AC Ajaccio vs RC Lens Preview 14/08/2022

AC Ajaccio vs RC Lens – 14/08/2022

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The French prime flight motion continues on Sunday with newcomers, Ajaccio, taking up Lens on the Stade François Coty, with the hosts eager to bounce again from final weekend’s opening recreation loss away from house at Lyon.

It has been 9 seasons since Ajaccio final appeared within the French prime flight however it wasn’t the type of begin that they’d had in thoughts forward of this new Ligue 1 marketing campaign once they had been handed a 2-1 defeat away at Lyon, so the hosts shall be eager to open their account right here this Sunday.

Ajaccio had beforehand achieved automated promotion from Ligue 2 on the finish of final season, ending runners-up behind the title winners, Toulouse, so this recent prime flight marketing campaign brings recent optimism within the Ajaccio camp.

Nevertheless, current outcomes recommend Ajaccio may wrestle right here as soon as once more because the hosts have misplaced three out of their final 5 video games total which incorporates pre-season losses to Caen and Paris FC, and Ajaccio can even be lacking ahead, Hamouma, who shall be absent by suspension.

Lens narrowly missed out on attaining a prime 5 end in final season’s Ligue 1 marketing campaign as they ended up 4 factors adrift of fifth positioned finishers Good in what was typically thought-about a creditable marketing campaign by the guests.

Lens put collectively a strong run of ends in the French prime flight from mid-February onwards which noticed the guests undergo simply the 2 defeats of their remaining 15 video games of final time period, shedding to Brest and Strasbourg but in addition selecting up 9 wins within the course of below supervisor, Franck Haise.

Accordingly, outcomes away from house additionally improved for Lens because the guests misplaced simply two of their remaining 9 video games on the street which included wins at Saint Etienne, Angers, Lille, Reims and Troyes together with holding French champions, PSG, to a 1-1 draw as properly.

It’s this type of type that supervisor Haise shall be eager for his facet to copy this season as they go seeking a prime 5 end this time round and having gained three of their final 4 away video games in Ligue 1, Lens will fancy their probabilities right here.

Lens shall be with out ahead Buksa (damaged leg), whereas goalkeeper Farinez, defender Fortes and midfielder Kakuta are all rated as uncertain for this journey to Ajaccio.

Lens made massive strides final season and the guests must be too robust for Ajaccio right here.