Usually, in the heart of winter, the suspense has already fizzled out in Ligue 1 at least for the award of the title.
Change of scenery this year when PSG, for the first time since 2017, does not crush the championship.
This season, after 25 contested days, there is a traffic jam at the top.
In fact, Lille, the leader, PSG second to a length, Lyon and Monaco are held, even, in six points.
It is difficult, therefore, to get lost in conjectures and to speculate on the identity of the future champion of France.
All the scenarios even seem possible.
The Football Observatory, a research group that is part of the Center International d'Etude du Sport (CIES), presents, in its last weekly newsletter, the projection of points at the end of the season for teams from twenty-two leagues across the Europe.
This was carried out from a statistical model taking into account shots on target, attempted or conceded, possession of the ball, as well as his own passes in the opposing third and those of the opponents.
Predictions: according to @CIES_Football, Lyon #OL @OL should finish first in # L1, with 82 points, ahead of #PSG @PSG_inside (81 points) and #LOSC @losclive (79 points) https://t.co / qr5qr8G5fw pic.twitter.com/yOSalo8nRD
- Pierre Rondeau (@ PierreR0ndeau) February 15, 2021
According to these criteria, stopped before the day which took place this weekend, Lyon would be crowned with 82 points.
PSG would only finish in 2nd place, one point behind Gones but with two more than Lille, 3rd.
Monaco, the last club to have broken Parisian hegemony would rank 4th at nine lengths behind OL.
Jean-Michel Aulas' club, beaten on Saturday at home by Montpellier (2-1), has the advantage, unlike Lille or PSG, of not being affected by a European Cup.
Troyes and Clermont in the spotlight
At the bottom of the table, unsurprisingly, Dijon and Nîmes would be relegated to Ligue 2 while Nantes would be barrage.
In L2, Troyes, crowned champion, and Clermont would reach L1.
Abroad, the current leaders of the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich (+ 6 points over RB Leipzig), Liga, Atlético Madrid (+ 3 over Barcelona) and Premier League, Manchester City (+ 14 over Manchester United) would be titled, when in Italy Inter would be champion after a wait of eleven years, ahead of AC Milan of Zlatan (+ 2) and Juventus of Cristiano Ronaldo (+ 3).
