French season 2024/25

[Lyonnais]

For memory,

PSG are the defending champions
Monaco and Brest are qualified for the Champions League
Lille in CL QR3
Nice and Lyon in Europa League
Lens in ECL play-offs

Metz, Lorient and Clermont have been relegated to Ligue 2
Auxerre, Angers and St Etienne promoted to Ligue 1

Here is the map of the 18-team Ligue 1 for the upcoming season

[Lyonnais]

Odds for the title (BetClic)

1.30 Paris SG
8.00 Marseille
15.0 Monaco
20.0 Lyon - Lille
75.0 Rennes - Lens - Nice
250 Brest - Nantes - Reims
300 St Etienne
500 Montpellier - Strasbourg - Toulouse
1000 Le Havre - Auxerre - Angers

so PSG, no surprise, huge favourite for the title
Marseille main challenger with Monaco, Lyon and Lille (these clubs expected to fight for the CL Spots)
Rennes, Lens and Nice outsiders
Le Havre, Auxerre and Angers favourites to go down

[Lyonnais]

Ligue 1 - MD1


Game of the week

BREST - MARSEILLE 1-5
Camara 45'; Greenwood 3' pen 31' Luis Henrique 26' 48' Wahi pen 69'
Del Castillo (Brest) missed a penalty (9')

XG: 1.38 - 2.39

Flying start for OM
OM crushed Brest to start their season, thanks in particular to doubles from Greenwood and Luis Henrique, and a decisive Harit as playmaker. Rulli made several decisive saves in the first half, notably pushing back a penalty from Del Castillo. Brest sank defensively.

BREST (4-3-3): Bizot - Lala, Chardonnet, Cardinal, Amavi (Zogbé 84') - Camara, Martin (Mbock 70'), Pereira Lage (Camblan 70') - Del Castillo, Ajorque (Faivre 64'), Le Douaron
Coach: E.Roy
MARSEILLE (4-2-3-1): Rulli - Murillo, Balerdi, Cornelius, Lirola (Meïté 71') - Hojbjerg, Merlin - Greenwood, Harit (Abdallah 88'), Luis Henrique (Rongier 88') - Wahi (Moumbagna 71' Sternal 79')
Coach: R.De Zerbi


Man of the match

Luis HENRIQUE
AML, 22, Marseille, Brazil
Career: Botafogo - Marseille - (Botafogo) - Marseille (2024)



The other games

LE HAVRE - PARIS SG 1-4
Lloris 48'; Lee Kang-In 3' Dembélé 84' Barcola 86' Kolo-Muani pen 90'

MONACO - ST-ETIENNE 1-0
Minamino 28'

REIMS - LILLE 0-2
Diakité 45' David 90+3'

AUXERRE - NICE 2-1
Raveloson 43' Coulibaly 90+5'; Cho 21'

RENNES - LYON 3-0
Bourigeaud 19' Gouiri 21' Meister 90+1'

ANGERS - LENS 0-1
Saïd 28'

TOULOUSE - NANTES 0-0

MONTPELLIER - STRASBOURG 1-1
Savanier pen 67'; Diarra 58'

[angel_87]

No broadcaster in Italy is showing matches of Ligue 1 this season, no one!!
the impression that Kylian Mbappé's farewell has taken away the championship's appeal... however i see more of a fight for the title, without the french phenomenon PSG has lost a lot of power (I'm curious to see the OM of the Italian De Zerbi).

[Lyonnais]

The renegotiation of the TV rights in France has become a nightmare for the French football. Clubs were expecting to get a billion (all included) and they finally managed to get hardly half of this.
Very dark clouds for the French football upcoming ....

[Lyonnais]

Table


3 - MARSEILLE - PARIS SG - RENNES - LILLE - AUXERRE - LENS - MONACO
2
1 - STRASBOURG - MONTPELLIER - TOULOUSE - NANTES
0 - NICE - ST-ETIENNE - ANGERS - REIMS - LE HAVRE - LYON - BREST


MD2 to be played net week-end with LENS v BREST (Sunday 25-Aug 15:00 CET)

[Kutuz_off]

What's going on with Bordeaux? Are they in tier 3 or 4 this season? What a mess they are regardless. Some owners should be banned from sports.

