French season 2023/24

[matt]

Table
Brest, Monaco and Lille take a good option for the CL spots

Yes, it is hard to see someone else finish in the top 4. It looks like a fight among Brest, Monaco and Lille for two direct CL spots. The "loser" will play the CL qualifiers.

The fight for the remaining two or three european spots is among six teams: Nice, Lens, Reims, OM, Rennes and OL, with OL appearing to be the most in-form team right now, but with a hard schedule.
They also have the cup final of course.

Toulouse, Strasburg and Montpellier can breath more easily now, while Clermont and Metz are in trouble but they might still hope at least for the 16th place.
Lorient, Le Havre and Nantes also have work to do.


The only team i didn't mention so far is... PSG

Meanwhile ASSE are 2nd in Ligue 2 after a long comeback.

[Lyonnais]

perfect summary

[Lyonnais]

Ligue 1 - MD29



MONACO - LILLE postponed to April 24

LORIENT - PARIS SG postponed to April 24

LYON - BREST 4-3
Tolisso 18 Lacazette 70' Tagliafico 79' Mainland-Niles pen 90+16'; Mounié 60' Del Castillo 64' 67'

METZ - LENS 2-1
Mikautadze 34' 45'; Sotoca pen 13'

MARSEILLE - NICE postponed to April 24

RENNES - TOULOUSE 1-2
D.Doué 20'; Casseres 22' Diarra 32'

STRASBOURG - REIMS 3-1
Gameiro pen 44' Sylla 50' Sahi 90+3'; Nakamura 7'

CLERMONT - MONTPELLIER 1-1
Cham pen 45'; Coulibaly 56'

LE HAVRE - NANTES 0-1
Bamba 90+3'

[Lyonnais]

Table



63 - PARIS SG (-1)
62
61
60
59
58
57
56
55
54
53 - BREST
52 - MONACO (-1)
51
50
49 - LILLE (-1)
48
47
46
45
44 - NICE (-1)
43 - LENS
42
41 - LYON
40 - REIMS
39 - MARSEILLE (-1) - RENNES
38
37
36 - TOULOUSE - STRASBOURG
35
34
33 - MONTPELLIER
32
31 - NANTES
30
29
28 - LE HAVRE
27
26 - LORIENT (-1) - METZ
25
24
23
22 - CLERMONT


MD30 to be played next week with BREST v MONACO (Sunday 21 April 17:05)

[Lyonnais]

Ligue 1 - MD30


Game of the week

BREST - MONACO 0-2
Zakaria 40' Minamino 48'
Red cards: Ben Seghir (Monaco) 90+1', Singo (Monaco) 90+5'

XG: 0.64 - 1.31

Monaco's big blow
Francis-Le Blé Stadium may have experienced a turning point in the race for Europe! In a match that had been locked in for a long time, Monaco was able to exploit a defensive error and then make the break just after the break before managing despite a stormy end to the match. ASM goes 2nd ahead of Brest, 3rd under threat from Lille.
(lequipe.fr, google translation)

BREST (4-2-3-1): Bizot - Lala, Chardonnet, Le Cardinal, Locko - Martin (Pereira Lage 79'), Magnetti - Satriano, Doumbia (Camara 62'), Del Castillo (Brahimi 86') - Mounié (Le Douaron 62')
Coach: E.Roy
MONACO (4-2-3-1): Majecki - Vanderson, Singo, Maripan, Salisu - Fofana, Zakaria (Camara 78')- Akliouche (Ben Seghir 78'), Minamino (Ben Yedder 84'), Diatta - Balogun (Embolo 85')
Coach: A.Hütter


Man of the match

Denis ZAKARIA
DMC, 27, Monaco & Switzerland (54 caps)
Career: Servette - Young Boys - Mönchengladbach - Juventus - (Chelsea) - Monaco (2023)



The other games

PARIS SG - LYON 4-1
Matic o.g. 3' Beraldo 6' Ramos 32' 42'; Nuamah 37'

LILLE - STRASBOURG 1-0
David 12'

LENS - CLERMONT 1-0
Sotoca pen 3'

NICE - LORIENT 3-0
Sanson 22" Touré o.g. 53' Guessand 89'

NANTES - RENNES 0-3
Kalimuendo 67' Bourigeaud pen 76' Gouiri 90+1'

TOULOUSE - MARSEILLE 2-2
Nicolaisen 45' Gboho 82'; Onana 38' Moumbagna 90+6'

REIMS - MONTPELLIER 1-2
Agbadou 66'; Sagnan 26' Al Ta'mari 86'

LE HAVRE - METZ 0-1
Mikautadze 46'

[Lyonnais]

