Titled thanks to the point taken against Lens on Saturday (1-1), the Parisians approach the home straight of the championship without much at stake, apart perhaps from ensuring the honorary trophy of top scorer for Kylian Mbappé (22 goals) .
But the people of Strasbourg do not expect to meet a team on vacation either.
"There is always the honor of the jersey and being honest with the competition," assured their coach Julien Stéphan.
Racing (6th, 56 pts), which lost Sunday in Lille (1-0) its first match in three months, hopes to revive in order to qualify for one of the European cups next season.
The race at the top of the classification continues on Saturday (9:00 p.m.) with Rennes, third (59 pts), which receives the barrage Saint-Etienne.
Marseille midfielder Boubacar Kamara is ahead of Lyon striker Moussa Dembélé in Ligue 1 on February 1, 2022 at OL in Décines-Charpieu OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE AFP / Archives
The weekend ends with "Olympico" between Marseille and Lyon, an always hot match, which seems to be that of the last chance for OL (8th, 52 pts) if they want to hang on to Europe.
Program of the 35th day of Ligue 1:
Friday:
(21h00) Strasbourg - Paris SG
Saturday:
(5:00 p.m.) Lens - Nantes
(21h00) Rennes - Saint-Etienne
Sunday:
(1:00 p.m.) Troyes - Lille
(3:00 p.m.) Brest - Clermont
Lorient - Reims
Monaco-Angers
Montpellier - Metz
(5:05 p.m.) Bordeaux - Nice
(8:45 p.m.) Marseille-Lyon
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