French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Weawant]

PSG is only interested in winning the title. It is almost certain that PSG will win the Ligue 1 title. Brest, second in the table, will not be able to close the huge gap of 12 points with PSG by winning all the matches in a row. So Luis Enrique is not worried about the Ligue 1 title now. He is now keen to do well in the Champions League and win the French Cup title.

PSG are now in a bit of a safe zone after beating Real Sociedad 2-0 in the first leg of the Champions League. PSG's players can only qualify for the quarter-finals if they can put up some consistent performances in the away match of the second leg. This will not be a difficult task. Luis Enrique will surely develop a suitable match strategy to play well against Sociedad.

Even if breast wins all their games, chances are they still aren't going to win the league title because PSG as well will keep winning other games ahead and keeping the gap big still so expecting PSG to loose in any of their recent games is almost not happening. The Ligue 1 has never been a problem to PSG rather they have always seen it as something they can always handle so their problems has always lays within the champions league. This season PSG has seem to get a better chance beyond the round of sixteen but they may have some challenges by the semi finals that's if they are able to get there. winning real socidad in the first leg with two goals was a very good step that will be able to cushion any mistake if they eventually get one by the second leg because socidad will need to score at least four goals without PSG getting any in the second leg if they must be able to stay ahead of PSG to be able to proceed to the next stage of the champions league basically beyond the round of sixteen .

Even if PSG uses the rotational strategy to enable them be able to rest some key players in the Ligue 1 so they can get better results in the champions league, I think they will still not have much to fight for in the champions league because they are definitely going to still get back bin track and win the Ligue 1 because they have gotten a good point difference att he table top such that will be able to accommodate flaws should any cones.

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[Velvet78]

Marseille had a land slide victory today against Clermont even while been hosted by their host, they were very fascinating with their performance, the last few games Marseille had played, they have not have the best of their performance and this performance in this particular game got .e surprised how they did managed to win this game with such a huge goal difference, it sounded like surprise because I wasn't expecting this much from them but the. They were able to pull up such surprise and their opponent managed to get a go.by the end of the game Marseille is gradually improving but will still stay within the confines of their current position my not get to the top of the table this season except by miracle which we aren't expecting any of such to happen.

Mbappe has confirmed that he will be leaving PSG by the end of this season and Real Madrid remains his biggest and most anticipated destination after PSG but then PSG is definitely going to feel the absence of mbappe and even til now he's not stop playing well in PSG which shows his willing .

It is an amazing start for Marseille's new manager Jean-Louis Gasset honestly.    He managed three games one of which was in the Europa League and Marseille won all of them by really comfortable scores. It was like the players were waiting for this moment. Aubameyang also seems very motivated after the manager change. Because he scored four goals in these 3 games.  

There are still so many weeks to go for the end of the season. They have a chance to fight for a Champions League spot as long as they continue consistently. It is only a gap of five points.

[Salahmu]

Lille won with a single goal away to Reims.Both teams didn't have many positions during the match, but we can say that Lille won the match with the difference in the quality of their squad.They should be happy to come back from a difficult away with 3 points because the points difference with their rivals is small and they are in a fierce fight.

On a serious note Lille won the match by luck because there performance was not good on that match and they were struggling but Reims did not give them a breathing space, although Reims was actually supposed to win Lille on that match but they were unlucky but in terms of performance they really played very well because there ball possession was something else far better than Lille but the problem they had on that match was that they lack quality striker someone who is very good in scoring because they could not utilize all the opportunities Reims had on that match if not they were supposed to win Lille with a good reasonable goals because they miss all the opportunity they had, although it surprises me to see how Lille who has gone very far on the league will perform that poor that a club who is far below them on the table will trouble them this much, so actually is indeed a lucky win for Lille and has upgraded them on the league table and now they have a very close points with Monaco and Brest so perhaps there targets now will be to compete with them on the second and third position of the league table.

[macson]

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I would understand them not being a weak team, but with PSG spending three times more money than any other team, I would have expected them to get the win here. That is not because Monaco is bad, they could be second best team, and all I care finish by beating everyone else, but PSG is just a way too good team that I did not expected anything bigger, that became a bit of a problem for most people.