Table



66 - PARIS SG (-1)
65
64
63
62
61
60
59
58
57
56
55 - MONACO (-1)
54
53 - BREST
52 - LILLE (-1)
51
50
49
48
47 - NICE (-1)
46 - LENS
45
44
43
42 - RENNES
41 - LYON
40 - MARSEILLE (-1) - REIMS
39
38
37 - TOULOUSE
36 - MONTPELLIER - STRASBOURG
35
34
33
32
31 - NANTES
30
29 - METZ
28 - LE HAVRE
27
26 - LORIENT (-1)
25
24
23
22 - CLERMONT


MD31 to be played newt week with RENNES v BREST (Sunday 28 April 17:05)

[Lyonnais]

Ligue 1 - postponed games MD29


MONACO - LILLE 1-0
Fofana 61'

XG: 2.22 - 1.28

Monaco, it smells like the Champions League
Thanks to the only goal of the match scored by Fofana, ASM consolidates its place as runner-up to Paris-Saint-Germain. Brest (3rd) is on 5 points, Lille (4th) on 6 points and Nice, 5th, is relegated to 10 points. After an intense and balanced hour, Monaco took the upper hand physically to dominate their opponent.
(lequipe.fr, google translation)

MONACO (4-4-2): Majecki - Vanderson, Maripan, Kehrer, Diatta - Akliouche (Coulibaly 87'), Zakaria, Fofana, Minamino - Balogun (Embolo 68'), Ben Yedder (Camara 83')
Coach: A.Hütter
LILLE (4-3-3): Chevalier - Santos, Yoro, Diakité, Ismaily - André (Bouaddi 57'), Bentaleb, Gomes - Gudmundsson (Yazici 66'), David (Cabella 66'), Haraldsson (Zhegrova 66')
Coach: P.Fonseca


Man of the match

Youssouf FOFANA
MC, 25, Monaco & France (17 caps)
Career: Strasbourg - Monaco (2020)



The other games

LORIENT - PARIS SG 1-4
Bamba 73'; Dembélé 19' 60' Mbappé 22' 90'

MARSEILLE - NICE 2-2
Clauss 31' Aubameyang pen 56'; Moffi 13' Bard 72'

[matt]

Brest from 0-2 to 3-2 in the away derby against Rennes. The game is still ongoing. They aren't giving up on CL easily.

[Lyonnais]

Ligue 1 - MD31


Game of the week

RENNES - BREST 4-5
Kalimuendo 4' 9' Theate 68' Terrier 79'; Mounié 11' Omari o.g. 48' Satriano 54' Camara 66' Brassier 90+6'

XG: 2.34 - 2.19

Brest get a crazy derby and will see Europe!
1-2 down at the break, the Finisterians reversed the situation from the restart before being joined in the score by the combative Rennais. This thrilling derby was to crown a winner and Brassier offered Brest this crucial success at the end of the match, thus securing a European place to SB29.
(lequipe.fr, google translation)

RENNES (4-4-2): Mandanda - G.Doué, Omari, Theate, Belocian (Truffert 59') - Bourigeaud, Matusiwa (Le Fée 74'), Santamaria (Gouiri 59'), D.Doué - Kalimuendo, Terrier (Rieder 86')
Coach: J.Stephan
BREST (4-2-3-1): Bizot - Lala, Chardonnet, Brassier, Locko - Lees-Melou, Magnetti (Doumbia 77') - Del Castillo (Le Douaron 90+4'), Camara (Martin 70'), Satriano (Pereira Lage 76') - Mounié
Coach: E.Roy


Man of the match

Arnaud KALIMUENDO
FW, 22, Rennes & France U21
Career: Paris SG - (Lens) - Rennes (2022)



The other games

PARIS SG - LE HAVRE 3-3
Barcola 29' Hakimi 78' Ramos 90+5'; Operi 19' Ayew 38' Touré pen 61'

METZ - LILLE 1-2
Mikautadze pen 23'; Ismaily 31' Yazici 44'

LYON - MONACO 3-2
Lacazette 22" Benrahma 26' Fofana 84'; Ben Yedder 1' 60'

MARSEILLE - LENS 2-1
Aubameyang1' Gueye 85'; Saïd 77'

STRASBOURG - NICE 1-3
Bakwa 18'; Guessand pen 44' Dante 52' Sanson 84'

LORIENT - TOULOUSE 1-2
Ponceau 19'; Dallinga 59' Cissoko 83'

MONTPELLIER - NANTES 1-1
Adams 2'; Abline 7'

CLERMONT - REIMS 4-1
Cham pen 31' pen 56' Rashani 79' 90'; Nakamura 33'

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Table



70 - PARIS SG (champion)
69
68
67
66
65
64
63
62
61
60
59
58 - MONACO
57
56 - BREST
55 - LILLE
54
53
52
51 - NICE
50
49
48
47
46 - LENS
45
44 - MARSEILLE - LYON
43
42 - RENNES
41
40 - MARSEILLE - REIMS
39
38
37 - MONTPELLIER
36 - STRASBOURG
35
34
33
32 - NANTES
31
30
29 - LE HAVRE - METZ
28
27
26 - LORIENT
25 - CLERMONT



