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Coupe de la Ligue Final: Why 'first-timers' Guingamp start as favourites against Strasbourg

Having made several giant killings along the way to the final, Guingamp enter the final as slight favourites for the cup....

There will be a chance to script history for Guingamp when they take on Strasbourg at the picturesque Stade Pierre Mauroy in Lille in the final of the Coupe de la Ligue on Sunday.

It will be the first appearance in the final of the French cup competition for Guingamp who achieved top-flight status only in 1995. However, probably for the first time in the tournament, Jocelyn Gourvennec and his men will enter the clash as slight favourites rather than being branded as the underdogs.