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League 1 qualifying race: suspense and uncertainty

The 2024-2025 season is coming to an end, with only five remaining days before determining which teams will have the honour of participating in the next edition of the Champions League. Although Paris Saint-Germain has already been a comfortable champion of France, the battle for qualifying places is expected to be extremely close. Six teams are actively competing in European places, separated by a gap of only five points, making the outcome of the competition particularly uncertain and exciting.

The twenty-ninth day of Ligue 1 gave significant results, notably the defeat of the Olympique de Marseille against AS Monaco (3-0), a result that greatly influenced the ranking. The match between the RC Strasbourg and the OGC Nice ended in a draw (2-2), while the LOSC and Olympique Lyonnais managed to win outside, despite less intimidating opponents on paper. The LOSC, ranked fifth with fifty points, now faces five crucial meetings before the end of May.

The upcoming calendar presents a mix of home and outdoor matches for the LOSC, with trips to Angers and Brest, while AJ Auxerre, Olympique de Marseille and Stade de Reims will soon visit Lille. Faced with this configuration, the Lille supporters are invited to formulate their predictions and to assess their hopes of their team’s ability to qualify, wondering if their optimism will exceed that of artificial intelligence models.