I think it should be clear that we are not going to end up with a win all that easily, it is going to change a lot eventually. I hope that people could have some sort of discussion regards to their manager, and even their owner as well. Looking like they are not the by far best team is unacceptable for PSG and that's what they did in this game.

Actually, it's all a matter of the coach's strategy, if we look at other leagues then we will find the same problem in the Bundesliga and also several other leagues, Hutter is a coach who has studied quite a lot of opponents that his team will face, so he chooses a strategy to locking in PSG's core attackers.  but to be honest, i don't like the formation used by enrique, he should make mbappe a center forward, not a winger.

[Kristiyana]

Marseille had a land slide victory today against Clermont even while been hosted by their host, they were very fascinating with their performance, the last few games Marseille had played, they have not have the best of their performance and this performance in this particular game got .e surprised how they did managed to win this game with such a huge goal difference, it sounded like surprise because I wasn't expecting this much from them but the. They were able to pull up such surprise and their opponent managed to get a go.by the end of the game Marseille is gradually improving but will still stay within the confines of their current position my not get to the top of the table this season except by miracle which we aren't expecting any of such to happen.

Mbappe has confirmed that he will be leaving PSG by the end of this season and Real Madrid remains his biggest and most anticipated destination after PSG but then PSG is definitely going to feel the absence of mbappe and even til now he's not stop playing well in PSG which shows his willing .

It is an amazing start for Marseille's new manager Jean-Louis Gasset honestly.    He managed three games one of which was in the Europa League and Marseille won all of them by really comfortable scores. It was like the players were waiting for this moment. Aubameyang also seems very motivated after the manager change. Because he scored four goals in these 3 games.  

There are still so many weeks to go for the end of the season. They have a chance to fight for a Champions League spot as long as they continue consistently. It is only a gap of five points.

Actually, marseille performance yesterday was beyond what I expected,at first I think clermont is going to win the match reason is because marseille has been in a losing position this time,but to my greatest surprise they won with goals,with there performance yesterday I think they have come back to there form once again.if they continue like this I guess they will make it up to top 4 of the league this season.

[bering]

Since got promoted to Ligue 1 Brest was never fight for Champion League spots before but this season they clearly different because Brest performance is quite impressive which make Brest can able to gets second places on league standings and i think their chances to playing at European competitions for next season will be wide open and today Brest want to resumes their winning streak by attempts to beat Le Havre and actually Le Havre target want to avoiding relegation zone because their position is still not secured but it's quite hard for them because their opponent Brest in the good condition

Just like i said before Brest was not rely on the particular players for each matches to scores so that's why almost all of their current striker can able to scores and performing well and for this match i am quite confident Brest will be able to resumes their winning streak and collect 3 points from Le Havre and the odds for Brest win is not high @1.59 so my prediction is Brest will being an the winner of this match and about the scores 1-0 or 2-1 for Brest

[BlackBaron]

Having occupied the relegation zone, Lyon has now managed to climb to 10th place in the Ligue 1 standings by collecting 28 points from 23 matches. The four consecutive wins achieved over Marseille, Montpellier, Nice and Metz cannot be separated from management movements in the January transfer window, the instant impact can be felt by improving the team performance and creating consistency. Lyon will face Lens, if they manage to secure full points it could open up their chances of finishing in a better position.

[entertheabyss]

Actually, it's all a matter of the coach's strategy, if we look at other leagues then we will find the same problem in the Bundesliga and also several other leagues, Hutter is a coach who has studied quite a lot of opponents that his team will face, so he chooses a strategy to locking in PSG's core attackers.  but to be honest, i don't like the formation used by enrique, he should make mbappe a center forward, not a winger.

Before jumping to details on the game, why subbed Kylian Mbappe halftime knowing fully well the winning depends on the Frenchman. There's every evidence to proof he's the key man and the man infront of goal. Adolf Hutter plans for the execution of his defensive strategy and he knows the perfect time to utilized them. He was fully focused against Paris Saint-Germain. There was no single entry of collecting three solid winning points at Stade Louis II. Les Parisiens boss, Luis Enrique was compatible but his expectations was never reached.

[tusandii]

After Lille lost in the previous match against Toulouse with a score of 3-1 and at that time Lille competed away but even though his appearance was perfect, Lille had difficulty scoring but this time Lille succeeded when he competed against Reims and Jonathan David managed to save Lille to get 3 Score from Reims.
Maybe I was too confident to bet for the sake of Lille's victory but in my opinion Lille deserves to win because in terms of performance it has been much different from Reims and since there is Jonathan David the appearance of Lille has become very strong even though sometimes unstable.

