Lepaul v Kebbal: Rennes eye fifth-place cushion in Paris FC showdown
Rennes already know what is at stake: fifth place on 56 points, a Champions League ticket within touching distance, and a chance on Sunday n...
Frederic Lumiere
Champions League Race Tightens as Monaco Aim to Halt Lille’s Momentum at Stade Louis II
Monaco take the pitch tomorrow night still outside the top four, Lille land in the Principality holding the inside track and the four point ...
Frederic Lumiere
Angers Batten Down the Hatches as Rosenior’s Strasbourg Chase Europe
Angers are in a holding pattern, 34 points on the board and the relegation line only six points behind, so tomorrow night against Strasbourg...
Frederic Lumiere
Momentum flips to Nottingham as Magpies’ slide makes Matchday 36 a survival referendum
Newcastle travel to the City Ground on Sunday holding a threepoint advantage over Nottingham Forest, yet momentum sits firmly with the hosts...
Frederic Lumiere
Lyon's new cadence meets Toulouse’s modern edge in pivotal Ligue 1 night
There is something about Toulouse welcoming Lyon that always drags us back to the early 2000s, when the visitors were the league’s aristocra...
Maya Ellison
Bollaert breakthrough: Mezian Soares’ debut strike keeps Lens ahead of Lyon
A generation ago the fixtures between Lens and Nantes decided titles; tonight in Lens they pointed instead to diverging destinies. I watched...
Maya Ellison
Parc des Princes Demands Dominance with PSG Eyeing Breathing Room over Lens
Paris SaintGermain enter the weekend three points clear at the top and with a match in hand, so victory over Stade Brestois 29 at Parc des P...
Frederic Lumiere
High-wire London derby: Arsenal’s momentum meets West Ham’s relegation scramble
The rivalry between West Ham and Arsenal has rarely arrived with such asymmetric jeopardy: one club clinging to the cliff edge, the other st...
Dan McCloud
Beye Demands Ruthless Start as Marseille Face Digard’s Draw Specialists at Stade Océane
Marseille travel to Stade Océane tomorrow still one point short of the final European slot, and every slip from Habib Beye’s side invites Mo...
Frederic Lumiere
High-flying Seagulls plot fast start to sink winless Wolves
Brighton start the weekend in eighth on 50 points, one behind seventhplaced Brentford and two adrift of Bournemouth in the final continental...
Frederic Lumiere