. The number: 11, the Paris target

PSG could enrich its record with an eleventh title of champion of France Saturday (21:00) in Strasbourg, pushing back by one unit the record he co-held until then with Saint-Etienne.

The Greens have been champions ten times, between 1957 and 1981, while the capital club, bought by the Qatari fund QSI in 2011, is preparing to win its ninth title in the last eleven seasons. Only AS Monaco (2017) and Lille (2021) have thwarted its national supremacy over this period.

Kylian Mbappe's partners have six more points and a goal difference far superior to Lens, their runner-up, which makes their coronation inevitable at the end of a season particularly shaken behind the scenes.

The Lensois are preparing for their part to celebrate their magnificent second place, synonymous with the Champions League next season, Saturday in Bollaert, against AC Ajaccio, already condemned to relegation.

Ligue 1, matchday © 37 Valentina BRESCHI / AFP

The Blood and Gold, promoted to the elite in 2020, are almost safe from a return of Marseille, third five points behind, who receive Brest at the Velodrome without Dimitri Payet, suspended.

. The poster: Rennes-Monaco, direct duel

Behind the podium, a fierce battle is being played out between three teams to snatch fourth place, qualifying for the Europa League: Monaco (65 points), Lille (63) and Rennes (62).

In this context, the arrival of the Monegasques at Roazhon Park in Rennes promises to be the most exciting poster of the penultimate day. The Breton supporters will be there and the pressure will be maximum.

At home, the Red and Blacks have amassed 42 points this season, the second best harvest at home behind Lens (49 pts).

Expected reunion between Monaco and Rennes, opposed here during the first leg at Louis II, August 13, 2022 © Valery HACHE / AFP / Archives

A success would allow the team led by Bruno Genesio to return to the level of Monaco, not really comfortable against the cadors outside. But that might not be enough to double Lille who, before hosting Nantes, have not lost any of their last 15 games at Pierre-Mauroy.

. Player: Blas, rescue mission before departure?

Two days from the end, FC Nantes occupies the seventeenth place of Ligue 1, that of the last relegation, one point behind Auxerre, first club outside the red zone.

In this ultra-tense context, the hopes of the Canaries rest partly in the feet of Ludovic Blas, their leader, yet brought to leave the club at the end of the season.

Ludovic Blas with Nantes during the reception of Montpellier at the Beaujoire, May 20, 2023 © JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / AFP/Archives

The N.10 Nantes, whose flashes have caught the eye of several clubs, is the last scorer to have offered a victory to Nantes in the league. It was February 12 against Lorient (1-0). Thirteen games have been played since and it is time for the series to stop. Will it be Saturday in Lille?

AJ Auxerre are advancing at the same snail's pace before going to Toulouse: only two points scored over the last five days, like Nantes. This did the business of Strasbourg, fifteenth, which pocketed ten points during this period.

Program of the 37th day Saturday:

(21h00) Strasbourg - Paris SG

Rennes - Monaco

Lyon - Reims

Angers - Troyes

Clermont - Lorient

Lille - Nantes

Montpellier - Nice

Marseille - Brest

Lens - AC Ajaccio

Toulouse - Auxerre

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