[Lyonnais]

Ligue 1 - MD2


Game of the week

LENS - BREST 2-0
Chavez 19' Le Cardinal o.g. 45'
Red card Machado 'Lens) 88'

XG 2.56 - 0.77

Lens solid at home
Will Still's players validate their good start to the season with a second victory in as many games. Against Brest, Lens were technically precise, never really put in danger by Brest's lack of inspiration.

LENS (3-4-1-2): Samba - Gradit (Khusanov 75'), Danso, Medina - Aguilar, Thomasson, Diouf (Frankowski 90'), Chavez (Machado 75') - Zaroury (Fugini 66') - Sotoca, Labeau-Lascoury (Satriano 75')
Coach: W.Still
BREST (4-3-3): Bizot - Lala, Chardonnet, Le Cardinal, Amavi (Zogbe 90')- Camara, Martin (Sima 64'), Magnetti - Del Castillo, Ajorque (Le Douaron 79'), Faivre (Pereira-Lage 79')
Coach: E.Roy


Man of the match

Jhoanner CHAVEZ
ML, 22, Lens & Ecuador (3 caps)
Career: Independiente del Valle - Bahia - (Independiente del Valle) - Lens (2023)
Title:
- Champion of Ecuador 2022




The other games

PARIS SG - MONTPELLIER 6-0
Barcola 4' 53' Asensio 24' Hakimi 58' Zaïre-Emery 60' Lee Kang-In 82'

LYON - MONACO 0-2
Ben Seghir 65' Camara 80'

LILLE - ANGERS 2-0
Meunier 34' Bayo 90+5'

NICE - TOULOUSE 1-1
Clauss 53'; Babicka 73'

MARSEILLE - REIMS 2-2
Harit 25' Greenwood 71'; Akieme 51' Fofana 55'

STRASBOURG - RENNES 3-1
A.Santos 23' Emegha 48' Wooh o.g. 87'; Blas 57'

NANTES - AUXERRE 2-0
Simon 14' Guirassy 90+6'

ST-ETIENNE - LE HAVRE 0-2
Touré pen 57' Sangante 67'

[Lyonnais]

Table


6 - PARIS SG - LILLE - MONACO - LENS
5
4 - MARSEILLE - STRASBOURG - NANTES
3 - RENNES - LE HAVRE - AUXERRE
2 - TOULOUSE
1 - NICE - REIMS - MONTPELLIER
0 - ANGERS - ST-ETIENNE - LYON - BREST


MD3 to be played next week-end with LILLE v PARIS SG (Sunday 1-Sept 20:45)

[Lyonnais]

What's going on with Bordeaux? Are they in tier 3 or 4 this season? What a mess they are regardless. Some owners should be banned from sports.

They will start the season in Tier 4 as they went to bankruptcy.
and yes, there are a lot of things to say about Gerard Lopez methods ...

[Lyonnais]

Ligue 1 - MD3


Game of the week

LILLE - PARIS SG 1-3
Zhegrova 78'; Vitinha pen 33' Barcola 36' Kolo-Muani 90+2'

XG: 1.31 - 2.62

Three out of three for PSG
PSG has secured a third win in three matches. Trailing by two goals at half-time, Lille fought until the end against a Parisian side that fell into the trap of making it easy. Tiago Santos' offside by a few centimetres prevented Lille from equalising, before Kolo Muani sealed the fate of the match.

LILLE (3-4-2-1): Chevalier - Diakité, Mandi (Meunier 65'), Ribeiro - T.Santos (Cabella 85'), André, Gomes (Mukau 46'), Gudmundsson - Zhegrova, Haraldsson (Sahraoui 46') - Bayo (David 65')
Coach: B.Genesio
PARIS SG (4-3-3): Donnarumma - Hakimi (Mayulu 83'), Marquinhos, Pacho, Beraldo - Zaïre-Emery, Vitinha, J.Neves (F.Ruiz 65') - Dembélé (Kolo-Muani 74'), Asensio (D.Doué 65'), Barcola (Lee Kang-In 74')
Coach: L.Enrique


Man of the match

Ousmane DEMBELE
FWR, 27, Paris SG & France (49 caps)
Career: Rennes - Dortmund - Barcelona - Paris SG (2023)
Titles:
- Winner of the World Cup 2018
- Champion of Spain 2018, 2019 & 2023
- Champion of France 2024
- Winner of the DFB Pokal 2017
- Winner of the Copa del Rey 2018 & 2021
- Winner of the Coupe de France 2024



