Ligue 1 Opta Facts: 26 May

Ajaccio v Nice
Nice are unbeaten in their last four league trips to Ajaccio (W2, D2).
Ajaccio have only won once in their last nine games in Ligue 1 (D5, L3).
Ajaccio have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last four home league games.
Nice have lost four of their last six away games in the top-flight, winning the other two.
Nice have never lost this season after scoring the opening goal in a league game (W15, D4).
Adrian Mutu has scored four of Ajaccio's last eight goals in Lique 1.

Bastia v Sochaux
Sochaux have only won two of their 24 league trips to Bastia (D11, L11).
Bastia's games are the most prolific in L1 this season with an average of 3.1 goals per game.
Bastia have only lost once in their last six home games in the top-flight (W4, D1).
Sochaux have only won two of their last 11 away league games (D4, L5).
Sochaux are winless in their last three away league games against a promoted team (D1, L2).
Anthony Modeste is involved in Bastia's last four goals in Ligue 1 (3 goals, 1 assist).

Bordeaux v Evian
Bordeaux are unbeaten against Evian TG in Ligue 1 (W1, D2).
Evian TG have won their last three competitive games without conceding a goal, their best run this season.
Bordeaux are unbeaten in their last five home league games (W3, D2).
Evian TG have only won one of their last 11 away games in Ligue 1 (D3, L7).
Bordeaux have failed to score in three of their last four top-flight games.
Saber Khlifa is involved in six of Evian TG's last seven goals in Ligue 1 (4 goals, 2 assists).

Brest v Nancy
Nancy have won their last three encounters against Brest in Ligue 1.
Brest have lost their last 10 league games (3 goals scored, 23 conceded), the worst sequence in France's top-flight this season.
Brest are winless in their last 12 home games in the top-flight.
Nancy have lost their last three league games.
Brest have conceded at least one goal in each of their last 11 eleven league games, worst current streak.

Lille v St Etienne
Lille are unbeaten in their last seven encounters against St Etienne in L1, winning the last four.
St Etienne are winless in their last 11 league trips to Lille (D3, L8).
St Etienne have won none of their last five away games in Ligue 1 (D4, L1).
Nolan Roux has scored four goals against St Etienne in L1, his favourite opponent in the top-flight.
Dimitri Payet is involved in four of Lille's last five goals in Ligue 1 (1 goal, 3 assists).
St Etienne are unbeaten this season in Ligue 1 when Brandao has scored (W7, D2).

Lorient v Paris SG
PSG are unbeaten in their last four trips to Lorient in Ligue 1 (W2, D2).
None of the last eight encounters between Lorient and PSG in L1 has ended in a home win.
None of Lorient's games in L1 this season has ended in a 0-0 draw.
PSG have won their last four away games in L1 without conceding a goal, best current run.
PSG have lost none of their last 10 Ligue 1 games (W8, D2), best current run.
PSG have scored in each of their last 10 league games, best current run.
Yann Jouffre is involved in three of Lorient's last five goals in L1 (1 goal, 2 assists).
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has scored 29 goals in Ligue 1 this season, the best tally since Jean-Pierre Papin in 1989/90 (30 goals).

Lyon v Rennes
Rennes are unbeaten in their last seven away games against Lyon in Ligue 1 (W2, D5).
Lyon have only won twice in their nine competitive games in Gerland in 2013 (D4, L3).
None of Rennes' games in L1 this season has ended in a 0-0 draw.
Lyon's last six goals in Ligue 1 have been scored in the second half.
Rennes have only won once in their last seven away Ligue 1 games (D1, L5).
Lisandro has scored on the last day of the season in Ligue 1 in 2010/11 and 2011/12.
Yoann Gourcuff has scored four goals against Rennes in L1, more than against any other team.

Marseille v Reims
OM are unbeaten in their last five encounters with Reims in Ligue 1 (W3, D2).
Reims have scored 13 goals in away games in L1 2012/12, fewer than any other team.
Reims have only won two of their 18 away games in Ligue 1 this season.
OM have won their last four home Ligue 1 games, best current run.
Marseille have scored over two goals in only one of their last 33 L1 games.
Mathieu Valbuena is involved in five of Marseille's last eight L1 goals (1 goal, 4 assists).
André-Pierre Gignac has scored 12 goals in 17 competitive games at le Vélodrome this season.

