With the possibility of closing the national ‘triple crown’, Paris Saint-Germain will face Lyon this Friday, July 31, in the final of the 2019/2020 edition of the French League Cup.
The stage for the title dispute will be the Stade de France, in St. Dennis (metropolitan Paris).
The forecast is for the ball to start rolling at 3:45 pm (Brasília time).
The definition is made in a single game. In case of equality, the regulation establishes an extension of 30 minutes and penalty kicks as tiebreaker criteria.
The tournament is the least important in terms of status. It is relatively young.
It was performed for the first time in the 1963/64 season but was not very successful.
It only started to be carried out regularly from 1994/1995. PSG is the biggest champion.
He reached the final on nine occasions and took eight trophies to his gallery.
Lyon decided on the title on five occasions and won only once, in 2000/2001.
Paris Saint-Germain
PSG have already secured the titles of the two other national competitions. Victory in Ligue 1 was guaranteed more early than usual.
Hurriedly, the top players decided to end the tournament even before 28 rounds were completed.
Leader at the time with 27 matches played and 68 points won (22 wins, two draws, and three defeats), Paris Saint-Germain was declared the champion.
He was 12 points ahead of Olympique Marseille, who finished second. I would probably keep the title, although the decision is debatable.
His victory at the French Cup was unquestionable. Last Friday, July 24, at the same Stade de France, he beat St. Etienne, 1-0, in the decision.
The celebration, however, was shaken by an important downturn. Striker Mbappé was hit by a rival and is expected to be out of action for about three weeks.
This means that he will not be on the pitch in the match against Atalanta in the Champions League quarter-finals.
The game is scheduled for August 5 in Portugal.
In the French League Cup, PSG had the privilege of making its debut in the round of 16. He thrashed Le Mans 4-1.
In the quarterfinals, another massacre. This time on St. Etienne, who took 6 to 1. In the semifinals, the victim was Reims, who took 3 to 0.
Lyon
Lyon was the club that protested the most about the Ligue 1 decision to end their activities before the 38 scheduled matches.
After all, it was doubly damaged. With 40 points (11 wins, 7 draws, and 10 losses) he finished in the seventh position.
Only one point below Nice, fifth place, and last team in the qualifying zone for international competitions.
In other words, he had his chance to try a reaction in the final stretch that would allow him to enter the elite squad.
Something that wasn’t that difficult. In addition, he ran out of pace to resume the Champions League campaign.
There was no official match in the period while Juventus, their rival in the round of 16, played in the Italian Cup and more than a dozen rounds of the Italian Championship.
Lyon, who won their first game at home 1-0, will only have Friday’s game as a test before facing the Italians in Turin on 7 August.
In the French League Cup, his campaign began in the round of 16 with a 4-1 rout against Toulouse.
In the quarterfinals, he scored 3 to 1 at Brest. In the semifinals, he had the most difficult game. He beat Lille 3 to 2.
Football Prediction of the Day PSG vs Lyon
The technical quality of its squad means that PSG has the prognosis in the victory against Lyon, the hint indicated for this Friday’s match worth the title of the 2019/2020 edition of the French League Cup.
Bet Tips: PSG
Odds: 1.50
