Paris FC travel to Bollaert-Delelis on Saturday 24 October at 19:45 for matchday 8 of Ligue 1. Their Malian striker Lassine Sinayoko is billed as the Parisians’ main weapon against RC Lens’s attacking midfielder Florian Thauvin.
Matchday 8 of Ligue 1 serves up a duel between a Malian striker and an experienced attacking midfielder. RC Lens host Paris FC this Saturday 24 October at 19:45, and all eyes turn to Lassine Sinayoko, billed as the Parisian club’s main weapon by Sport News Africa. The Mali international arrives at Bollaert-Delelis to face an RC Lens side unbeaten at home in their last three home games.
On the other side, Florian Thauvin embodies the experience and drive of the Lens attack, again according to Sport News Africa. Two attacking profiles, two different roles: the Malian striker carries the hopes of a Paris FC looking to consolidate their top-flight survival, while the Lens attacking midfielder personifies the ambition of a side pushing for European places.
Sinayoko’s workrate
Sport News Africa highlights Lassine Sinayoko’s ability to trouble opposition defences and his workrate, two assets that make him Paris FC’s attacking reference at Bollaert-Delelis. For Paris FC, the stakes are clear: consolidate their survival against a side pushing for European places.
The tactical duel between RC Lens’s central defence and the Malian is identified by the same source as the key to the match. It is therefore, above all, a head-to-head between the Lens centre-backs and the Paris striker.
Thauvin, Lens’s experience
On the Lens side, Florian Thauvin embodies the experience and drive of the attack, reports Sport News Africa. An RC Lens attacking midfielder, he is the player Sinayoko faces in this clash of attacking profiles.
Two players with distinct roles, then, in a fixture where Paris FC are looking to consolidate their survival and RC Lens come in as contenders for European places.
View from Mali and broadcast details
Lassine Sinayoko is one of Mali’s attacking mainstays in AFCON qualifying, according to Sport News Africa. A solid performance at Bollaert would strengthen his starting place ahead of the next November gathering.
The match will be broadcast on Canal+ Sport Afrique for sub-Saharan viewers. Kick-off Saturday at 19:45, at Bollaert-Delelis.