Toulouse v Montpellier
Montpellier are unbeaten in their last 12 trips to Toulouse in Ligue 1 (W5, D7).
Toulouse have only won 11% of their encounters against Montpellier in L1 (3 out of 27), their lowest ratio in the top-flight.
None of the last eight encounters between Toulouse and Montpellier in L1 has seen more than two goals.
Montpellier have lost 15 games in L1 2012/13, their joint-highest tally since their return to the top-flight.
Montpellier have lost nine of their last 11 away L1 games.
Montpellier have lost 13 points from winning positions in L1 this season, joint-highest tally.
10 of Wissam Ben Yedder's 13 goals in L1 this season have been scored at home.

Valenciennes v Troyes
None of the last 11 encounters between Valenciennes and Troyes in L1 has ended in a draw.
Troyes have lost four of their five trips to Valenciennes in L1 (14 goals conceded).
Valenciennes are unbeaten in their last three home games in L1 (W1, D2).
Troyes have won their last three games, best current run in Ligue 1. They have also kept a clean sheet in each of these games.
Troyes have won twice in their last three away games in L1, as many as in their previous 44 away games in the top-flight.
VA have scored 11 goals in the opening 15 minutes in Ligue 1 2012/13, more than any other team.

25.05. (Sat) 20:45 Borussia D. - Bayern Munchen

PROBABLE LINEUPS

BORUSSIA DORTMUND
Weidenfeller
Piszczek • Subotić • Hummels • Schmelzer
Gündogan • Bender
Błaszczykowski • Reus • Großkreutz
Lewandowski

BAYERN MUNICH
Neuer
Lahm • Buyten • Dante • Alaba
Martínez • Schweinsteiger
Robben • Müller • Ribéry
Mandžukić

Borussia Dortmund's Champions League hopes were dealt a blow by the confirmation that Mario Gotze will miss the final due to a thigh injury.

Kevin Grosskreutz is expected to take the 20-year-old's place in the XI, with Marco Reus shifting into the centre of the attacking trio behind Robert Lewandowski.

At the back, Lukasz Piszczek is fit to play, but will undergo thigh surgery in the summer, while Mats Hummels is expected to shake off a minor ankle injury to feature against the club that bred him.

Meanwhile, the only major question mark in the Bayern Munich ranks is as to whom will partner Dante at centre-back.

With Holger Badstuber missing since December, Daniel Van Buyten and Jerome Boateng have been rotated at the heart of defence, but the Belgian is the more likely to start the final.

Toni Kroos remains sidelined after picking up a muscle injury in the quarter-final first leg against Juventus, so Arjen Robben will continue on the right, with Thomas Muller lining up behind lone striker Mario Mandzukic, who should keep his place ahead of Mario Gomez.

DID YOU KNOW?
Borussia Dortmund have won the Champions League on one previous occasion, beating Juventus 3-1 to claim the trophy in 1997.
Jurgen Klopp's side triumphed 5-2 against Bayern Munich last season in the DFB-Pokal final, with Robert Lewandowski (pictured) scoring a hat-trick.
Defender Mats Hummels joined BVB from Bayern back in 2009 after a successful loan spell at Signal Iduna Park.
Injured playmaker Mario Gotze has already agreed a deal which will see him move to Bayern at the season's end.
Bayern Munich are seeking to win their fifth European Cup and join Liverpool as the joint-third most successful team in the competition's history, behind AC Milan and Real Madrid.
The Bavarians are unbeaten against BVB in all four of the teams' meeting this season, drawing 1-1 twice in the Bundesliga, and beating their rivals 2-1 and 1-0 in the Supercup and Pokal respectively.
The only previous all-German final in the history of European club competition was in the 1980 Uefa Cup final, when Eintracht Frankfurt beat Borussia Monchengladbach on away goals after recording a 3-3 draw over two legs.

