32nd day of Ligue 1 this weekend, marked by a highly anticipated meeting on Sunday at 8:45 p.m.: the PSG (1st) receives OM (2nd) at the Parc des Princes. A classico under close surveillance. Marseille supporters are banned from traveling. During the first leg on October 24, 2021, the movement of Parisian supporters was also prohibited. On the Parisian field, the presence of Keylor Navas, who returned injured from selection, is uncertain. The Marseillais, they have a busy week since they play this Thursday the quarter-final second leg of the Europa League against PAOK Salonika.
Also on the program for this 32nd day, AS Monaco challenges Rennes in Brittany for a showdown with a taste of Europe, Friday at 9 p.m. “It’s not a final”, as the Belgian coach of ASM Philippe Clement said, but the poster between his team and Stade Rennes will perhaps count for a lot in the end of the season of the two ambitious. By pocketing a fourth success in a row, the Monegasques could fly beyond their sixth place, which they have not yet managed to do this season.
The fifth Nice counts only one point in advance before receiving Lorient Sunday and the fourth Strasbourgis only two lengths before traveling to Troyes the same day. This great prospect will nevertheless be difficult to achieve against Rennes, a team which, for two months, has been walking on water … and on its opponents. After the narrow defeat in Paris (1-0) on February 11, Bruno Genesio’s team has had six wins and a draw, scoring an average of 3.4 goals per game. Whatever happens, Rennes will remain on the podium at the end of the 32nd day. The Bretons can even hope to overtake OM, three points ahead before their trip to the Parc des Princes on Sunday.
To LilleSaturday (9 p.m.), the derby against lens takes on a sporting importance which spices up the meeting a little more, traditionally hot in the stands and on the ground. “End the season on a high, bust those twists!” : the banner deployed by the ultras Lensois, in reference to the insult of the Lille resident Hatem Ben Arfa towards his president and his coach, set the tone during training open to the public, Wednesday at Bollaert. Lille rarely lose at the moment, but they remain on two disappointing results against Bordeaux (0-0) and Angers (1-1). The Sang et Or have for their part regained the hair of the beast by knocking out Nice 3-0, which brings them back to a very small point of LOSC.
At the bottom of the table, the red lantern Metz must at all costs relaunch against another misclassified, Clermont (17th). The penultimate, Bordeaux, moves to Lyons Sunday while Saint Etiennein the play-off position (18th), receives Brest Saturday.