• Leader of Ligue 1, the northern club is only two victories away from the title. 

  • An incredible season which can be explained by several factors

The feat is within reach.

Winner Friday of the North derby in Lens (0-3), Losc has moved closer to the fourth title of champion of France in its history.

Leader of Ligue 1 two days from the end, the northern club will be crowned if it postpones its last two games on May 16 at home against Saint-Etienne and May 23 in Angers, two clubs which have nothing more to play .

“There are still two obstacles.

We will play two opponents who will play relaxed, without any pressure.

You have to prepare with a lot of concentration.

Our season is magnificent, now we have to make it exceptional ”, hopes Christophe Galtier, a Lille coach who has great arguments to believe in the karma of his team.

A historic record of points in Ligue 1

By beating Lens on Friday, Lille broke their historic record for points in Ligue 1. With 79 points on the clock (and two more games to play), the Losc is already doing better than the team of the double in 2011 which had been crowned champion with 76 units.

More broadly, Lille is also the team that has lost the least in the league this season with only three defeats (in Brest, against Angers and Nîmes).

The Northerners also took 12 points against their direct competitors (PSG, Lyon, Monaco) without losing a single match.

Lille loves the peaks.

An iron defense

Once again invincible Friday in Lens, Mike Maignan kept his clean sheet for the 20th time this season in 36 games.

A crazy figure which testifies to the great performances of the Lille goalkeeper this season.

Maignan is already doing as well as Kevin Trapp, PSG goalkeeper in 2015/2016.

And the northerner goalkeeper could further improve his record because he also relies on an iron defense.

With only 22 goals conceded, Losc has the best defense in the championship and even in Europe.

This strength is one of the main reasons for the incredible mastiff season.

A goalscorer in a state of grace

His 25-meter strike in the top corner of the derby is already one of the goals of the season. And testifies to the current immense confidence of Burak Yilmaz, the Turkish striker of Losc. For a long time this season, we summed up the Losc to its flawless collective. But the closer the title gets, the more Yilmaz shows that he is indeed the X factor capable of leading his club to the title.

Absent two months due to injury at the start of the year, the 35-year-old, who arrived last summer in the North, has been unstoppable since the arrival of spring.

With 6 goals scored in the last 5 games including a double in Lyon and Lens, Kral (the king) clearly brings Lille to the coronation.

With 15 goals on the clock, Yilmaz can also count on the awakening of Jonathan David.

Arrived this summer, the most expensive recruit in the history of the club (30 million euros) has long lacked confidence.

But since January, it has not stopped.

With 12 goals scored, he also contributes to Lille's success at the end of the season.

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