In the 34th round of the French Ligue 1, Lorient will play at home against Guingamp. The match promises to be interesting, although both teams, it seems, are not pursuing major league goals. In fact, that's not true. Yes, Lorient sits ninth and cannot rise higher — Strasbourg is five points ahead. But they can drop one place lower — the gap to Toulouse is only one point. The situation for Guingamp is more interesting. They sit 14th, three points behind Angers. However, the gap to Auxerre and Nice is only one point. If Guingamp loses, and Auxerre and Nice win simultaneously, then Guingamp will end up in the relegation playoff zone and will fight Saint-Étienne from Ligue 2 for the right to play next season in the top division. Guingamp has not won since mid-February, i.e., for 11 matches. Although there was a run of five draws in a row. It ended, by the way, in the previous round when Guingamp lost to Marseille (0:1). This run was preceded by a draw with Lille (1:1) and Metz (4:4). Lorient's results are more varied. In the last round he crushed Metz (4:0), before that he drew with PSG (2:2) and lost to Strasbourg (2:3). Lorient can give a fight to a prestigious opponent, but may stumble for no clear reason. In the first leg, Lorient and Guingamp played to a 1:1 draw. Now one can expect the same hard-fought battle with an unpredictable outcome.