Lens vs Nice Prediction & Betting Tips (16 March)

If the title is of course out of reach, everything remains possible for Lens in the race for Europe at the end of the season. 4th at the start of this day, Racing is only 3 small units behind the 3rd place occupied by AS Monaco 9 days before the end of this 2023-2024 financial year. After being eliminated in the Europa League play-offs at the end of the suspense by Friborg 3-2 AP then beaten at home by Monaco 2-3, Franck Haise's players recovered well. Indeed, the Sang et Or first went for a very nice success against OL 0-3 before gaining the upper hand, not without difficulty, over a very good Brest team 1-0.Author of an excellent first part of the season, OGC Nice is seriously stalling. If they never really panicked the counters offensively, the Aiglons were able to count on foolproof defensive reliability during the fall.

But this solidity has been shattered since the winter break and the defeats are now coming one after the other for the Gym, which has only taken one point in the last 5 days. It was against the red lantern, Clermont 0-0. Since then, the Azuréens have made mistakes again, losing against Toulouse 2-1 and Montpellier 1-2 last weekend. In the ranking, Francesco Farioli's players have therefore fallen to 6th position, only 2 units behind their opponent of the day. Note that on Wednesday, they faced PSG in a late quarter-final of the Coupe de France and they were unable to worry the Parisians enough to advance to the last four.

The long-time absentees Cabot and Deiver Machado and the rotation defender Haïdara must still be patient in the infirmary, just like winter recruit Chavez who has also been suffering from a physical problem for several days. On the other hand, Franck Haise should be happy to be able to count on fiery defender Medina who is back after being suspended due to an accumulation of yellow cards. Offensively, former Montpellier Wahi (5 goals) and top scorer Saïd are competing to start up front. But last week, it was defender Aguilar who allowed his team to win the match by scoring the only goal of the match against Brest. In Nice, midfielder Beka Beka is obviously out of the group while young Sofiane Diop and side replacing Rosier are forced to withdraw.

Absent during the Montpellier reception, the interesting Ndayishimiye is hoped for. Victim of a broken nose against PSG, goalkeeper Bulka is not guaranteed to be available this weekend. Against the MHSC, the Ivorian striker Boga (4 goals, 2 assists) scored the only goal for his team while the Nigerian Moffi (7 goals, 2 assists in L1) remained untouched. Laborde (4 goals, decisive at Parc Wednesday in the Cup) and center forward Guessand (4 goals) are also candidates for a place in the 11.