Lyon vs AS Monaco Competition – France Ligue 1 Stadium – Groupama Stadium Date: 19th May 2023 Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT
Ligue 1 returns this Friday when Lyon welcomes Monaco to the Parc Olympique Lyonnais. The hosts began life under new owner John Textor with a poor 2-1 loss to Clermont Foot. However, the American investor has made it clear in his business plan that Lyon are aiming to become a regular Champions League club. Yet, he will have to wait till next season for that dream to come to fruition as his current side sit four points adrift of the top five with just nine points left to play for. But the quest to close that gap between Lyon and the top teams begins here against fourth-placed Monaco who are currently nine points above Lyon. Les Olympians can cut that gap to six if they can build on their rock-solid competitive home form since February (W5, D3, L1). They will fancy their chances of doing so given that they have won three of their five home league games against sides beginning the round above them (W3, L2). Meanwhile, Monaco will be desperate to win here and secure the points required to seal a top-four spot. That position would guarantee them a Europa League spot with Champions League football highly unlikely at this stage, given that they are eight points ahead of third-placed Marseille. However, a win here could be enough to secure a top-four berth with two games to go depending on results elsewhere as Marseille are due to play fifth-placed Lille. The visitors must improve on some patchy recent away form to hold up their end of the bargain (W2, D2, L1). Interestingly Monaco is unbeaten away from home against the bottom twelve sides (W10, D3) yet remains winless away to top-seven sides (D2, L2), a trend they must buck here. Other fixtures taking place this week in France Ligue 1: France Ligue 1 Table
May 10, 2024
OGC Nice
20:00
Le Havre
Brest
20:00
Stade de Reims
May 12, 2024
Paris Saint-Germain
20:00
Toulouse
Strasbourg
20:00
Metz
Stade Rennais FC
20:00
Lens
Marseille
20:00
Lorient
Clermont
20:00
Lyon
Nantes
20:00
LOSC Lille Métropole
Montpellier Hérault SC
20:00
Monaco
May 15, 2024
Stade de Reims
20:00
Marseille
OGC Nice
20:00
Paris Saint-Germain
May 19, 2024
Toulouse
20:00
Brest
Lorient
20:00
Clermont
Monaco
20:00
Nantes
LOSC Lille Métropole
20:00
OGC Nice
Lyon
20:00
Strasbourg
Stade de Reims
20:00
Stade Rennais FC
Lens
20:00
Montpellier Hérault SC
Le Havre
20:00
Marseille
Metz
20:00
Paris Saint-Germain
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Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Paris Saint-Germain
31
20
10
1
76
29
+47
70
2
Monaco
32
18
7
7
62
42
+20
61
3
Brest
32
16
9
7
49
33
+16
57
4
LOSC Lille Métropole
32
15
10
7
48
31
+17
55
5
OGC Nice
31
14
9
8
36
25
+11
51
6
Lens
32
14
7
11
42
34
+8
49
7
Lyon
32
14
5
13
46
54
-8
47
8
Stade Rennais FC
32
12
9
11
51
43
+8
45
9
Marseille
31
11
11
9
47
38
+9
44
10
Montpellier Hérault SC
32
10
11
11
41
44
-3
40
11
Toulouse
32
10
10
12
39
42
-3
40
12
Stade de Reims
31
11
7
13
38
45
-7
40
13
Strasbourg
32
9
9
14
35
47
-12
36
14
Nantes
32
9
6
17
29
49
-20
33
15
Le Havre
32
7
11
14
33
42
-9
32
16
Metz
32
8
5
19
34
54
-20
29
17
Lorient
32
6
8
18
37
63
-26
26
18
Clermont
32
5
10
17
26
54
-28
25
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