Ligue 1 Predictions, Round 29
GFFN editor-in-chief Luke Entwistle and GFFN’s Raphaël Jucobin face off in our Ligue 1 predictions competition. It’s three points for a correct score, two points for a correct score difference, and one point for a correct result. Who will come out on top at the end of the season?
Scores
Raphaël: 143
Luke: 159
Game of the week: Olympique Lyonnais v Stade Brestois, Sunday 19:45 (UK)
Lyon’s revival has been nothing short of spectacular. At the start of December, Olympique Lyonnais were rock bottom of Ligue 1, three points off second-bottom Clermont Foot. Pierre Sage sparked an immediate revival. Having secured seven points in their first 14 games, Lyon won their last three games in the run-up to the winter break. However, upon the return of football in mid-January, there was a relapse of sorts. At the start of February, OL occupied the relegation play-off spot. The threat of relegation was still real. Two months later and the story could not be more different. We are no longer talking about a relegation candidate but a European contender.
Les Gones’ latest win, which came late in the second half at an empty Beaujoire against Nantes, takes them to within just one point of Marseille and Rennes. Momentum is with OL, who have lost just one in their last nine in Ligue 1. With a place in the Coupe de France final also secured, Lyon have two shots at securing European football for next season, however, the calendar is not kind to them.
Brest are no easy client. Still in second, bar PSG, Les Brestois are the favourites to secure Champions League qualification for next season. Defensive solidity and workmanlike midfielders have been the backbone of the Breton club’s surprise success this season.
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