Beaten last week by RC Lens (1-2), Olympique Lyonnais is for the moment the big loser in the race for Europe. Before the 33rd day, the Rhone club occupies 7th place, which could become a qualifying for the conference league if PSG wins the Coupe de France.
But nothing is final, and the Gones can still force their destiny, especially if they are imposed this Saturday evening in a decisive shock on the ground of AS Monaco (3rd).
Cherki on the bench
For this meeting, Paulo Fonseca made a great decision. In the absence of Corentin Tolisso, again injured, the Lyon coach decided to strengthen his midfielder by aligning Jordan Veretout alongside Nemanja Matic and Tanner Tessmann. It makes a victim of choice in the person of Rayan Cherki. According to L'Equipe, the best Ligue 1 passer will start the meeting on the bench.
In offensive players, we will only find Thiago Almada and Malick Fofana to support Captain Alexandre Lacazette.
The OL composition in Monaco, according to L'Equipe: Perri-Maitland-Niles, Mata, Niakhaté, Tagliafico-Veretout, Matic, Tessmann, Almada-Lacazette (cap.), Fofana.
