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• RCLens

Founded in 1906, Lens have won one Ligue 1 title, four Ligue 2 titles and one Ligue 1 Cup. Lens manager is Belgian Will Steele, 31, but has been in the managerial business since 2017, coaching BBL sides Lierse and Villelijk, before being appointed Lens manager in April 2024 after 2 seasons in charge of Reims from 2022-2024. Lens spent 4.5 million euros in the off-season to bring in Bahia left back Jonah Chavez, 2.5 million euros to bring in Charleroi goalkeeper Hervé Coffey, 250,000 euros to bring in Borisov center back Sidi Behn, in addition to the free signing of Chelsea center back Marlon Sarr, loan Fluminense center back Mbala, and so on, the overall reinforcement is not low. Lens played well in the new season, plus warm-up games 11 games in all competitions achieved 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, the new season 3 games in Ligue 1 is 2 wins and 1 draw, undefeated. Lens' recent offense is quite good, the last 20 Ligue 1 matches only 1 blank, but most of the matches only scored 1 goal. Lens has been in good form, with 9 wins, 6 draws and 1 loss in their last 16 matches in all competitions, with a respectable win rate and unbeaten rate.

Lens off-season star center forward Vai 25 million euros to Marseille, star center forward Adam Bucca 4 million euros to Midtjylland, half-starter defender Julien Lecardinard 1.7 million euros to Brest, replacement midfielder Lucas Poreba 300,000 euros to Hamburg, replacement goalkeeper Louis Lecar is directly retired. Lens play conservatively and score fewer goals in their matches, with six of their seven regular season matches scoring no more than two goals, and another just enough for three, including five Ligue 1 matches all with no more than two goals.

• OGCNice

Nice has a long history, the team was founded in 1904 and has won 4 Ligue 1 titles, 5 Ligue 2 titles, 3 French Cups and 1 Supercup. The manager of Nice is Frenchman Frank Hessy. Hessy, 53, began his managerial career in 2015, assisted Lorient B and first team, Lens B and first team, helped Lens successfully promoted to Ligue 1 and finished runner-up in Ligue 1 in the 2022-2023 season, and since June 2024 has been appointed as the head coach of Nice. Nice spent 5 million euros in the off-season to bring in Marseille defender Jonathan Klaus, 4 million euros to bring in Villa midfielder Morgan Sanson, and waived Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Ndombele, in addition to the return to the team of loaned-out center back Mattia Vitti, winger Aliou Balde, and center back Todibo. Nice's overall performance in the new season is not bad, this season's Ligue 1 has 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, the last game is 8-0 wild victory over the promotion horse St. Etienne, the team's morale is high. Nice recently tends to open up the way of play, the game more goals, the last 14 games in all kinds of games as many as 13 games at least 2 goals, including 10 games at least 3 goals. Nice offensive end of the obvious improvement, across the season in the last 11 Ligue 1 games only 1 white, and the average efficiency of 1.68 is also very impressive.

Nice midfield core Toulam 20.6 million euros to Juventus, half of the main center back Robson Bambu to Braga, in addition to the front back Morris free agency departure. Nice away defense declined a lot, the last 16 league away games only 2 shutout, and the average of 1.5 goals conceded rate in Ligue 1 is not low. The difference between Nice's away games and home games is not small, losing 2 of their 3 league games away from home this season, with their negative opponents including weak teams like Auxerre, while their home games remain undefeated.

• Neutral Information

Lens Ligue 1 small ball club, last season the team played well, won the runner-up in Ligue 1, a number of players price soared, resulting in the summer window was sold, the strength of this season declined a lot, currently ranked in the upper reaches of the league. Nice Ligue 1 upper middle team, this season's offense is still good, but the defense has slipped, the overall performance of moderate, temporarily ranked 8th in Ligue 1.