Nice vs Lyon Preview
Lyon travel to the Allianz Riviera to face Nice on the final day of the Ligue 1 season this Saturday.
The visitors know they need a miraculous set of scorelines in their favour to qualify for Europe this season.
With Rennes and Monaco in the hot seat to take the Europa Conference League spot in Ligue 1, Lyon look like they will have to settle for a second consecutive season with no European football.
For the improbable to happen, Lyon must win and hope the two sides above them lose, while also needing a nine-goal swing in their favour over Rennes.
With Rennes facing a lowly Brest outfit, and Laurent Blanc's men travelling to Nice, big scorelines in their favour appear unlikely.
Results have been remarkably better under Blanc compared to Peter Bosz, but it was just too much of an insurmountable task to get Lyon into Europe, especially after Toulouse's Coupe de France success took one of the league positions away.
Blanc has been unlucky though, as he has led Lyon to seven wins in their last nine games, picking up 37 points in the second half of the season, only second to Paris Saint-Germain's 38.