Lorient vs Lens: Coupe de France Records, Stats, Goals, Head to Head & everything to know

RC Lens will be aiming to enter the quarter-finals of Coupe de France when they travel to Stade du Moustoir for the round of the 16 fixture on Thursday night. The last meeting between these two sides was less than six months ago in the Ligue 1, which ended 5-2 in favour of Lens, courtesy of a brace from Wesley Said, while the likes of Sotoca Abdul Samed and Openda scored one goal each. Meanwhile, both sides are heading into the match on the back of draws in their respective league-outings on Sunday. The hosts played out a goalless draw against Angers, while Lens were held to a 1-1 draw away to Brest. 

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On Sunday, Lorient extended their unbeaten run at home to three straight games. Although a 0-0 draw against rock-bottom side Angers was a disappointing result, it was only their second clean sheet at home in the 2022-23 domestic season. Meanwhile, Les Merlus reached this far in the French Cup, by defeating La Chataigneraie (6-0) and Bastia in the previous round fixtures. Against Bastia, Les Merlus prevailed 4-1 on penalties after the match was tied at 1-1 in 120 minutes of play. Ibrahima Kone’s 64th-minute effort gave the lead to Lorient, before Bastia leveled the score through Joris Sainati, nine minutes from time.

As for Lens, they are going through a bit of a rough patch, having collected just two points from their last three outings. Last time out, the Blood and Gold came from behind to earn a point away to Brest, courtesy of Jonathan Gradit’s 83rd-minute effort. Meanwhile, Franck Haise’s side reached this far in the French Cup by getting the better of Linas-Montlhery ( 0-2) and Brest (1-3) in the previous rounds. Wesley Said, Facundo Medina and Adrien Thomasson struck in the first half for Lens in the round of 32 encounter at Stade Francis-le Ble on January 22.

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Lorient vs Lens: Coupe de France Records, Stats & Goals

Both these sides have faced each other on 27 occasions and 10 of them ended in draws. Lorient have won 11 times compared to just six victories for lens. Meanwhile Lens have an edge in the last five head-to-head, with three wins to their name. 

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