LIVE | Ligue 1: Who will play in the Champions League? Who will be relegated? Follow the final day of the French championship

Watching 9 football matches and the Eurovision Song Contest at the same time is artistic... "And if it had to be done," as Patricia Kaas sang in 2009?

With 16 points at the start of this final day, Montpellier could beat the sad record for the worst number of points in the Ligue 1 championship, since Lens in the 1988-1989 season, which finished with... 17 points. Courage to the Montpellier players!

If your image implies danger, with orcas being at the very top of the underwater chain, Monaco isn't for them. But Rocher obliges, we can clearly see ASM as the moray eel of this championship, right? It remains to be seen who the small fry are, but we'll find out tonight together.

Two teams are officially relegated to Ligue 2 at the end of the season, while a third will play for its survival in the top flight in a play-off with two-legged matches.

In terms of relegation, Montpellier ( ^18th , 16 points) is already in Ligue 2. Saint-Etienne ( ^17th with 30 pts), Le Havre (16th, 31 pts), Nantes (15th, 33 pts, goal difference -16) and Reims (14th, 33 pts, goal difference -13) are also threatened.

The team that finishes in ^16th place in Ligue 1 will face Metz, who beat Dunkerque (1-0) at the end of the day, in a double confrontation on Thursday, May 22 and Sunday, May 25 at 8:45 p.m. If Reims were to play the play-off, the dates change to allow Reims to play their Coupe de France final against Paris Saint-Germain on May 24. In this case, the play-off would take place on Wednesday, May 21 at 8 p.m. and Thursday, May 29 at 8:30 p.m.

Tonight, our #CQTP (for "What's Your Prediction") game is bound to be a little unusual. In our great generosity, we're not asking you to guess the scores of the evening's nine matches. However, we're eager to find out who you think...

Here, at the Kop d'Austerlitz, Louis sees Marseille second to PSG, Nice ^4th and qualified for the Champions League and, finally, Le Have in Ligue 2.

Gabriel imagines Marseille ^2nd , Lille 4th and in the Champions League, and Saint-Etienne relegated to Ligue 2.

In his crystal ball, Clément sees Marseille second, Lille in ^4th place, and Le Havre in Ligue 2.

We await your responses (with the hashtag #CQTP) and we will take stock a little later.

Yes, we're here. Live performance is a "garden on earth," as Serge Lama sang at Eurovision 1971. France finished ^10th that year.

Hello, not to our knowledge (or at least, not at the moment). However, the online store allows you to treat yourself to a Le Monde cap or socks bearing the Gothic M. But for the moment, there's no "Here is the Kop d'Austerlitz" t-shirt.

Let's not beat around the bush: this looks bad for you. Barring a huge twist, you won't qualify for the next Champions League. All that's left is to hope for a fifth-place finish in the Europa League, and above all, a proper farewell to "General" Lacazette, who will leave the club at the end of the season after 391 matches with OL and, so far, 199 goals. Hats off to the artist!

Great effort! Your writing is "divine," like the title of the song performed by Sébastien Tellier, ^19th in Eurovision in 2008.

A strong result against Le Havre, namely a victory by a significant margin, is needed to move ahead of Lille and Nice. But it promises to be a difficult evening at the Stade de la Meinau, as Strasbourg is without its prolific Dutch striker Emmanuel Emegha (14 goals in Ligue 1), who is out with a shoulder injury. On the other side, Le Havre will play without any qualms as they try to secure their place among the elite.

But yes, 1-0 to Crystal Palace. Look at the joy of the Londoners!

We simply need to get a better result than Nice tonight, while hoping that Strasbourg doesn't pull off a slam dunk against Le Havre (who are also fighting to stay up). Against Reims, at home, you can count on your tireless goalscorer Jonathan David (16 goals in Ligue 1), who is playing his last match for LOSC after five years of loyal service.

Thanks to a goal scored a few minutes before the final whistle, Metz won a few minutes ago at the Stade Saint-Symphorien against Dunkerque (1-0), to secure their ticket to the Ligue 1 promotion play-off. The unfortunate Yacine Bammou scored an own goal after a poor clearance from his defense.

For a place in the ^third preliminary round of the Champions League, they must beat Brest, hoping that Lille and Strasbourg don't win too easily (due to goal difference). Nice will be without their suspended defensive midfielder Rosario tonight. For Nice coach Franck Haise, there's no question of playing with the handbrake on tonight: "We'd rather finish 14th ^? Is that it? We have to stop the nonsense! Everyone wants to finish fourth."

Good evening dear Kopiste, thank you for being here once again!

We're delighted to be back. We'll answer all your questions, especially those specific to LOSC. Join us at 7:40 p.m. for a dedicated post on the subject.

And what if, while we wait, we revisited a Eurovision gem?

In 1990, with "White and black blues", a song written by Serge Gainsbourg, Joëlle Ursull ranked 2nd, a qualifying place for the Champions League!

The two main sources of suspense this evening concern fourth place in the standings, which qualifies for the Champions League. Three teams – Nice, Lille, and Strasbourg – are neck and neck with 57 points, while Lyon (54 points) is in ambush, in the event of a combined victory and defeat of its direct competitors. Les Gones can also hope for fifth place, which qualifies for the Europa League.

At the bottom of the table, four teams are threatened with relegation: Saint-Étienne, Le Havre, and to a lesser extent, Nantes and Reims. Les Verts host Toulouse in a sold-out Chaudron, while Les Havre travel to Strasbourg.

To know everything at once (but we will come back to this in detail)

And welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to the final day of the French men's football championship. Finally, the final day for this 2024-2025 season, because even if it's true that French football is facing some problems (broadcasting, financial, etc.), it should be back this summer (resuming the weekend of August 15).

But back to the point: Matchday ³⁴ of Ligue 1, with all matches starting at 9 p.m. tonight, will determine the final standings. While some clubs—like champions PSG and last-place Montpellier—already know their final standings, others have one final match to try, some to secure a European spot, others to avoid relegation.

The multiplex kicks off at 9 p.m. Until then, we're waiting for your thoughts, ideas, anecdotes, and other postcards. We'll tell you about the key issues of this football evening, which we're delighted to share with you.