With Monaco's new defeat on Friday evening in Montpellier (1-2), the Olympian club has the opportunity to widen the gap even further with 3rd place, now occupied by LOSC, winner of Nice the same evening (2-1). ). In the event of a victory against the Alsatians, OM would take a comfortable lead of seven points over the Mastiffs but beware of overconfidence.
Racing has not lost any of its last five matches against Marseille (1 win, 4 draws). This is quite simply the 2nd best ongoing unbeaten run in its history against the Marseillais. Strasbourg, which mainly won the first leg at Meinau, now dreams of achieving a double victory in the same season for the first time since the 1996-1997 financial year.
Liam Rosenior's players remain on a series of three consecutive successes in Ligue 1 (Le Havre, Toulouse, Auxerre) and are still in the race in the Coupe de France.
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