Lorient vs. Strasbourg - prediction, team news, lineups

Separated by 1 spot successful the Ligue 1 table, Lorient invited Strasbourg to Stade du Moustoir for Sunday’s gameweek 31 action.

Looking to leapfrog the visitors by securing maximum points, the hosts indispensable assertion back-to-back wins successful Brittany for the archetypal clip since January-February to emergence to eighth.

Match preview

Having each but tally retired of games to decorativeness successful the coveted top-six positions successful Ligue 1 and gain a playoff spot successful the Conference League, Lorient participate their last 4 matches aiming to extremity arsenic precocious arsenic imaginable successful the competition.

Even that ambition has its limits, with seventh-placed Monaco 9 points wide of Olivier Pantaloni’s squad aft 30 games played, leaving them efficaciously chasing lone Strasbourg successful the last weeks of the 2025-26 season.

Even though this weekend’s hosts person played 1 crippled much than their Alsace-based visitors, whose outstanding fixture is against Brest, occurrence for Les Merlus puts them successful a promising presumption heading into their last 3 matches.

Anyone of a Lorient persuasion has crushed to beryllium optimistic up of Sunday, fixed Le FCL’s ongoing tally of affirmative results successful Brittany, wherever they person earned 7 points from their past 3 matches astatine Stade du Moustoir.

While they person not claimed consecutive location wins since January-February’s victories implicit Nantes and Angers, losing conscionable 1 lucifer successful beforehand of their fans each play — a 7-1 annihilation astatine the hands of Lille — extending their eight-month unbeaten tally connected location ungraded ought either to spot them overtake this weekend’s visitors oregon support them adjacent capable to combat different day.

Gary O’Neil’s men caput to Lorient connected Sunday alert of the location side’s ambition; however, it remains to beryllium seen if the Alsace-based broadside are motivated for league enactment successful the last weeks of this term.

While Le Racing suffered their archetypal Ligue 1 decision successful 7 past clip out, falling 3-0 to Rennes, that nonaccomplishment was followed by a Coupe de France semi-final exit to Nice.

Both setbacks person travel aft O’Neil’s men roared backmost from 2-0 down to bushed Mainz successful the Conference League quarter-final 2nd leg, winning the necktie 4-2 connected aggregate, leaving galore to wonderment whether their European ambition could instrumentality precedence implicit league form.

Such suggestions stay up successful the air, however, arsenic Le RCS question to Brittany looking to proceed their three-match unbeaten tally distant from home, having earned 5 points from this ongoing spell without decision connected the road, winning 3-2 astatine Nantes successful their astir caller specified fixture.

Notably, though, Strasbourg person not claimed consecutive victories connected their travels each season, leaving the Alsace-based outfit with overmuch to bash connected Sunday’s travel to Brittany.

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Team News

Lorient are battling a fewer injuries successful their squad, with semipermanent absentee Isaak Toure (knee), Montassar Talbi (calf) and Theo Le Bris (knee) each sidelined, portion Mohamed Bamba could miss retired done illness.

Bamba Dieng and Pablo Pagis person shared the attacking load for the hosts, scoring 9 and 8 goals respectively, with Pagis besides contributing 3 assists.

Having rotated heavy for past weekend’s Rennes defeat, it volition beryllium absorbing to spot if O’Neil takes a akin attack conscionable days earlier Strasbourg question to Rayo Vallecano for their Conference League semi-final archetypal leg.

Aaron Anselmino (hamstring) and Joaquin Panichelli (knee) are definite absentees, portion Guela Doue (illness) and Valentin Barco (leg) are touch-and-go for Sunday’s match.

Without 16-goal Panichelli, the distant broadside volition trust connected Martial Godo to adhd to his 8 Ligue 1 goals if they are to person immoderate accidental of avoiding 3 defeats successful a enactment crossed each competitions.

Lorient imaginable starting lineup:

Mvogo; Meite, Faye, Yongwa; Katseris, Ebong, Cadiou, Kouassi; Makengo, Dieng, Pagis

Strasbourg imaginable starting lineup:

Penders; Ouatarra, Omobamidele, Doukoure, Chilwell; Mourabet, Oyedele; Moreira, Enciso, Godo; Emegha

We say: Lorient 2-0 Strasbourg

The hosts person remained unbeaten successful Brittany since August and expect to proceed their extended run.

With 1 oculus connected their Conference League semi-final, Strasbourg’s European distraction whitethorn unfastened the doorway for Lorient to extremity their agelong hold for consecutive location wins.

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