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

Ligue 2 · 2018-19
Fri 28 Sep 2018 · 18:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Racing Club de Lens vs Paris FCLigue 2 .

Match Details

  • Referee Pignard Jeremie
  • Referee Yohann Larhant
  • Referee Paul Cravo
  • Referee Philippe Lucas

Head-to-Head

4
2
1
Racing Club de Lens 7 games · Avg 2.4 goals Paris FC

Recent Form

DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
28 Sep Paris FC H 0–0 D
24 Sep Chamois Niortais FC A 2–1 W
15 Sep FC Sochaux-Montbeliard H 2–0 W
01 Sep FC Metz A 0–2 L
18 Aug ES Troyes AC H 2–0 W
10 Aug AS Nancy-Lorraine A 3–0 W
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
28 Sep Racing Club de Lens A 0–0 D
22 Sep FC Metz H 2–1 W
14 Sep AC Ajaccio A 0–0 D
31 Aug ES Troyes AC H 2–0 W
24 Aug US Orleans Loiret A 0–4 L
17 Aug AS Beziers H 1–0 W

Key Stats

43% Both Teams to Score
H2H (7 games)
43% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Racing Club de Lens is hosting Paris FC for another epic battle.
  • 5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
  • 10' Racing Club de Lens are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Paris FC backline.
  • 15' Mehdi Tahrat needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 17' Romain Perraud catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 17.
  • 22' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 27' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 32' The energy levels are beginning to show. Mehmed Bazdarevic might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 37' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 42' Paris FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 45' El-Hadji Ba catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 45.
  • 50' Walid Mesloub picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 55' With 0 assists to his name this season, Vincent Demarconnay is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Racing Club de Lens.
  • 56' Another change for Racing Club de Lens made on 56 minute. El-Hadji Ba leaves to be changed by Thierry Ambrose.
  • 61' Poor challenge from Rominigue Kouame. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 66' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 69' A change in the Racing Club de Lens ranks — Achraf Bencharki exits the field as Grejohn Kyei enters on 69.
  • 74' Paris FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 79' The Racing Club de Lens bench stirs into life. Souleymane Diarra is withdrawn and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde gets his opportunity.
  • 81' Paris FC ring the changes. Jonathan Pitroipa has done his job and it is now time for Sabir Bougrine to step up.
  • 84' Paris FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 84.
  • 85' Vincent Rufli gets the nod from Paris FC. He replaces Adama Sarr and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 90' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-0.

Lineups

H2H

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
0.98 Racing Club de Lens xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.53 Paris FC xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 80% + Racing Club de Lens or Draw 80%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Racing Club de Lens45% Draw35% Paris FC20%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes27% 0% No73%
Avg goals/match: 1.51
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 75%
25%
± 1.5 45%
55%
± 2.5 20%
80%
± 3.5 7%
93%
± 4.5 2%
98%

Double Chance

Racing Club de Lens or Draw
80%
Draw or Paris FC
55%
Racing Club de Lens or Paris FC
65%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Racing Club de Lens27% Draw62% Paris FC11%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 0
Actual
1 – 0
20.2%
1 – 1
12.4%
0 – 1
10.1%
2 – 0
10%
2 – 1
5.7%
3 – 0
3.2%
1 – 2
3%
0 – 2
2.7%
3 – 1
2%
2 – 2
1.7%
4 – 0
0.8%

Asian Handicap — Racing Club de Lens

Handicap Racing Club de Lens covers Push Paris FC covers
-2.5 5% 95%
-2 5% 12% 83%
-1.5 17% 83%
-1 17% 27% 56%
-0.5 44% 56%
+0.5 83% 17%
+1 83% 13% 4%
+1.5 96% 4%
+2 96% 3% 1%
+2.5 99% 1%

Clean Sheet

Racing Club de Lens keeps clean sheet
59%
Paris FC keeps clean sheet
38%

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