Show your footballing knowledge (and beat your mates!) in our EASY predictorĮrik ten Hag speaks out on his axing of Cristiano Ronaldo for the first time, revealing the decision was taken for the sake of his team-matesīuying Philippe Coutinho haunted him, he spent big but had no balance, football was BORING and standards dropped after Michael Beale quit PSG: Navas Dagba (or Kehrer), Marquinhos (cap.), Ramos, Bernat Michut, Verratti, Herrera Wijnaldum, Icardi, Mbappé.Can YOU pick the winner of the Qatar World Cup? Lyon: Lopes Dubois (cap.), Boateng, Lukeba, Emerson Caqueret, Guimarães Cherki, Paqueta, Aouar Dembélé. The seven-time French champions limped into the festive break with three successive draws and a run of just one win in six top-flight outings that left Peter Bosz's men in 13th place on 24 points, the club's joint-lowest tally of the 21st century.īosz can count on Lucas Paqueta, Thiago Mendes and Xherdan Shaqiri - all of whom have recovered from bouts of COVID-19 - though Karl Toko Ekambi, Islam Slimani and Tino Kadewere are all at the AFCON while Sinaly Diomandé and Jason Denayer both remain short of match fitness following injury. Mbappé has struck eight goals against Lyon in his Ligue 1 career, more than against any other team, and he will fancy his chances of adding to his tally of nine league goals this term with OL struggling for form.įollowing the crowd disturbances that caused their Coupe de France tie at Paris FC before Christmas to be abandoned, Lyon were disqualified from the competition and so are yet to play in 2022. For 2022, you can wish me good health, happiness and lots of trophies with PSG and the national team.' 'I'm happy, we took the game seriously,' said Mbappé, who is now in the final six months of his current PSG contract. They do, however, boast a Kylian Mbappé in sizzling form with the France international hitting a hat-trick against Vannes in his first outing of the new year. The frontrunners have a healthy 13-point advantage at the top of the table, but have won just once in their last four league games. With a third goalkeeper, Alexandre Letellier, sidelined by injury, Keylor Navas is PSG's only senior custodian as Pochettino looks for his side to build on their 4-0 Coupe de France win over amateur side Vannes on Monday and arrest a mini-slump in league form.

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