MD32 to be played next week-end with NICE v PARIS SG (postponed on May 15 21:00)

[amenina]

[matt]

OL transformation has been amazing. From being involved in the relegation fight in Autumn 2023 to clearly be the 2nd best French team in 2024! In the last few weeks for sure it wasn't boring:

OL - Brest 4-3 (from 1-3)
OL - Monaco 3-2 (from 0-1)
Lille - OL 3-4 (from 2-0 and 3-2)

Brest still third thanks to the Lille loss.
Two games to go:

3 - Brest 57 (+16) - CL League stage
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4 - Lille 55 (+17) - CL Qualifiers
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5 - Nice* 51 (+11) - EL League stage

*one game less


Brest - Reims
Nice - Le Havre
Nantes - Lille

Nice - PSG (midweek recovery of matchday 32)


Toulouse - Brest
Lille - Nice

[Lyonnais]

Ligue 1 - MD32


game of the day

NICE - PARIS SG postponed to May 15


The other games

BREST - NANTES 0-0

LILLE - LYON 3-4
Diakité 21' 85' Zhegrova 37'; Benrahma 65' Fofana 82' Lacazette 88' Balkdé 90+2'

MONACO - CLERMONT 4-1
Minamino 16' Embolo 37' Ben Yedder 57' 87'; Cham 34'

LENS - LORIENT 2-0
Wahi 57' Pereira da Costa 81'

METZ - RENNES 2-3
Mikautadze 17' Diallo 45'; Gouiri 23' Bourigeaud pen 73' Kalimuendo 90+3'

TOULOUSE - MONTPELLIER 1-2
Dallinga 34'; Savanier 27' Fayad 81'

REIMS - MARSEILLE postponed to May 15

LE HAVRE - STRASBOURG 3-1
Kechta 24' 65' Ayew 90+6'; Guilbert 86'

[Lyonnais]

Ligue 1 - MD33


Game of the week

RENNES - LENS 1-1
Salah 82'; Fulgini 48'

Rennes says goodbye to Europe, Lens believes in it
Dominant in the first period, Rennes was surprised by Fulgini after returning from the locker room. Salah's equalizer was not enough: Rennes can no longer secure a European place. Lens, mistreated this evening, still believes in it and will compete with Lyon and Marseille on the last day.
(lequipe.fr, google translation)

RENNES (4-4-2): Mandanda - Seidu, Wooh, Theate (Belocian 57'), Truffert - Bourigeaud (Salah 66'), Le Fée (Blas 77'), Santamaria (Rieder 67'), D.Doué - Kalimuendo, Gouiri (Yildirim 67')
Coach: J.Stephan
LENS (3-4-2-1): Samba - Gradit, Khusanov, Medina - Frankowski (Aguilar 72'), Mendy, Pereira da Costa (Samed 83'), Machado - Sotoca, Fulgini (Thomasson 71') - Saïd (Guilavogui 72')
Coach: F.Haise


Man of the match

Angelo FULGINI
AMC, 27, Lens & France U21
Career: Valenciennes - Angers - Mainz - Lens (2023)



The other games

PARIS SG - TOULOUSE 1-3
Mbappé 8'; Dallinga 13' Gboho 68' Magri 90+5'

MONTPELLIER - MONACO 0-2
Ouattara 52' Fofana 65'

BREST - REIMS 1-1
Brassier 45'; Munetsi 25'

NANTES - LILLE 1-2
Abline 54'; David 8' 11'

NICE - LE HAVRE 1-0
Boga 12'

CLERMONT - LYON 0-1
Mangala 53'

MARSEILLE - LORIENT 3-1
Aubameyang 36' pen 54' Gigot 41'; Mendy 43'

STRASBOURG - METZ 2-1
Emegha 89' Santos 90+1'; Mikautadze 54'

[Lyonnais]

Table


70 - PARIS SG (-1) (champion)
69
68
67
66
65
64 - MONACO (CL GS)
63
62
61
60
59
58 - LILLE - BREST
57
56
55
54 - NICE (-1)
53
52
51
50 - LENS - LYON
49
48
47 - MARSEILLE (-1)
46 - RENNES
45
44
43 - TOULOUSE
42
41 - REIMS (-1)
40 - MONTPELLIER
39 - STRASBOURG
38
37
36
35
34
33 - NANTES
32 - LE HAVRE
31
30
29 - METZ
28
27
26 - LORIENT
25 - CLERMONT (relegated)


AUXERRE is promoted to Ligue 1 next season; the second direct spot will be played next week between ANGERS and ST-ETIENNE

Next and last MD will be played next Sunday with LILLE v NICE (Sunday 19 May 21:00 CET)