French season 2023/24

[bugylibicska]

2 wins in a row and Lyon left the last place. Is this for real or just momentarily?

Lyon have awaken!

[Lyonnais]

The key players in big trouble since the start of the season have awaken yes. Lacazette hat-trick vs Toulouse and Anthony Lopes the keeper brilliant vs Monaco.

The team is still sick, so we can expect some setbacks in the future but let's say that the momentum is now better than 3 weeks ago.
Big game at home vs Nantes next Wednesday just before the Christmas break. It will be important to win this one.

[Lyonnais]

Ligue 1 - MD16


Game of the week

LILLE - PARIS SG 1-1
David 90+4'; Mbappé pen 66'

XG: 1.91 - 1.39

Lille snatches a draw!
Lille is rewarded by this goal from substitute David at the very end of the match after having competed with a slightly superior PSG and in front of the mark thanks to a penalty transformed by a nonchalant Mbappé this evening. Guaranteed to be winter champion, Paris is 5 pts ahead of Nice, LOSC is 4th
(lequipe.fr, google translation)

LILLE (4-2-3-1): Chevalier - Diakité (T.Santos 71'), Yoro, Ribeiro, Ismaily - Bentaleb, André (Ounas 90') - Zhegrova, Gomes, Gudmundsson (Cabella 71') - Yazici (David 81')
Coach: P.Fonseca
PARIS SG (3-4-2-1): Tenas - Marquinhos, D.Pereira (Skriniar 75'), Hernandez - Zaïre-Emery, Ugarte (Hakimi 67') , Vitinha, Kang-In - Dembélé (Asensio 81'), Barcola (Kolo-Muani 67') - Mbappé
Coach: L.Enrique


Man of the match

Nabil BENTALEB
DMC, 29, Lille & Algeria (44 caps)
Career: Tottenham - Schalke - (Newcastle) - Schalke - Angers - Lille (2023)



The other games

LE HAVRE - NICE 3-1
Sabbi 5' 35' Bayo pen 51'; Louchet 90+1'

LENS - REIMS 2-0
Saïd 43' Cortés 75'

MONACO - LYON 0-1
Jeffinho 85'

NANTES - BREST 0-2
Magnetti 49' Mounié 57'

MARSEILLE - CLERMONT 2-1
Murillo 26' Harit 42'; Allevinah 58'

METZ - MONTPELLIER 0-1
Esteve 9'

TOULOUSE - RENNES 0-0

LORIENT - STRASBOURG 1-2
Dieng 53'; Balsa 14' Gameiro 49'

[Lyonnais]

Table


37 - PARIS SG
36
35
34
33
32 - NICE
31
30 - MONACO
29
28 - LILLE - BREST
27
26 - MARSEILLE - LENS
25
24
23 - REIMS
22
21
20 - STRASBOURG
19 - LE HAVRE
18 - NANTES
17 - MONTPELLIER
16 - RENNES - METZ
15
14 - TOULOUSE
13 - LYON
12 - LORIENT
11 - CLERMONT


MD17 to be played newt Wednesday with NICE v LENS (Wednesday 20/12, 21:00 CET)

[Lyonnais]

Ligue 1 - MD17


Game of the week

NICE - LENS 2-0
Moffi pen 76' 78'

XG: 2.96 - 0.54

Nice stops the Lens series
Thanks to Moffi, author of a double coming off the bench, OGC Nice signs its 10th victory in L1 and secures 2nd place, behind PSG. End of series for RC Lens who had more possession, but it was the Niçois who were the most dangerous.
(lequipe.fr, google translation)

NICE (4-3-3): Bulka - Lotomba, Mendy (Claude-Maurice 85'), Dante, Bard - Sanson, Boudaoui (Perraud 89'), Rosario - Laborde (Moffi 73'), Guessand, Boga (Louchet 88')
Coach: F.Farioli
LENS (3-4-2-1): Samba - Khusanov, Medina, Haïdara - Aguilar, El Aynaoui (Cortés 82'), Samen, Frankowski (Fulgini 74') - Sotoca (Guilavogui 82'), Da Costa (Diouf 74') - Saïd (Wahi 74')
Coach: F.Haise

Man of the match

Terem MOFFI
FW, 24, Nice & Nigeria (14 caps)
Career: Zalgiris - Riteriai - Kortrijk - Lorient - Nice (2023)



The other games

PARIS SG - METZ 3-1
Vitinha 49' Mbappé 60' 83'; Udol 72'

STRASBOURG - LILLE 2-1
Yoro o.g. 41 Mwanga 76'; Sylla o.g. 20'

TOULOUSE - MONACO 1-2
Magri 5'; Ben Yedder 26' pen 44'