Prediction
Bayern may have finished the Bundesliga 25 points ahead of Dortmund but they cannot expect an easy ride at Wembley. BVB, angry at losing their domestic title and Mario Gotze to the Bavarians, will be all the more eager for victory and I can see this one going all the way to penalties - then it's anyone's game.

Editor's Prediction
Dortmund 2-2 Bayern

UEFA Champions League Final Bayern Munich v Borussia Dortmund Preview

Wembley awaits for this year's German finalists Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich in what will be the 100th official meeting between the two. This final will be the first all-German European Cup Final affair and only the fourth time that the final has featured teams from the same country.
Borussia Dortmund defeated Real Madrid in the semi-finals with a 4-3 aggregate win, after a sensational 4-1 victory in the first leg and Robert Lewandowski grabbing all 4 goals. Bayern on the other hand, eased past arguably the best side of this generation by beating Barcelona 7-0 on aggregate.
Dortmund are undefeated against Bayern in their last six league games, but Bayern are undefeated in the four competitive games this season, so the game looks as if it could go either way. The last meeting between the two on neutral ground was in last season's DFB-Pokal final with Dortmund running out 5-2 winners that day.
After winning the German title for the last two years, this year's Bundesliga runners-up Borussia Dortmund will be looking to end the season on a high after losing the title to Bayern Munich, and you can back them at 18/5 to win the match. Dortmund will be even further determined to get one over on their rivals after Bayern announced they had activated the release clause in star performer Mario Götze's contract and will sign for the Bavarians this summer for a fee in the region of 37 million euros. Only Zlatan Ibrahimovic (7) has more assists than Götze (5) in this season's Champions League and only Cristiano Ronaldo (12) has scored more goals than Robert Lewandowski (10) - and you can back either to score first at 8/5.
Meanwhile, Bundesliga Champions and DFB-Pokal finalists Bayern will have the extra incentive of being the first German club to win the Treble after just missing out on that achievement in the 1999 Final to Man United. Only six clubs have managed that feat previously with Jose Mourinho's Inter the last club to do so back in 2010.
Bayern go into the match looking very solid, winning all four games in Quarter Finals and Semi Finals without conceding a single goal. In fact, the Munich side have only conceded 18 goals in 34 Bundesliga matches so it is no surprise that Munich are the bookies favourites to win the match at 4/5, especially after wrestling the title back from their final opponents by an impressive 25 point margin.
Despite both teams running a very tight defensive ship, expect a very lively and entertaining final between Germany's finest and with such a fantastic array of attacking talent on show from both sides, neither will just sit back so it seems as if Wembley could witness another epic encounter for the second time in three years.

La Liga Opta Facts: 26 May

Atletico Madrid v Mallorca
Atletico Madrid have only won two of their last eight league meetings with Mallorca (D3 L3).
The Balearic side have drawn four of their last six trips to the Vicente Calderon in La Liga (L2), with all four ending 1-1.
Over the last seven seasons, only against Real Madrid (0) have Atletico won fewer home games than they have against Mallorca (2, minimum seven games played).
Diego Simeone's side have won just one of their last five home league games, losing three (D1).
Gregorio Manzano has only lost two of his 12 La Liga games as a manager against his former club (W5 D5).
Radamel Falcao averages exactly a goal a game on home soil in La Liga (35 goals in 35 games).
Mallorca have conceded the most goals in La Liga this season (70); Atletico, the fewest (30).
Radamel Falcao has only missed one of the 14 penalties he has taken in La Liga, and that was the one saved by Mallorca stopper Dudu Aouate last season.
Atletico Madrid are the only team yet to concede a penalty in La Liga this term.