Clermont was humiliated by Marseille with 5 extraordinary winning scores.
Yesterday I had read some of us said that if Clermont could have given a surprise such as giving difficulties to Marseille to score a score and get a draw but we just saw yesterday how Marseille was very confident to defeat Clermont and it seems that despite successful scoring a large score did not give praise good for Marseille because the opponents faced are only weak opponents of the red zone.

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Having occupied the relegation zone, Lyon has now managed to climb to 10th place in the Ligue 1 standings by collecting 28 points from 23 matches. The four consecutive wins achieved over Marseille, Montpellier, Nice and Metz cannot be separated from management movements in the January transfer window, the instant impact can be felt by improving the team performance and creating consistency. Lyon will face Lens, if they manage to secure full points it could open up their chances of finishing in a better position.

Currently there is not much that Ligue 1 clubs can hope for apart from just finishing as high as possible in the standings, while for the title it is definitely just a dream for them because no one will be able to break PSG dominance to day,  most realistic option for Other teams besides PSG in Ligue 1 have only qualified for the Champions League, even though they realize that they won't be able to survive in the Champions League for long, but at least their can earn a little money from playing in the Champions League.

Yes, indeed we see several active movements in the transfer market by several clubs such as Marseille, Montpellier, Nice and Metz as you said, but actually they didn't bring in star players who were capable of bringing the team to not only target a good position but at least become champions, apart from that, if you pay attention in several seasons at Ligue 1, it can be seen that the team Apart from  PSG often sells their star  players, so they only use the transfer market to find replacements for the players they sell, and not to make their performance even better than the previous season.

[Hirose UK]

Marseille had a land slide victory today against Clermont even while been hosted by their host, they were very fascinating with their performance, the last few games Marseille had played, they have not have the best of their performance and this performance in this particular game got .e surprised how they did managed to win this game with such a huge goal difference, it sounded like surprise because I wasn't expecting this much from them but the. They were able to pull up such surprise and their opponent managed to get a go.by the end of the game Marseille is gradually improving but will still stay within the confines of their current position my not get to the top of the table this season except by miracle which we aren't expecting any of such to happen.

Mbappe has confirmed that he will be leaving PSG by the end of this season and Real Madrid remains his biggest and most anticipated destination after PSG but then PSG is definitely going to feel the absence of mbappe and even til now he's not stop playing well in PSG which shows his willing .

It is an amazing start for Marseille's new manager Jean-Louis Gasset honestly.    He managed three games one of which was in the Europa League and Marseille won all of them by really comfortable scores. It was like the players were waiting for this moment. Aubameyang also seems very motivated after the manager change. Because he scored four goals in these 3 games.  

There are still so many weeks to go for the end of the season. They have a chance to fight for a Champions League spot as long as they continue consistently. It is only a gap of five points.

Marseille is in 6th place in the standings and still needs lot of wins to improve its standings until this season competition ends.
It just that I also admit that Marseille performance in the last 3 matches was truly extraordinary, they won with big scores of 3 - 1, 4 - 1 and 5 - 1, this was truly victory that made all Marseille fans cheer with joy.
Maybe all of this is proof that Jean-Louis Gasset performance as coach has really produced satisfactory results and seeing all the players in these 3 matches really looks different from the previous few matches which were just draws and defeats.
Hopefully this will be good start for Marseille in the future by finishing the season and for the development of next season to be even better.

Do you believe that Marseille can get more appropriate place to be able to have UCL ticket? There will be fiercer competition in the future because the competition has been going on for quite long time and there are only few weeks left to finish.
Maybe Marseille can get better ranking but I not so sure they can get UCL tickets easily.

Ligue 1 only has 3 team slots to compete in the UCL, which means Marseille must at least occupy the top 3 positions, and even then they must first go through qualifying or the play-off round.
Everything will not be easy and Marseille must really have perfect strength.

