Lens vs Angers Prediction & Betting Tips (26 January)

The start of the year is not prolific for Lensois. RCL were defeated on home soil three weeks ago by Toulouse 0-1 and PSG 1-2 on the final day, although they opened the scoring against the French champions. In the meantime, the Sang et Or did the job at Le Havre 1-2 to sign their first victory in 2025. Lens is 7th in the ranking while the first six places can offer access to a European Cup. This will be the objective of Lensois between now and the end of the season. They only have Ligue 1 left to play, having been eliminated in the 32nd finals of the Coupe de France.

 Angers is the nice surprise of the start of the year. Candidate for maintenance, the SCO has left the red zone in recent weeks and is now moving away from it after winning its last 3 Ligue 1 matches, then ahead of Brest 2-0 , Montpellier 1-3 and most recently Auxerre 2-0. The Angevins are in 12th place in the ranking and are ahead of the virtual jump-off by 5 lengths. They are also serious in the Coupe de France. Fallers of FC 93 National 2; 0-1 and Quevilly-Rouen National 1; 2-3, they will travel to Strasbourg at the beginning of February in the round of 16. 

RC Lens remains without seriously injured attackers Labeau Lascary and Satriano, left-back Chavez and unused goalkeeper Petric. Will Still can, however, once again use defender Danso, back from suspension. This winter, the blood and gold club lost two starters: goalkeeper Samba, now at Rennes, and defender Khusanov, just transferred to Manchester City for a record fee of €50 million. The latter has not played the last three Ligue 1 matches, showing that Lens has already started to learn to do without him. At the same time, the club has completed the arrivals of striker Koyalipou, already a scorer, and Australian goalkeeper Ryan, who could join the group or even the starting eleven. The Black and Whites should be almost complete again.

Only the young attackers Kalumba and Chérif could not take part in this meeting. The Angevin period favorable to good results comes at a time when the SCO has all its executives. Among them, left back Hanin, attacking midfielder Abdelli (4 goals) and center forward Lepaul, who has scored in the last five matches. He is the author of 7 goals in all competitions. There has been no movement at the club since the start of the winter transfer window. 

• Summary: RC Lens is going head to head with Angers starting on 26 Jan 2025 at 16:15 UTC at Stade Bollaert-Delelis stadium, Lens city, France. The match is a part of the Ligue 1 .
• Referee: Abdelatif Kherradji
• Lens Feedinco Rating: 6.92
• Angers Feedinco Rating: 7.7