Sports Mole previews the shock of Ligue 1 on Saturday between Lyon and Angers, including predictions, team news and possible alignments.
Seeking to sneak into European spots on the last day of the campaign, Lyon host Anterior At Groupama Stadium for a very important Ligue 1 confrontation on Saturday evening.
The hosts underwent a damaging defeat at the Base of Monaco the last time, while the SCO obtained a victory on survival on Strasbourg on the floor at home.
Correspondence overview
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After a sixth place in Ligue 1 during the 2023-24 campaign – a placement that finally allowed them to progress in the quarter -final of the Europa League this quarter before losing against Manchester United – the French giants Lyon are likely to miss the continental scene in 2025-26.
The Gones have lost consecutive high-flying contests for the first time since mid-August when the campaign reaches its commercial end, Saturday evening hosts suffering from a 2-0 defeat at Monaco’s home last weekend, when the second half strikes strikes of strike strikes from the first time of strikes from the first time of strikes of the second time half of half of Takumi Minamino And Denis Zakaria decided the match.
Losing three of their most recent quartet of high -flying battles, Lyon fell in seventh place in the Ligue 1 classification Before the accommodation of Angers of this weekend, three points behind Nice, Lille and Strasbourg in fourth, fifth and sixth respectively, which means that the qualification in the Champions League is always a possibility.
Despite the need to rely on other results in order to achieve their objectives on Saturday, Paulo FonsecaThe troops will focus only on the holding on their side of the agreement and the collection of maximum points at the Groupama stadium, where they scored 35 goals in 16 Ligue 1 games this quarter.
Two players certainly deserve European spotlights next season, Alexandre Lacazette And Georges Mikautadze are the embarrassing duo at the forefront of the Lyon attack, with the French and the Georgian marking 24 high -flying goals this season for the Champions League hunters.
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After a second place in Ligue 2 and a later promotion at this level last May, Angers successfully retained its high level status for 12 months, with a little good shape in recent weeks, ensuring that Stade Raymond Kopa will be a Ligue 1 in 2025-26.
The SCO has won consecutive victories for the first time in the League since January, obtaining success on Nantes and, more recently, Strasbourg, which could not respond enough to a brilliant damage to the elite Angers Esteban Lepaul Saturday afternoon.
Collection of maximum points from their planning from May to date, Alexandre DujeuxMen have propelled themselves to a 13th comfortable place in the Ligue 1 classification Before the trip of this weekend at the Groupama stadium, five points above Le Havre in the relegation-playoff position.
Not unusual for a newly promoted outfit, the SCO has struggled to establish itself as a serious attacking threat on the road this season, Saturday visitors filling only 14 times out of 16 league 1 outings – only the Montpellier HSc (6) has managed only less strikes outside.
Angers has lost each of their last four meetings with Lyon by a global score of 14-3, with the most recent success of the SCO against the opponents of this weekend in August 2021, when Sofiane Boufal was among the scorers in a 3-0 victory for Gerald BaticleThe boys.
Lyon Ligue 1 form:
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Team news
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Lyon remains without the services of the French midfielder Corentin TolissoWho has been sidelined with an injury since the defeat to the goal earlier in the month.
The Gones are not able to use the talents of the Premier League linked Ernest NAMThe Ghanaian undergoing a serious knee injury in April.
There are many beds occupied in the Angers medical room before the final of the season of Saturday, with tastes Sidiki Cherif (thigh) and Zinedine Ferhat (CHIGH) industrial.
SCO is also without central midfielder Yassin BelkhdimWho picked up a yellow card inducing the suspension during the victory in Nantes on May 4.
The options of visitors to the rear are reduced by the absence of Abdoulaye BambaWith a 35 -year -old strain suffering from a veal strain at the end of April.
Lyon Possom of starting possible:
Perri; Maitland-Niles, Calet-Car, Niakhate, Tagliafico; Tessmann, Cherki, Verettout; Almada, Mikautadze, Lacazette
Angers Possible Possord Lineage:
Heafter; Arcus, Camara, Lefort, Hanin; Rao-Linea, Khaled, Courcou, Altevinah, Abdelli; Glow
We say: Lyon 2-0 Angers
Demanding a positive result to keep their European hopes alive, Lyon should be impatient to go to the Groupama stadium on the last day of the Ligue 1 season.
Angers is on the beach after obtaining security earlier this month, and a relaxed approach to visitors should allow the Gones to tear up maximum points.
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