[slapper]

Marseille had a land slide victory today against Clermont even while been hosted by their host, they were very fascinating with their performance, the last few games Marseille had played, they have not have the best of their performance and this performance in this particular game got .e surprised how they did managed to win this game with such a huge goal difference, it sounded like surprise because I wasn't expecting this much from them but the. They were able to pull up such surprise and their opponent managed to get a go.by the end of the game Marseille is gradually improving but will still stay within the confines of their current position my not get to the top of the table this season except by miracle which we aren't expecting any of such to happen.

Mbappe has confirmed that he will be leaving PSG by the end of this season and Real Madrid remains his biggest and most anticipated destination after PSG but then PSG is definitely going to feel the absence of mbappe and even til now he's not stop playing well in PSG which shows his willing .

Marseille's overwhelming win over Clermont was surprising given their recent form. As Jean-Louis Gasset instructed, they reset. They dominated the game with 17 shots and 11 on target, so I think their fighting spirit is back. Gasset has given the team confidence and tactical prowess. Talk about their goal-scoring streak! Scoring 12 goals in 3 matches under Gasset is impressive. This kind of play makes football exciting. I hope Marseille can recover despite the odds. It may be difficult to finish first this season, but making the top four is possible

[wmaurik]

Actually, it's all a matter of the coach's strategy, if we look at other leagues then we will find the same problem in the Bundesliga and also several other leagues, Hutter is a coach who has studied quite a lot of opponents that his team will face, so he chooses a strategy to locking in PSG's core attackers.  but to be honest, i don't like the formation used by enrique, he should make mbappe a center forward, not a winger.

Maybe Enruque himself also has his own reasons for placing Mbappe in that position, even though he might be more suitable for the position you said. But for now PSG doesn't need to think too much about their condition in Ligue 1 because they are actually far ahead of their competitors, so the coach and players should think about the Champions League, which they will play in two days' time. Because if you look at the points obtained by PSG, it is very natural for them to apply several different formations to see how they develop with that formation.

[rendravolt]

One thing that really caught my attention is that Marseille are now very reliable and they are not half-hearted when they win because they have always scored lots of goals so far. It would be very nice when one of the big teams could do this continuously and I think betting on Marseille would be quite promising to win. They have won two matches like this in a landslide and I want to see Marseille maintain this.

I briefly discussed the role of the new coach, Jean-Louis Gasset, who made Marseille as aggressive as it is now and maybe if Marseille still kept Gattuso the results would not be like this. I know it's too early to congratulate coach Jean-Louis Gasset's performance but I think it all starts with good things like this. Currently Marseille is in 6th position in the standings and is only 5 to 6 points away from Lille and Monaco. They will definitely get a place in European competition from the Champions League, European League or Conference League next season and I am very sure of that.

[len01]

One thing that really caught my attention is that Marseille are now very reliable and they are not half-hearted when they win because they have always scored lots of goals so far. It would be very nice when one of the big teams could do this continuously and I think betting on Marseille would be quite promising to win. They have won two matches like this in a landslide and I want to see Marseille maintain this.

I briefly discussed the role of the new coach, Jean-Louis Gasset, who made Marseille as aggressive as it is now and maybe if Marseille still kept Gattuso the results would not be like this. I know it's too early to congratulate coach Jean-Louis Gasset's performance but I think it all starts with good things like this. Currently Marseille is in 6th position in the standings and is only 5 to 6 points away from Lille and Monaco. They will definitely get a place in European competition from the Champions League, European League or Conference League next season and I am very sure of that.

very proud to see Marseille has returned to improve her performance even though previously had difficulty going up to the top 10 at the time of bad that occurred at that time after Louis Gasset overcome this problem slowly Marseille finally found the right strategy to remain consistent in increasing the number of points to return to rank 3 in the standings like last season.
TBH, I was not too impressed with a large score that had been printed when fighting Montpellier and Clermont because the two teams were only a weak team that had always been a place to get points for the top teams so that I was not surprised if Marseille was able to score a big score in the 2 matches.

In the upcoming match Marseille will appear in UEL against Villarreal and if indeed Louis Gasset can have a positive impact that it should not have difficulty in scoring a winning score because in my opinion Villarreal has a performance that is almost equivalent to Marseille.
If in the first leg UEL won a big score I had to give praise to the coach.

[boltz]

Funny how since Mbappe is known for leaving in the summer for Real , PSG are 2 draws in a row and the title fight is kinda back online with Brest being 9 points behind them but I doubt anyone can catch PSG.