Athletic v Levante
Athletic have won five straight home games against Levante in La Liga (scoring 2.4 goals per game on average).
Los Granotas have, however, won their last two league games against Bilbao, though both were played at the Ciutat de Valencia.
Fernando Llorente has scored more goals at the Cathedral than any other player in the 21st century (48 in 129 games).
Athletic have the opportunity to win three successive league games for the first time under Marcelo Bielsa.
Fernando Llorente will play his last game at the San Mames against the team he recorded his first ever La Liga brace (v Levante in 2005).
Levante are without a win in seven (D2 L5) and have only won one of their last 15 (D6 L8).
If he gets booked in this game, De Marcos will become the first player to be shown a yellow card in five successive La Liga games this season.
Robert Acquafresca has scored three of Levante's last six league goals after not netting a league goal all season before this run.
Levante have the lowest average possession in La Liga this term (36%) while Athletic have the third-highest figure (57%).

Real Betis v Real Zaragoza
Real Betis have won five successive games against Real Zaragoza in La Liga, their best ever run against them in the top-flight.
The Green-and-Whites have won four and lost none of their last six home games against the side from Aragon in the top-flight.
Zaragoza have not won an away league game against Betis since 2001, when legendary former captain Xavi Aguado netted his final La Liga goal.
Manolo Jimenez's side have lost seven of their last nine away league games, failing to win any of them.
Current Betis player Juan Carlos scored his first top-flight goals in a Zaragoza shirt against Real Betis in a 4-3 defeat in Villamartin last season.
Betis are unbeaten in nine home league games (W4 D5), their best run on home soil in La Liga since 2004/05 (15 games).
Zaragoza have scored a higher percentage of goals from the penalty spot than any other team in La Liga this season (22%).
Manolo Jimenez's side have scored just 14 second-half goals this season - a league-low.

Espanyol v Barcelona
Espanyol have gone five successive home league games against Barcelona without win (D3 L2), they haven't gone six in a row without a win since 1995/96.
Barcelona have won five and lost none of their last seven derbies with los Pericos, although both draws in that run came away from home.
Barcelona are the team to have inflicted the heaviest defeat on Espanyol at Cornella El-Prat in La Liga (1-5 in 2010).
Tito Vilanova's side now need just two wins from their final two games to equal the record La Liga points total set by Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid last season (100).
Espanyol are winless in four league games (D1 L3) and in five on home soil (D4 L1).
Only Bayern Munich (15) have won more away league games than Barcelona (13) in the top five European leagues this season.
Sergio Garcia has directly participated in seven of Espanyol's last nine home league goals (four goals, three assists).
Cornella El-Prat is the only La Liga ground that Lionel Messi has played at more than once and never scored.
Espanyol have lost a joint-high 13 points from winning positions on home soil this season.
Messi's 46 league goals this season have won Barcelona 28 points; Ronaldo's 34 goals have won Real Madrid just 16.

Getafe v Rayo Vallecano
Getafe have lost all three derbies against Rayo Vallecano played in the top-flight.
Indeed, Rayo are the only team that Getafe have faced but never beaten in La Liga.
Getafe have won just one Madrid derby this season, the worst record of all four teams, though they are the only team to defeat Real Madrid in a derby this term.
Luis Garcia's side have lost five of their last six league games, beating only Real Sociedad on home soil in this run.
If they win this game, Rayo will equal the most points they have ever won in a single top-flight campaign (52 in 1999/00).
With his two goals at Levante last week, Piti overtook the goals total registered by Michu last season (17, Michu scored 15 in 2011/12).
The side from Vallecas have conceded a league-high 13 goals in the opening 15 minutes of games this term.
Getafe have conceded more goals to defenders than any other team in La Liga this season (12).
Luis Garcia's side have gained more points from losing positions on home soil than any other team this campaign (14).

Malaga v Deportivo La Coruna
Malaga are without a win in 19 consecutive top-flight games against Deportivo (D8 L11).
The last six games between Malaga and Deportivo at La Romareda, however, have ended level, with four finishing 1-1.
The last two games between Malaga and Deportivo in Andalusia have both ended goalless; Depor midfielder Sergio netted the last goal in this fixture back in 2009.
Malaga have gone 507 minutes without a goal in La Liga against Deportivo; former Depor player Albert Luque netted their last league goal against the Galician side.
Deportivo have been reduced to 10 men in each of their last two visits to La Rosaleda in La Liga (Laure and Pablo Alvarez).
Malaga are the only team in La Liga this season yet to lose a game having netted the first goal.
Bruno Gama has directly participated in four of Deportivo's last five league goals (three goals, one assist).
Deportivo are the only team yet to win a point with a goal in the final 10 minutes in La Liga this season.

