FC Lorient vs Racing Club de Lens, Ligue 2 2018-19 REGULAR SEASON

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Ligue 2 · 2018-19

FC Lorient

2 – 2

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Racing Club de Lens

Fri 30 Nov 2018 · 19:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 25' Cyrille Bayala

Y 30' Modibo Sagnan

Y 34' Souleymane Diarra

Y 45' Massadio Haidara

Jimmy Cabot 69' Y

Fabien Lemoine 81' Y

Alexis Claude Maurice 85' Y

Illan Meslier 88' Y

Overview

Match Preview

FC Lorient vs Racing Club de Lens — Ligue 2 .

FC Lorient 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)
Racing Club de Lens 0 games · 0 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Benjamin Pages
Referee Cedric Moreau
Referee Kevin Barbin
Referee Stephanie Frappart

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	AS Saint-Étienne	12	28
2	AS Nancy-Lorraine	12	25
3	Montpellier HSC	12	24
4	Stade de Reims	12	21
5	Pau FC	12	20
6	Dijon Football Cote d'Or	12	18
7	FC Metz	12	17
8	Red Star FC	12	17
9	FC Annecy	12	16
10	USL Dunkerque	12	15
11	En Avant Guingamp	12	14
12	US Boulogne Côte d'Opale	12	13
13	Rodez Aveyron Football	12	13
14	FC Nantes	12	12
15	Clermont Foot 63	12	11
16	FC Sochaux-Montbeliard	12	11
17	Grenoble Foot 38	12	11
18	Stade Lavallois Mayenne FC	12	9

Head-to-Head

FC Lorient 22 games · Avg 2.6 goals Racing Club de Lens

Last 5 meetings

2018-11-30 FC Lorient 2–2 Racing Club de Lens 2018-05-11 FC Lorient 2–2 Racing Club de Lens 2017-07-28 Racing Club de Lens 0–0 FC Lorient 2017-07-28 Racing Club de Lens 0–0 FC Lorient 2017-04-21 FC Lorient 3–1 Racing Club de Lens

Recent Form

FC Lorient

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Nov	Racing Club de Lens	H	2–2	D
23 Nov	ES Troyes AC	A	0–2	L
09 Nov	Paris FC	H	2–1	W
03 Nov	AS Beziers	A	1–0	W
26 Oct	FC Metz	H	0–0	D
20 Oct	Stade Brestois 29	A	2–3	L

Racing Club de Lens

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Nov	FC Lorient	A	2–2	D
24 Nov	Grenoble Foot 38	H	0–0	D
10 Nov	Valenciennes FC	A	2–4	L
03 Nov	La Berrichonne de Chateauroux	H	0–1	L
27 Oct	Le Havre AC	A	1–2	L
22 Oct	GFC Ajaccio	H	5–0	W

Key Stats

45% Both Teams to Score
H2H (22 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for FC Lorient to score. At the same time, Racing Club de Lens does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' Cheick Doucoure needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
8' A stunning finish from Pierre-Yves Hamel — that came from absolutely nowhere!
13' Cyrille Bayala gets the nod from Racing Club de Lens. He replaces Aleksandar Radovanovic and will look to change the dynamic.
18' FC Lorient currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
23' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
25' The referee calls foul for Cyrille Bayala. He receives a Yellow card.
30' The referee shows Racing Club de Lens player a Yellow card on 30.
34' It’s a booking for Racing Club de Lens player. Souleymane Diarra gets a Yellow card.
36' GOAL! Alexis Claude Maurice fires home to make it 0-2!
41' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
45' It’s a booking for Racing Club de Lens player. Massadio Haidara gets a Yellow card.
46' Arial Mendy is replacing Fabien Centonze for the Racing Club de Lens side.
51' The energy levels are beginning to show. Philippe Montanier might look to freshen things up shortly.
56' FC Lorient have won 393 goals from 444 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
61' It looks surprising Racing Club de Lens does not make any changes. Houboulang Mendes has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
66' Massadio Haidara is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Racing Club de Lens tonight.
69' FC Lorient Bretagne Sud player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
71' The whistle greets Pierre-Yves Hamel as he departs to be replaced by Gaetan Courtet.
73' A change in the Racing Club de Lens ranks — Thierry Ambrose exits the field as Mounir Chouiar enters on 73.
75' The deadlock is broken! Cheick Oumar Doucoure gets on the scoresheet on 75 minutes.
75' Fresh legs for FC Lorient Bretagne Sud! Julien Ponceau comes on to replace Jimmy Cabot.
80' France international Maxime Etuin has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
81' Fabien Lemoine was booked on 81.
85' Alexis Claude Maurice picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
88' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Illan Meslier.
89' What a strike from Arthur Gomis! The score is 0-4.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-2.