Lyon - Lens and this is a tough one for Lens because Lyon has a winning streak of 4 games and last month for Lens has been really bad , being eliminated from Conference League and then lost top 6 in Ligue 1 too...

[piebeyb]

Funny how since Mbappe is known for leaving in the summer for Real , PSG are 2 draws in a row and the title fight is kinda back online with Brest being 9 points behind them but I doubt anyone can catch PSG.

I'm also not sure that Brest will break PSG's dominance this season because even if PSG makes mistakes in two consecutive matches it won't shift PSG's position either, because this also doesn't always have anything to do without Mbappe playing in the match just because it's to test PSG's abilities without Mbappe and Enrique did it to try a strategy without Mbappe, but in my opinion Enrique is maintaining Mbappe's performance for the upcoming UCL match against Real Sociedad which of course will make it difficult for PSG to win again even though on aggregate PSG is still superior.

I know that Mbappe will probably leave PSG for Madrid, but Mbappe's task may be more important at the moment to be able to win the UCL title or at least be able to qualify for the UCL final this season. Enrique certainly wants PSG to achieve satisfactory results in the UCL, not only in domestic league only, because in the domestic league there is not really tight competition so PSG is trying to test a new strategy if Mbappe doesn't play full time there, I'm sure it's not only related to his move to Madrid, but PSG is keeping Mbappe in good condition to face Sociedad in second leg match later.

[LUCKMCFLY]

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For me, I still feel uneasy about Mbappé, or do I know if he Really wants to go to MADRID , supposedly many things that I have given him make available some things that he probably doesn't go because of a clause, for the Frenchman and if the He does not accept it, because obviously he is not leaving, apparently Florentin Perez Does not get the idea that Things are so easy for the Frenchman, and even less so considering that he is no longer 23 years Old and is not in the Prime of his career Yes, he is the most outstanding in Ligue 1 , but even so he once said to Madrid that no, because this is not so easy for Madrid, apart from this Luis Enrique already said that the Frenchman was going to leave I don't know, but it's very likely for Madrid , and he's already banned from the games, and Mbappé doesn't really care, because instead of playing the game with his teammates , what he does is go out and watch the game. I play with their parents from the stands, then it's a shame that they have completely ruined their team, since they almost have their feet safe from the team.

Revealed: PSG’s threat to Kylian Mbappé over signing for Real Madrid

The subject of the France international’s place in Luis Enrique’s squad of course returned to the fore in a major way on Friday, after Mbappé was hooked at the interval in his side’s Ligue 1 meeting with AS Monaco.

Speaking to the media post-match, PSG boss Enrique confirmed that this came with the Spaniard eager for his side to learn to break down opposing defences sans the contributions of their talismanic attacker.

Source: https://getfootballnewsspain.com/revealed-psgs-threat-to-kylian-mbappe-over-signing-for-real-madrid/

Well the facts speak for themselves, we all know that things can be and happen that way, personally I have always said that Mbappé is going to leave PSG and this could be very nice for some Madrid fans, I am fan of Madrid but the truth is that I would not like to see Mbappé in Madrid because he is a very problematic player, because they have told him these things, it is because the player has been somewhat rude and does not adapt anymore and does not continue the instructions that he has to abide by, for that reason they made it public, perhaps a lot has been said, but things can be revealed just like that, many do want Mbvappé to leave, but I consider that it is necessary for him to leave, But to another club, for me he would fit very well in a club like Liverpool, Klopp is leaving and with him many good players are leaving, maybe the arrival of Mbappé here can make a difference.

One thing that really caught my attention is that Marseille are now very reliable and they are not half-hearted when they win because they have always scored lots of goals so far. It would be very nice when one of the big teams could do this continuously and I think betting on Marseille would be quite promising to win. They have won two matches like this in a landslide and I want to see Marseille maintain this.

I briefly discussed the role of the new coach, Jean-Louis Gasset, who made Marseille as aggressive as it is now and maybe if Marseille still kept Gattuso the results would not be like this. I know it's too early to congratulate coach Jean-Louis Gasset's performance but I think it all starts with good things like this. Currently Marseille is in 6th position in the standings and is only 5 to 6 points away from Lille and Monaco. They will definitely get a place in European competition from the Champions League, European League or Conference League next season and I am very sure of that.