MONTPELLIER - MARSEILLE 1-1
Fayad 14'; Veretout 52'

BREST - LORIENT 4-0
Doumbia 22' 25' 29' 45'

REIMS - LE HAVRE 1-0
Nakamura 25'

CLERMONT - RENNES 1-3
Nicholson 3'; Kalimuendo 52' D.Doué 88' Blas pen 90+7'

LYON - NANTES 1-0
Lacazette 49'

[Lyonnais]

Table


40 - PARIS SG
39
38
37
36
35 - NICE
34
33 - MONACO
32
31 - BREST
30
29
28 - LILLE
27 - MARSEILLE
26 - LENS - REIMS
25
24
23 - STRASBOURG
22
21
20
19 - RENNES - LE HAVRE
18 - MONTPELLIER - NANTES
17
16 - METZ - LYON
15
14 - TOULOUSE
13
12 - LORIENT
11 - CLERMONT


MD18 will take place after the Christmas break and the French Cup (Round of 64) with LENS v PARIS SG (Sunday 14/01 20:45)

[matt]

The first half of the season ended tonight, it was a very good matchday for Nice, Monaco, Brest and Lyon.

The surprise of the season so far is Brest, i know very little about this team.

[bugylibicska]

Lacazette moves out Lyon from the danger zone!

[Lyonnais]

WS marks - Update at mid-season (average of the best 9 performances)


Top 10

8.72 Kylian Mbappé (Paris, FW, 25, FRA)
8.15 Romain Del Castillo (Brest, FWR, 27, FRA)
7.94 Ousmane Dembélé (Paris, AMR, 26, FRA)
7.91 Téji Savanier (Montpellier, AMC, 31, FRA)
7.73 Edon Zhegrova (Lille, AMR, 24, KOS)
7.72 Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco, AMC, 27, RUS)
7.67 Vitinha (Paris, MC, 23, POR)
7.65 Mory Diaw (Clermont, GK, 30, FRA)
7.64 Teddy Teuma (Reims, MC, 30, MLT)
7.63 Achraf Hakimi (Paris, DR, 25, MOR)
etc.


Best XI

.. K.Mbappé (Paris) - P.E.Aubameyang (Marseille) - R.Del Castillo (Brest) ..
........ Vitinha (Paris) - T.Savanier (Montpellier) - T.Teuma (Reims) ..........
B.Locko (Brest) - S.Gigot (Marseille) - W.Singo (Monaco) - A.Hakimi (Paris)
................................. M.Diaw (Clermont) .................................


U21 Players

7.31 Warren Zaïre-Emery (Paris, MC, 17, FRA)
7.27 Leny Yoro (Lille, DC, 18, FRA)
7.25 Tiago Santos (Lille, DR, 21, POR)
etc.


Best per club

8.72 Kylian Mbappé (Paris, FW, 25, FRA)
7.38 Jean-Clair Todibo (Nice, DC, 23, FRA)
7.72 Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco, AMC, 27, RUS)
8.15 Romain Del Castillo (Brest, FWR, 27, FRA)
7.73 Edon Zhegrova (Lille, AMR, 24, KOS)
7.62 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Marseille, FW, 34, GAB)
7.30 Brice Samba (Lens, GK, 29, FRA)
7.64 Teddy Teuma (Reims, MC, 30, MLT)
7.19 Lucas Perrin (Strasbourg, DC, 25, FRA)
7.41 Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes, MC, 29, FRA)
7.43 Arthur Desmas (Le Havre, GK, 29, FRA)
7.91 Téji Savanier (Montpellier, AMC, 31, FRA)
7.32 Moses Simon (Nantes, AMC, 28, NGA)
7.56 Alexandre Oukidja (Metz, GK, 35, ALG)
7.41 Anthony Lopes (Lyon, GK, 33, POR)
7.14 Rasmus Nicolaisen (Toulouse, DC, 26, DEN)
7.49 Laurent Abergel (Lorient, MC, 30, FRA)
7.65 Mory Diaw (Clermont, GK, 30, FRA)

[Lyonnais]

XG Analysis


XPts

What would be the table if all goals chances had been converted ?

