Like every Saturday, find the latest news and editorial forecasts for the Ligue 1 matches of the day.
After the “extremely important” success of Monaco in Rennes last night (3-2), following the 32th Ligue 1 day, with two matches on the program this Saturday. At 5 p.m., Saint-Etienne will try to get out of the red zone by beating Brest. For this meeting, Pascal Dupraz, whose team is still traumatized by a defeat in Lorient (6-2, after having led 2-0), recovers Khazri, but will be deprived of Neyou, excluded in Brittany. In Brest, Satriano and Le Duaron are absent.
Lens, roi du derby
At 9 p.m., it’s the northern derby between Lille and Lens, at Pierre Mauroy. The Mastiffs are still without Botman, while the Lensois are without Haïdara and Doucouré. We should see a very open match, with Sang et Or capable of winning.
Sunday, resumption of the 32th day at 1 p.m., with a Nice – Lorient which has taken on even more importance since the success of Monaco in Rennes. Doubled by its neighbor, Nice is 6th and must win to return to the top 5. It will be without Dante and Lemina (suspended), but also Claude-Maurice, Schneiderlin and Atal, injured. Lorient is almost complete, only Diarra is absent.
Metz: beat Clermont and keep hope alive
Four meetings are scheduled at 3 p.m.: Troyes – Strasbourg, Nantes – Angers, Montpellier – Reims and Metz – Clermont.
The reception of the Auvergnats is one of the last chances for Metz to stay in the game for maintenance. Antonetti is deprived of Centonze, Udöl and Maiga, while Gastien still has to do without Rashani and Hamel.
While Angers is still under the threat of relegation, Nantes wants to confirm its point taken in Brest last weekend. Pallois and Moutoussamy return to the Kombouaré side, in a match that Bahoken will miss with SCO.
Bordeaux can deliver the coup de grace to Lyon
Less than 72 hours after the West Ham trauma, OL at the heart of the storm welcome Bordeaux, in search of points. Which team will field Bosz for this tense game? Paqueta should start, but Lopes is very doubtful. On the Girondins side, Marcelo will miss his return to Groupama Stadium, while Oudin, Ignatenko and Pembelé are injured or suspended. And if Bordeaux came to sink Les Gones?
The 32th day will end with one of the most anticipated matches of the year: the classico. PSG will present themselves at the Parc without Herrera, Kurzawa, Diallo, Paredes and Draxler, but with Di Maria.
Long announced package, Navas could apply for a place. At OM, Jorge Sampaoli is deprived of Balerdi and De La Fuente, but also of Milik, who will not make the trip to the capital.
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