Paris FC vs Lille - prediction, team news, lineups

For the archetypal clip successful implicit 40 years, Lille volition conflict Paris FC successful a Ligue 1 distant fixture, which takes spot connected Sunday astatine Stade Jean-Bouin successful the French capital.

Paris are 10th successful the table, defeating Metz 3-1 past weekend, portion Lille dropped to 4th aft a 0-0 gully astatine location versus Nice.

Match preview

A broadside successful relegation information backmost successful February are present assured of a spot successful the top-flight adjacent season, acknowledgment to an awesome drawstring of results.

Antoine Kombouare has yet to suffer since taking charge, with his squad dropping conscionable 1 Ligue 1 constituent truthful acold this period (1-1 gully astatine Lorient).

Another triumph connected Sunday would springiness them 3 consecutive successful the competition, signalling their longest winning tally of the campaign.

By winning each of their remaining 4 fixture they volition scope the 50-point plateau, a tremendous accomplishment for a nine playing successful their archetypal top-flight run successful 46 years.

Under Kombouare, this broadside person rediscovered their scoring touch, netting 3 oregon much goals successful 3 of their erstwhile 4 home affairs.

They person won their past 3 location contests successful this competition, portion going pointless successful lone 1 of those erstwhile six matches played astatine Stade Jean-Bouin.

As we scope the last agelong of the campaign, Lille find themselves successful a dogfight for a spot successful Europe adjacent season.

With 4 matches inactive to play, they are lone beneath Lyon for an automatic berth successful the Champions League Phase connected extremity difference, portion 4 points presently abstracted them from Monaco, who are connected the extracurricular of the European places aft 30 matchdays.

Bruno Genesio’s men person won their past 4 league games distant from home, and connected Sunday, they could assertion 5 consecutive Ligue 1 triumphs arsenic the visitors for the archetypal clip since April to May 2021.

If they tin gain astatine slightest 7 points from their last 4 top-flight affairs, the bluish French broadside volition surpass their points full from 2024-25 (60).

Lille person tightened up defensively successful caller outings, conceding nary goals successful their erstwhile 3 matches successful this contention and allowing a extremity oregon less successful 10 successive home games.

Les Dogues person ne'er mislaid a competitory crippled to Paris FC but person lone beaten them erstwhile successful the French capital, mode backmost successful the 1975 Coupe de France (1-0).

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Team News

At Paris FC, determination are a slew of wounded concerns with Pierre-Yves Hamel (calf), Tuomas Ollila (calf), Sofiane Alakouch (knee), Jean-Philippe Krasso (knee), Remy Riou (knock) and Lamine Gueye each questionable this weekend.

Also doubtful volition beryllium Moses Simon (hamstring) and Julien Lopez (back), portion Pierre Lees-Melou is eligible to instrumentality from his suspension.

Alimami Gory, Otavio and Ilan Kebbal each recovered the backmost of the nett for them astatine Metz past week to gain this squad a 3rd successive triumph.

On the other side, Nabil Bentaleb could beryllium a game-time determination for Lille owed to an infection, portion Hamza Igamane and Ousmane Toure are retired due to the fact that of cruciate ligament injuries.

An elbow contented is expected to support Marc-Aurele Caillard connected the sidelines, and Nathan Ngoy is eligible to instrumentality from his yellowish paper suspension.

Berke Ozer lone had to marque 1 halt successful their goalless gully with Nice, putting him successful a necktie with Lyon’s Dominik Greif for the astir cleanable sheets successful Ligue 1 this play (11).

Paris FC imaginable starting lineup:

Nkambadio; Traore, Coppola, Otavio, De Smet; Munetsi, Chergui; Lees-Melou, Kebbal, Gory; Immobile

Lille imaginable starting lineup:

Ozer; Meunier, Ngoy, Mandi, Perraud; Bouaddi, Andre; Mukau, Haraldsson, Correia; Fernandez-Pardo

We say: Paris FC 2-2 Lille

Both teams boast their stock of potent, originative attacking players, with each successful coagulated form, and we expect a spirited matter without a decisive breakthrough for either.

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