PSG easily ahead, Nice, Marseille and Monaco in CL, Clermont, Metz and Lorient in trouble
Not much difference with reality Marseille excepted but Marseille suffers from their inefficiency in front (namely Aubameyang, although it's been much better for these last weeks).
The most over-performing team is not surpsingly Brest (who conceded 7 goals less than expected) whereas the most under-performinh team is Lyon (who should scored 10 goals more than they scored) - see below

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Xpts	Pts	Difference		
36,28 	40	+3,72 	-	Paris SG
31,99 	35	+3,01 	-	Nice
30,94 	27	-3,94 	-	Marseille
30,46 	33	+2,54 	-	Monaco
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28,39 	28	-0,39 	-	Lille
26,55 	26	-0,55 	-	Reims
25,97 	26	+0,03 	-	Lens
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25,35 	31	+5,65 	-	Brest
24,40 	19	-5,40 	-	Montpellier
24,06 	19	-5,06 	-	Rennes
22,43 	16	-6,43 	-	Lyon
19,94 	23	+3,06 	-	Strasbourg
18,30 	19	+0,70 	-	Le Havre
17,84 	14	-3,84 	-	Toulouse
17,77 	18	+0,23 	-	Nantes
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15,10 	11	-4,10 	-	Clermont
14,92 	16	+1,08 	-	Metz
13,17 	12	-1,17 	-	Lorient

Efficency in attack (difference betwenn XG and goals scored)

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XG	Goals	Difference		
15,22	21	+5,78 	-	Lorient
38,09	42	+3,91 	-	Paris SG
13,53	16	+2,47 	-	Metz
31,23	33	+1,77 	-	Monaco
25,05	25	-0,05 	-	Brest
(...)
25,16	19	-6,16 	-	Montpellier
27,37	21	-6,37 	-	Lille
29,04	21	-8,04 	-	Lens
27,26	19	-8,26 	-	Nice
25,88	16	-9,88 	-	Lyon

Efficiency in defense (difference between XGA and goals conceded)

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XGA	GA	Difference		
27,83 	19	-8,83 	-	Le Havre
24,95 	17	-7,95 	-	Lens
30,08 	23	-7,08 	-	Toulouse
22,04 	15	-7,04 	-	Brest
34,20 	28	-6,20 	-	Nantes
(...)
27,55 	27	-0,55 	-	Metz
21,87 	23	+1,13 	-	Reims
20,25 	22	+1,75 	-	Monaco
16,17 	18	+1,83 	-	Marseille
28,39 	35	+6,61 	-	Lorient

Individual efficiency

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XG	Goals	Difference		
1,80 	5	+3,20 	-	Vitinha (Paris SG)
1,89 	5	+3,11 	-	Kamory Doumbia (Brest)
2,42 	5	+2,58 	-	Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco)
15,61 	18	+2,39 	-	Kylian Mbappé (Paris SG)
2,75 	5	+2,25 	-	Romaion Faivre (Lorient)
(...)
3,38 	0	-3,38 	-	Rémy Cabella (Lille)
8,35 	5	-3,35 	-	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Marseille)
3,93 	1	-2,93 	-	Ousmane Dembélé (Paris SG)
3,93 	1	-2,93 	-	Adrien Thomasson (Lens)
4,83 	2	-2,83 	-	Marshall Munetsi (Reims)

[Lyonnais]

Lacazette moves out Lyon from the danger zone!

indeed! Deserved win
Let's expect that the second part of the season starts better than the first part so that we can quickly escape from the dangerous zone.

The surprise of the season so far is Brest, i know very little about this team.

Nothing much to say. They bring some fresh and nice air, they seem to be happy to be on the pitch, excellent team spirit, good keeper, strikers in fire, all stars were aligned for them in this first part of the season. Will it last? Not sure, meaning I don't expect them to be European next season but who knows.
They are a very difficult schedule at the start of the season and some are saying that they softened the pre-season work to be more fit than their opponents in the first month. I don't know if it 's true, but it worked as they dod very well and it launched very well the season. They however may pay it in the second half. Wait and see.

Generally speaking, boring and poor season so far and I don't speak only for Lyon. The level which was pretty interesting last season with Lens and Marseille in good shape seriously declined this season. All challengers of PSG ahave their issues. Lens, it's less interesting than last season, Marseille it's less interesting than last season, Rennes and Lyon seriously declined and the other eams like Nice, Monaco or Lille who can generally speaking be satisfied of their first half also have their issues.
To summarize, let me quote Thierry Henry who said recently that to see Nice second of the league with hardly one goal scored per game says a lot about the level of the Ligue 1 this season.

[Lyonnais]

The L1 starts tonight with Nice-Lille which will be the game of the week.

