Lyon-Lille live: It’s confirmed for Benrahma

Lyon-Lille, pre-match

With PSG-Brest, it is undoubtedly the best poster of the round of 16 of the Coupe de France. Olympique Lyonnais welcomes Lille, with a ticket to the quarter-finals at stake, and the hope for the Rhone club to end the season with a title.

Losc, which is also involved in the Europa Conference League, is one of the fittest teams in the championship, with this success against Clermont (4-0) which allowed Paulo Fonseca’s men to climb onto the podium. OL, for their part, have been doing much better since December and the arrival of Pierre Sage on the bench. A renewal confirmed on Sunday during the victory against OM (1-0).

Olympique Lyonnais was also the main driver of the winter transfer window, which allows its coach to have several options at his disposal for this meeting (see probable lineups). Note that there is undoubtedly another stake in his match: the loser could “lend” his stadium for the final, because the Stade de France is reserved this year for the Olympic Games.

The meeting between OL and Losc will begin this Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. The match will be broadcast live on beIN Sports 1.

Lyon-Lille, the probable lineups

On the OL side, the latest recruits Saïd Benrahma and Orel Mangala have qualified, but Benrahma is still suspended due to a red card received with West Ham. His debut with the Rhone club is therefore postponed.

According to the Team, Pierre Sage could take advantage of this to rotate a little, leaving Nicolas Tagliafico, Nemanja Matic and especially Alexandre Lacazette on the bench at kick-off. Rayan Cherki would thus regain a starting place.

Lyon: Lopes – Kumbedi, Mata, O’Brien, Caleta-Car, Maitland-Niles – Mangala, Caqueret – Cherki – Nuamah, Orban.

Concerning Losc, Paulo Fonseca should largely renew the winners of Clermont, with in particular Angel Gomes in a position of n°10.

Lille: Chevalier – Tiago Santos, Yoro, Alexsandro, Gudmundsson – Bentaleb, André – Zhegrova, Gomes, Ounas – David.