Lyon-Paris SG for the throne, Nantes-Lorient for the ejection seat

Suspense on all floors. If the Lyon-Paris SG poster, in the title race, dominates the 30th day of Ligue 1 on Sunday evening, the Nantes-Lorient duel, between two refreshed teams, is worth gold in the race to maintain.

The Shock: The Battle of the Dolphins

With OL-PSG (9:00 p.m.), the two pursuers of the Lille leader face each other directly.

The first place will only be at stake if the Losc, which has a three-point lead, collapses at home in front of the relegation of Nîmes (5:05 pm) a little earlier.

Warning ! PSG did not shine this season against the teams in the top four. Beaten twice by Monaco and author of a 0-0 in Lille, he lost the first leg at home against Lyonnais (1-0), on a goal from Tino Kadewere.

But the Parisians have just broken this spell against Losc (3-0), Wednesday in the Coupe de France, the same opponent they will find at the Park in early April, after the international break which opens on Monday.

To continue its series against the cadors, PSG are hoping for a return of King Neymar, who could come into play after five weeks on the flank.

The Brazilian would complete a dream casting for Ligue 1, with Kylian Mbappé in great shape, who has just scored 14 goals in two months, in all competitions, and Memphis Depay in the other camp.

The two clubs most often champions for twenty years (7 titles each) have been showing irregularity for two months, unlike Lille.

PSG lost three times in 2021, Lyon twice. If there is a loser on Sunday night, he may well end up in the title race …

Player: Milik, confirmation? –

Does it bode well for Arkadiusz Milik? In the recent past, there has been no lack of scoring stories between Nice and OM. Mario Balotelli started his career in Nice with a double that had ruined the Marseillais (3-2) in September 2016.

Passed briefly under the other tunic, he himself scored against his former club (1-0) in March 2019.

Dario Benedetto also scored his first goal in L1 in an OM victory in Nice (2-1) in September 2019.

OM, which remains on seven victories in a row against its rivals on the Riviera, is therefore counting on its Pole, in search of the famous label of “great striker”.

He got off to a good start with four goals in seven matches, he couldn’t play more because an injury cut him off shortly after entering the winter transfer window.

Jorge Sampaoli, Milik’s third coach in two months at OM, also started on a good streak: he won his first two matches.

If he wins the third, he will launch OM for good in the race for 5th place, qualifying for the Europa Conference Conference, the third European competition inaugurated next season.

The number: 4

Like Nantes’ series of successes in L1 against Lorient, which he receives in a crucial game for maintenance. The “Canaries”, 18th, came back just one point behind the “Merlus” (17th) thanks to their feat at Paris SG (2-1).

But these “three unexpected points, now they must be validated”, insists Antoine Kombouaré, Nantes coach who “will only be happy” with the victory at the Parc des Princes “if we beat Lorient”.

“The work continues, we do not relax,” insists the coach, who has taken 8 points (out of 15 possible) since his arrival.

Lorient, placed just above the waterline, is also doing better (6 points taken over the same period, only one defeat),

The match will also be valid for the expected duel between the two men in form of each team, Randal Kolo Muani, scorer, passer and blaster at the Park, and the aptly named Armand Laurienté, author of a double in another match for the maintenance against Saint-Étienne (2-1), and a stunning slalom to bring the equalizer against Nice (1-1).

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