The truth is that I have always had a lot of faith in Marseille , because it is a team that I see as having potential, as well as Lille and Lyon, but somehow they always find a way to Disappoint me, and that's the only thing that doesn't bother me. I like it , because in part the thing has to be known how to do so that we take advantage of all the best of the Teams , but this is something that has to be done, I could say that when there are more players in agreement there can be an explosion of Good football, the oach that you say, if it is a reality, thanks to him the results have been given, what Gatusso had done but it is true that it is not the same, perhaps they Would be the same but seeing that they have improved so much if we have to give credit to the coach , and partly also the acceptance that they have had what they have played, what they do is very bad , I Could say that if they continue like this and PSG is deborned as it has been doing without Mbappé , things could happen in favor of these teams without any doubt.

Gasset's Marseille revival goes on with Clermont win

Marseille have hammered rock-bottom Clermont 5-1 to give new coach Jean-Louis Gasset a third straight win in all competitions, with 12 goals scored.

Gasset has brought the confidence flooding back for sixth-placed Marseille since succeeding Gennaro Gattuso in the hotseat on February 20.

Attacking midfielder Iliman Ndiaye put the visitors ahead midway through the first half, scuffing a shot inside the post after Clermont failed to clear a right-wing cross.

Source: https://thewest.com.au/sport/soccer/gassets-marseille-revival-goes-on-with-clermont-win-c-13809428

Now MarseIlle has a great point in its favour, it is its coach and it is the Only one who has made the difference so far. Will Ligue 1 do the same for it as in the Bundeliga? That the euqiop that always won will find it difficult to Regain the lead and go first place? That is something that we must see and that we have to analyze, because it started like this , Only this time the main team that dominates Ligue 1 because it will not have a Mbappé, and while the other teams are going up in level, because they will no longer want to be left without fight for the first Position , then this is the Only thing that is coming, probably things will turn out like this, or maybe Luis Enrique will find the formula so that they stay the same in the same position , maybe that is why he now removes Mbappé in the Middle of the game because he is beginning to see that Things are not going well for him , I did imagine a scenario like that, that Luis Enrique was going to have to start Taking the player out so that he gets out of the habit

[Palakka]

Funny how since Mbappe is known for leaving in the summer for Real , PSG are 2 draws in a row and the title fight is kinda back online with Brest being 9 points behind them but I doubt anyone can catch PSG.

When speculation continues to hit about the departure of their star then usually the club will be disrupted and eventually affect club performance, as is the case with Mbappe at this time who continues to be linked and confirmed to leave for Madrid next season, especially reportedly if now Mbappe has reached a personal agreement with Madrid to join Los Galaticos next season, but strangely somehow Luis Enrique still plays Mbappe as the spearhead of PSG and give capten position for him even though if we see if Mbappe no longer plays all out and tends to play casually to avoid injury in the match,  After Mbappe decision to leave, it does seem to affect PSG attacking power at the moment and even I think PSG will perform better if Mbappe is no longer played this season.

If you notice that in PSG last two matches that ended in draws, Mbappe average performance and statistics were below 7, and isn't that very rare to happen when Mbappe has not decided to leave?
Honestly, I suspect that this was deliberately done by Mbappe at the urging of Madrid so that at least Mbappe could join Madrid later in top condition without any injuries that plagued him.

[Mame89]

Funny how since Mbappe is known for leaving in the summer for Real , PSG are 2 draws in a row and the title fight is kinda back online with Brest being 9 points behind them but I doubt anyone can catch PSG.

The reason is that PSG played without pressure from competitors in League 1, only drawing on points, still far ahead of second place. So Enrique was seen rotating a lot of players and Enrique deliberately didn't play Mbappe until the end of the second half so that they could get used to being without Mbappe, because next season Mbappe will leave PSG. Their current focus is only on the Champions League, League 1 seems to be in their hands.

Lyon - Lens and this is a tough one for Lens because Lyon has a winning streak of 4 games and last month for Lens has been really bad , being eliminated from Conference League and then lost top 6 in Ligue 1 too...

Correct. This is a match that is difficult to predict but Lyon is slowly starting to recover, of course they want to maintain their positive trend and want to enter the top ten of League 1. This match will also be played in front of Lyon supporters so there is a big possibility that Lyon can win this match.