Osasuna v Sevilla
Osasuna have gone three league games against Sevilla without a win (D1 L2), failing to score in all three games in this run.
Four of the last six games between these sides in Pamplona have ended level, with three of those four draws ending goalless.
The Andalusian side have won just one of their last 12 visits to Osasuna in the top-flight: 0-2 in 2009/10 (D6 L5).
Mendilibar's side have won just one of their last five league games (D1 L3), the only game in this run in which they found the net (1-0 v Getafe).
Over the last five seasons, only Toulouse (27) have drawn more games 0-0 than Osasuna (25) across the top five European leagues.
No side in Europe's top five leagues have won fewer away games than Sevilla this season (one); only relegated Italian side Palermo have won the same number on the road.
Osasuna have never scored as few as 29 goals after 36 games of a top-flight campaign.
Between them, Alvaro Negredo (three) and Ivan Rakitic (two) have scored all of Sevilla's last five away league goals.

Real Sociedad v Real Madrid
Real Sociedad have lost three successive top-flight home games against Real Madrid; their worst ever run against them at the Anoeta.
The Whites have won their last seven league games against Real Sociedad overall, scoring 2.9 goals per game on average.
The last Real Sociedad victory over Real Madrid in the Anoeta dates back to 2004, when the winning goal was scored by Valeri Karpin.
Real Sociedad have won three of their last four home league games (D1), scoring exactly four goals in each victory.
No team in the top five European games has won more away games than Real Madrid in the Mourinho era (38).
Imanol Agirretxe has scored four goals in the last four La Liga gameweeks.
Real Sociedad and Real Madrid are the only two teams to have beaten champions Barcelona in La Liga this season.
Xabi Prieto is the only player to have scored a hat-trick against Real Madrid in La Liga under Mourinho.
Real Sociedad have scored more goals through defenders than any other La Liga side this season (11).

Valencia v Granada
Valencia have won four successive games against Granada in La Liga, their best ever run against them in the top-flight.
Granada have lost 16 of their 18 previous trips to Granada in La Liga, only managing to draw the other two.
Granada lost 1-7 against Valencia in 1975, their second-heaviest ever top-flight loss.
If los Che win this game, their will have won four straight league games for the first time under Ernesto Valverde.
Granada are unbeaten in five successive league games (W3 D2); they are yet to go six in a row without defeat since their promotion.
Valencia could join Barcelona in this game as the only sides to have won all four games against Granada since they were promoted back to La Liga.
Roberto Soldado is the top scoring Spaniard in La Liga this season (21); last season, he shared the title with Fernando Llorente (17).
Youssef El-Arabi has now scored more goals in a single season than any other Granada player since their promotion in 2011 (seven).
Granada are the only team yet to lose a point from a winning position on the road this term.

Real Valladolid v Celta Vigo
Real Valladolid have won just one of their last 16 top-flight meetings with Celta Vigo (2-1 in 1999).
Celta Vigo have won five successive games at the Zorrilla in the top-flight, their best ever away run against a single side in La Liga.
Miroslav Djukic's side have won only two of their 11 league games; both in the Zorrilla and both by the odd goal.
Celta Vigo have only won one of their five away league games since the arrival of Abel Resino.
Javi Guerra has scored three goals in Real Valladolid's last three league games at the Jose Zorrilla (W2 D1).
Iago Aspas has scored two braces in his first ever La Liga season, with one of them coming against Valladolid in the reverse fixture.
Valladolid have lost a league-high 24 points having scored the first goal of the game this season.
Celta Vigo have scored a league-high 29% of their goals in the final 15 minutes of games this season.
Iago Aspas has participated in 50% of Celta Vigo's goals this season (11 goals, six assists), while Oscar has participated in 40% of Valladolid's (12 goals, seven assists).