In April, PSG evolves on a thread and its competitors know it well. This is the opportunity or never to make the leader stagger, battered as never after two defeats in a row in the league.

The Blood and Gold benefit from a beautiful shooting window, from Friday against the poorly ranked Strasbourg, first non-relegable.

In case of victory, they would be only three points behind Paris, away Saturday (21:00) in Nice and they will face in ten days. They would also put Marseille under pressure. Tied on points with them before the 30th matchday, OM travels Sunday (20:45) to Lorient.

Lensois fans at the Bollaert stadium during the Ligue 1 Lens-Angers match on March 18, 2023 in Lens © Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP

The temperature is rising in Artois but Franck Haise wants to keep a cool head.

"We are not going to draw any plan on the comet," tempered the Lensois coach at the mention of the title, while Lens remains on a series of four wins and two draws.

Lille to Angers

At home, the Lensois can count on the unconditional and incandescent support of Bollaert-Delelis, where they have lost only once in fourteen league games this season.

This house advantage and a look at the standings place the Blood and Gold as big favorites of the Racing clash. But watch out for RC Strasbourg, able over the last three matches to stand up to OM (2-2), beat Auxerre 2-0 in a crucial duel for the maintenance, and score three goals on the lawn of Monaco, despite the defeat 4-3.

Strasbourg striker Habib Diallo (l) battles with Auxerre defender Isaak Toure in Ligue 1 on March 19 at the Meinau stadium in Strasbourg © Frederick FLORIN / AFP/Archives

"This weekend they score three goals in Monaco, they can even score more. They make certain mistakes that they pay for but they have shaken up this team in sequences, "retains Franck Haise.

The Alsatians are in a very difficult situation when it comes to the final stretch of a four-run season in Ligue 2. Auxerre, first relegation, have the same number of points as them before going to challenge the penultimate Ajaccio, Sunday (15:00).

Lille will have the opportunity to secure its fifth place Saturday (17:00) on the field of Angers, red lantern completely dropped in the standings and who has a foot and a half in Ligue 2.

Jonathan David, Lille's Canadian striker, during the Ligue 1 match against Rennes on February 4, 2023 in Rennes © Jean-Francois MONIER / AFP

Sunday will open at 13:00 with a poster between Lyon, eliminated Wednesday by Nantes in the semi-final of the Coupe de France, and Rennes who slipped to sixth place last weekendProgram of the 30th matchday of Ligue 1:

Friday

(21:00) Lens - Strasbourg

Saturday

(17h00) Angers - Lille

(21h00) Nice - Paris SG

Sunday

(13h00) Lyon - Rennes

(15h00) AC Ajaccio - Auxerre

Montpellier - Toulouse

Reims - Brest

Troyes - Clermont

(17h05) Nantes - Monaco

(20h45) Lorient - Marseille

Standings: Pts J G N P bp bc dif

1. Paris SG 66 29 21 3 5 68 29 39

2. Lens 60 29 17 9 3 48 21 27

3. Marseille 60 29 18 6 5 54 29 25

4. Monaco 57 29 17 6 6 61 40 21

5. Lille 52 29 15 7 7 54 37 17

6. Rennes 50 29 15 5 9 47 30 17

7. Reims 46 29 11 13 5 39 28 11

8. Nice 45 29 11 12 6 38 26 12

9. Lyon 44 29 12 8 9 44 32 12

10. Lorient 44 29 12 8 9 42 40 2

11. Montpellier 37 29 11 4 14 45 48 -3

12. Clermont 37 29 10 7 12 29 41 -12

13. Toulouse 35 29 10 5 14 44 51 -7

14. Nantes 30 29 6 12 11 30 40 -10

15. Brest 27 29 6 9 14 33 47 -14

16. Strasbourg 26 29 5 11 13 37 50 -13

17. Auxerre 26 29 6 8 15 24 51 -27

18. Troyes 21 29 4 9 16 38 62 -24

19. AC Ajaccio 21 29 6 3 20 21 52 -31

20. Angers 11 29 2 5 22 22 64 -42

Editor's note: The first two are qualified directly for the group stage of the Champions League. The third will play the 3rd preliminary round. The fourth team qualifies for the group stage of the Europa League. The fifth placed team qualifies for the play-offs to advance to the group stage of the Conference Europa League.

If the winner of the France Cup is seeded in the top five, the fifth is qualified for the group stage of the Europa League and the sixth for the play-offs to access the group stage of the Conference Europa League.

The last 4 are relegated to Ligue 2.

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