Sports Mole previews the shock of Ligue 1 on Sunday between Lyon and Lens, including predictions, team news and possible alignments.
Lyon will continue his battle for a place in the Champions League in the Ligue 1 table Because they welcome European hopes Lens At Lyonnais Olympic Park on Sunday afternoon.
The hosts are fifth in the table and just a point outside the first four, while visitors must obtain maximum points for the rest of the season to have a chance to finish European.
Correspondence overview
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In 2023-24, Lyon seemed ready for a shock relegation when they were seated at the bottom of the table on the day of the day 15, but Wise stoneAppointed halfway through the season, miraculously raised them in a sixth place while his team won 15 of their last 20 games, which means that the hopes were leading this campaign.
However, Sage guided Lyon towards a single victory of the first five games in Ligue 1, and although they have improved briefly when they went up to sixth row, a series of five games without victory throughout January saw the rejected manager of his role.
Paulo Fonseca was quickly hired as Sage’s successor, but only two months before his mandate, the Portuguese director received a nine -month ban on domestic competitions after a violent confrontation with a referee, leaving Jorge Maciel On the key line for domestic lighting.
Regardless of the output drama, Lyon was able to climb to fifth in the ranking of Ligue 1, dragging Monaco, fourth, at a single point and in Marseille, second of only four points, although they are only the sixth and Strasbourg, seventh placed on the difference in goals.
Lyon will aim to obtain a top four and ensure its return to the Champions League for the first time since 2019-2020, which means that they will be impatient to end the season with three positive residues.
A difficult match against the goal will be followed by a crucial match with the current fourth Monaco, before Lyon ended the season against relegation against the angels.
Seeking to start their running in on a high note, Lyon will have to defeat the objective for the first time since February 2023, having lost two and by firing one of the last three meetings.
The objective will be desperate for the three points on Sunday, while blood and gold drag the European places of nine points with three games to play, requiring as many points and an unlikely scenario in which Strasbourg, Nice and Lyon all fail to secure a single point to reach the first six.
Still go Will be disappointed with this scenario, because his teams were in a strong position for a European place heading for the closing stadiums of the season, but seven defeats and only four victories in their last 11 championship games have hindered their chances.
Although their chances of making the first six are very thin, the goal is always a solid finish of the season, seeking to build a solid base to rely on the next quarter.
Lyon Ligue 1 form:
Lyon form (all competitions):
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Team news
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Ernest NAM is excluded for the rest of the season due to a crossed ligament injury that he suffered in early April, while Alexandre Lacazette is also out of the shock on Sunday due to the suspension.
After a 4-1 victory against Rennes the last time, Lyon is likely to organize a similar team on Sunday, with Malick Fofana,, Thiago Almada,, Rayan Cherki And Georges Mikautadze in attack.
As for the objective, Denis Petric,, Jhoanner Chavez,, Remy Lascary,, Martin Satriano And Ruben Aguilar all out of injuries, while Florian Sotoca is suspended due to a red card in their last outing.
After a humiliating defeat of 4-0 against Auxerre in their last match, the objective could make several modifications to their start of departure on Sunday, including Facundo MédinaThe return after the defender served his suspension.
Lyon Possom of starting possible:
Perri; Maitland-Niles, Mata, Niakate, Tagliaflico; Matic, Tolisso; Cherki, Almada, Fofana; Mikautadze
Possible start range lenses:
Ryan; Grade, medina, savior; Antonio, Aynaoui, God, Machado; Agbonif, Zaroury; Koyalipou
We say: Lyon 2-1 Lens
The objective may have had the upper hand in this match during recent meetings, but Lyon is much larger in good shape and will be desperate for the points to guarantee a finish among the first four, leading us to expect a victory at home.
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