Lineups

FC Lorient Lineups

Starting XI

4
Joris Sainati
25
Vincent Le Goff
27
Jimmy Cabot ↓ Julien Ponceau 75'
13
Felipe Saad
18
Fabien Lemoine C
17
Maxime Etuin
10
Alexis Claude Maurice
29
Pierre-Yves Hamel ↓ Gaetan Courtet 71'
19
Yoane Wissa
2
Houboulang Mendes
1
Illan Meslier

Bench

Coach Mickael Landreau

Racing Club de Lens Lineups

Starting XI

16
Jean-Louis Leca C
5
Mehdi Tahrat
7
El-Hadji Ba
18
Fabien Centonze ↓ Arial Mendy 46'
8
Souleymane Diarra
3
Modibo Sagnan
14
Yannick Gomis
9
Thierry Ambrose ↓ Mounir Chouiar 73'
21
Massadio Haidara
26
Aleksandar Radovanovic ↓ Cyrille Bayala 13'
28
Cheick Doucoure

Bench

Coach Philippe Montanier

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Terem Moffi	3
Seko Fofana	3
Florian Sotoca	3
Pierre-Yves Hamel	2
Gael Kakuta	2
Lois Openda	2
Adrien Thomasson	1
Jonathan Clauss	1

Head to Head

FC Lorient Form

2018-11-30 FC Lorient 2–2 Racing Club de Lens D 2018-11-23 ES Troyes AC 2–0 FC Lorient L 2018-11-09 FC Lorient 2–1 Paris FC W 2018-11-03 AS Beziers 0–1 FC Lorient W 2018-10-26 FC Lorient 0–0 FC Metz D 2018-10-20 Stade Brestois 29 3–2 FC Lorient L

Racing Club de Lens Form

2018-11-30 FC Lorient 2–2 Racing Club de Lens D 2018-11-24 Racing Club de Lens 0–0 Grenoble Foot 38 D 2018-11-10 Valenciennes FC 4–2 Racing Club de Lens L 2018-11-03 Racing Club de Lens 0–1 La Berrichonne de Chateauroux L 2018-10-27 Le Havre AC 2–1 Racing Club de Lens L 2018-10-22 Racing Club de Lens 5–0 GFC Ajaccio W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.59 FC Lorient xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.2 Racing Club de Lens xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

FC Lorient47% Draw26% Racing Club de Lens27%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 2.79

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	31%	69%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

FC Lorient or Draw

73%

Draw or Racing Club de Lens

53%

FC Lorient or Racing Club de Lens

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

FC Lorient33% Draw46% Racing Club de Lens21%

Actual: FC Lorient win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.6%

2 – 1

1 – 0

8.8%

0 – 0

2 – 0

7.6%

1 – 2

6.8%

0 – 1

6.4%

2 – 2

Actual

3 – 1

4.8%

0 – 2

4.3%

3 – 0

3 – 2

Asian Handicap — FC Lorient

Handicap	FC Lorient covers	Push	Racing Club de Lens covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	14%	76%
-1.5	24%	—	76%
-1	24%	21%	55%
-0.5	45%	—	55%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	16%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

FC Lorient keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

Racing Club de Lens keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.