Lille comes from an away victory against Metz. Lille was far superior and won fairly. In the 21st minute, the hosts won a penalty, executed by Micaloutsae, making it 1-0, but before the end of the first half, Lille made a comeback. First, Ismaïli equalized with a shot in the 31st minute and in the 44th minute, Yazizi made it 1-2 with an excellent shot.

In the replay, the hosts did not have a hard time maintaining the result, as Metz wanted but couldn’t and only had 2 attempts (none on target). The only notable chance for the hosts was a goal by Sambali in injury time, which was disallowed for offside. Thus, the score remained 1-2.

Injured players Umtiti, Ounas, and Illich are not considered, while Andre’s participation is doubtful.

Lyon comes from a big home win in the derby against Monaco and maintains hopes for a European exit. The Monégasques started the game with Ben Yedder’s goal before the first minute of the game was completed and had another goal by Balogun in the 15th minute which was canceled as offside. Lyon equalized with the usual suspect, Lacazette, in the 22nd minute and made the turnaround in the 26th minute with Benrahma’s goal, writing the 2-1 score which was also the score of the first half.

In the repeat, it was Monaco that started better and managed to equalize to 2-2 in the 60th minute with Ben Yedder. From there on, both teams tried for the goal and created opportunities but Lyon was the one that managed to score with Fofana in the 84th minute and make it 3-2.

Only the participation of Taliafico is doubtful due to the illness that affects the Argentine ace.