Odds for the title (betclic)

1.25 PSG
10 Marseille
20 Monaco-Lens-Lille-Rennes
40 Lyon
75 Nice
250 Strasbourg-Reims-Montpellier-Toulouse
500 Lorient-Clermont-Nantes
1000 Brest-Le Havre-Metz

so bookies rank PSG as huge favourite for the title
Marseille expected to grab the second CL spot
Monaco, Lens, Lille & Rennes expected to fight for the other European spots with possibly Lyon or Nice as other contenders
Brest and the 2 promoted teams Le Havre & Metz favourites for the relegation

Updated odds after the 1st part

1.03 PSG
15 Nice
20 Monaco
50 Lille - Marseille
150 Lens
500 Reims-Rennes-Lyon
700 Brest
750 Montpellier
1000 Strasbourg-Toulouse-Nantes
1500 Le Havre
2000 Lorient
2500 Clermont-Metz

Confirmation if needed that only Nice did better than expected. Monaco more or less.
All other challengers (Marseille, Lens, Lille, Rennes, not to speak about Lyon) are under performing

[Lyonnais]

at last, a quick highlight on the Ligue 2.

It's mid-season as well (19 games out of 38)


40 - ANGERS
39
38 - AUXERRE
37
36
35
34 - GRENOBLE - LAVAL
33
32
31 - PAU
30 - AJACCIO
29
28 - St-ETIENNE
27 - GUINGAMP - RODEZ - PARIS FC
etc.


For memory, the best 2 are promoted to the Ligue 1
#3-#5 are playing endless play-offs
1. #4 hosts #5 (one leg game)
2. #3 hosts the winner 4 vs 5 (one leg game)
3. The winner plays Ligue 1 #16 (two leg game, L1 hosts the second leg)

[Lyonnais]

Coupe de France - Round of 64 (9th round)


The upset of this round is that there has not really been any upset, Lorient defeated at Sochaux excepted.
In the shock of the day Lens were eliminated by Monaco on penalties.



REVEL (Reg) - PARIS SG 0-9
Mbappé 16' 45' 46' Nguessan o.g; 38' Asensio 43' Ramos pen 71' Kolo Muani 76' 90' Ndour 87'

NICE - AUXERRE (2) 0-0 (pso 4-2)

LENS - MONACO 2-2 (pso 5-6)
Maouassa 43' Sotoca 63'; Ben Yedder 1' Akliouche 21'

BREST - ANGERS (2) 1-0
Satriano 63'

LILLE - GOLDEN LION (Martinique) 12-0
Yazici 11' 45' David 25' 36' 75' Zhegrova 31' 33' 42' T.Santos 57' Haraldsson pen 64' 78' Messaoussa 89'

THIONVILLE (5) - MARSEILLE 0-1
Aubameyang 62'

DINAN (4) - REIMS 0-3
Diakhon 5' 8' Daramy 80'

CHINON (4) - STRASBOURG 0-4
Gameiro 14' Sahi 17' 73' Bechikh 89'

GUINGAMP (2) - RENNES 0-2
Kalimuendo 45' 57'

LE HAVRE - CAEN (2) 2-1
Joujou 16' Kuzayev 43'; Kyemereh 26'

AMIENS (2) - MONTPELLIER 1-2
Mafouta 58'; Assogba o.g. 42' Yeboah pen 56'

PAU (2) - NANTES 1-4
Sylla 15'; Mollet 48' Kadewere 80' 83' Bamba 88'

METZ - CLERMONT 1-1 (pso 1-3)
Sané 22'; Allevinah 48'

PONTARLIER (5) - LYON 0-3
Cherki 45' Maitland-Niles 52' Lacazette 57'

CHAMBERY (5) - TOULOUSE 0-3
Skytta 7' 35' Dallinga 84'

SOCHAUX (3) - LORIENT 2-1
Daho 69' Macalou pen 90+3'; Pelon 34'

DIEPPE (5) - LAVAL (2) 0-4
CHALLANS (5) - RODEZ (2) 0-4
ALES (4) - PARIS FC (2) 1-2
ENTENTE (5) - BORDEAUX (2) 1-1 (pso 2-4)
FEIGNIES (4) - QRM (2) 1-0
SAINT-OMER (Reg) - DUNKERQUE (2) 2-3
SARREGUEMINES (Reg) - VALENCIENNES (2) 0-2
ORLEANS (3) - NIMES (3) 2-1
LES HERBIERS (4) - CHATEAUROUX (3) 2-2 (pso 3-4)
LOUHANS (5) - ROUEN (3) 0-2
CHAMBLY (4) - RACING (4) 1-2
BERGERAC (4) - LIBOURNE (4) 2-1
LA DUCHERE (5) - LE PUY (4) 1-2
FABREGUES (Reg) - TRELISSAC (4) 1-4
ROMORANTIN (4) - LE MOULE (Guadeloupe) 4-0
FEURS (5) - SAINT-PRIEST (5) 3-5

[bugylibicska]

French Cup team travels 8,000 miles for match against Lille, loses 12-0 and concedes two hat tricks

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