Lorient take on the visitors Lens in the 1/8-finals of Coupe de France. The match will be played on Thursday, February 9th at Stade du Moustoir (Lorient).
Lorient were able to achieve they main success in the cup format. The year 2002 turned out to be completely unique for the “hake”: they played in 3 finals, which haven’t happened before nor after. In the League Cup and the Super Cup of the country, the underdog lost, but in the French Cup they were in rivals with Bastia, and they coped with it thanks to the only goal of Darcheville. They even managed to make my debut in the Europa League, however, everything ended there in qualifying. True, then there was a loss of “registration” in Ligue 1. Once again, the team returned there only in 2020, having won the 2nd division. At first, they fought for survival at the won level, and last spring they finished 16th. But in the new cycle, under the leadership of Regis le Bris, Lorient had a good 1st part of the season, going almost in the European Cup zone. In January, however, the best striker, Moffi (12 goals!), went to Nice. But at the same time, Dienga was bought a little earlier, and other newcomer to this “window” – Febvre, Makengo – appeared. Nevertheless, with the modest Angers, everything ended in a goalless draw in the last round.
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Lens are remembered mainly due to its peak at the turn of the century. Then it turned out to take the only championship in history and to win both cups. The French also made some noise in the international arena: they played in the Champions League, reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup. But rather quickly, the results of the “blood-gold” deteriorated, and a considerable segment had to be spent in Ligue 2 of the country. They only came back in 2020, due to the fact that at the time the competition was stopped, the club was 2nd in its division. Nevertheless, the newcomer immediately climbed into the 7th place in the elite, and repeated this result in the 2021/2022 season. And in the current championship, they managed to spend the entire starting segment among the leaders, and start with a victory over PSG in January - this was the first defeat of Mbappe and the company of the season. Then, however, the wards of Frank Eze began their own problems - only draws with Strasbourg and Troyes, the defeat of Nice. Here in Brest they played 1-1 with the club of the same name, moreover, there Gradi equalized the score with the goal in the 83rd minute.
A year ago, Lens deefated Lorient, but this is his only victory in the last 6 head-to-head matches. Lance managed to win four times during this time, including 5-2 in August. In this pair, the visitors now look stronger. But now they are frankly not in the best shape. We recommend betting that the another “total under 2.5 goals” will be registered in this cup match.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 scored goals.
