkebla, B. van den, Florent Hanin, Amine Sbaï and Goduine Koyalipou.

⚡ Prediction

It looks to us that RC Lens can and should be able to create a high number of chances and successful shots on target.

At the same time, Angers SCO might well find it a difficult task finding the net themselves although we do reckon that they could well end up scoring here.

Accordingly, we see a controlled 3-1 winning score for RC Lens at the end of the match.

Renata Leite, 16:05 16/03/2026