The other games

MONACO - LENS 1-1
Zakaria 84'; Frankowski pen 90+4'

BREST - SAINT-ETIENNE 4-0
Camara 10' Del Castillo pen 32' Ajorque 77' Lala pen 84'

ANGERS - NICE 1-4
Abdelli pen 67'; Ndayishimiye 6' Boudaoui 25' Guessand 72' 85'

LYON - STRASBOURG 4-3
Tolisso 45' Maitland-Niles 61' Orban 63' 72'; Nanasi 3' A.Santos 48' Emegha 58'

TOULOUSE - MARSEILLE 1-3
Babicka 90'; Greenwood 16' 17' Cresswell o.g. 52'

REIMS - RENNES 2-1
Ito 41' Diakité 48'; Ostigard 13'

MONTPELLIER - NANTES 1-3
Adams 30'; Abline 24' Simon pen 45' M.Mohamed 85'

LE HAVRE - AUXERRE 3-1
Owusu o.g. 23' Ndiaye 52' Touré pen 90+8'; Perrin 17'

[Lyonnais]

Table


9 - PARIS SG

7 - MARSEILLE - NANTES - LENS - MONACO
6 - LILLE - LE HAVRE
5
4 - NICE - STRASBOURG - REIMS
3 - RENNES - BREST - AUXERRE - LYON
2 - TOULOUSE
1 - MONTPELLIER
0 - ANGERS - SAINT-ETIENNE


MD4 to be played after the international break with PARIS SG v BREST (Saturday 14-Sept)

[Lyonnais]

Ligue 1 - MD4


Game of the week

PARIS SG - BREST 3-1
Dembélé 42' 74' F.Ruiz 73'; Del Castillo pen 29'

XG: 2.91 - 1.01

PSG continues its flawless run before the C1
PSG, thanks to two goals in less than two minutes, recorded a fourth victory in as many matches. The Parisians, who had long been hampered by Marco Bizot (six saves), regained the lead in the standings. Brest, twelfth, had opened the scoring, but did not hold up against the opposing attacks.
(lequipe.fr, google translation)

PARIS SG (4-3-3): Donnarumma - Hakimi, Skriniar, Beraldo, N.Mendes (Pacho 63') - Lee Kang-In, F.Ruiz, J.Neves (Mayulu 80') - Dembélé (Mbaye 80'), Asensio (Kolo-Muani 71'), Barcola (Doué 63')
Coach: L.Enrique
BREST (4-3-3): Bizot - Lala, Chardonnet, Le Cardinal, Haïdara - Camara (Martin 80'), Fernandes (Salah 80'), Magnetti - Del Castillo (Doumbia 68'), Ajorque (M.Baldé 68'), Sima (Pereira Lage 57')
Coach: E.Roy


Man of the Match

Ousmane DEMBELE
FWR, 27, Paris SG & France (49 caps)
Career: Rennes - Dortmund - Barcelona - Paris SG (2023)
Titles:
- Winner of the World Cup 2018
- Champion of Spain 2018, 2019 & 2023
- Champion of France 2024
- Winner of the DFB Pokal 2017
- Winner of the Copa del Rey 2018 & 2021
- Winner of the Coupe de France 2024



The other games

AUXERRE - MONACO 0-3
Kehrer 8' Vanderson 25' Zakaria 89'

ST-ETIENNE - LILLE 1-0
Cafaro 6'

LENS - LYON 0-0

MARSEILLE - NICE 2-0
Maupay 40' L.Henrique 53'

NANTES - REIMS 1-2
D.Augusto 28'; Munetsi 34' Nakamura 90+1'

RENNES - MONTPELLIER 3-0
Blas 24' Kalimuendo 35' Gronbaek 60'

TOULOUSE - LE HAVRE 2-0
Babicka 70' Gboho 86'

STRASBOURG - ANGERS 1-1
Nanasi 31'; DIeng 62'

[Lyonnais]

Table



12 - PARIS SG
11
10 - MARSEILLE - MONACO
9
8 - LENS
7 - NANTES - REIMS
6 - RENNES - LILLE - LE HAVRE
5 - STRASBOURG - TOULOUSE
4 - NICE - LYON
3 - BREST - AUXERRE - ST-ETIENNE
2
1 - ANGERS - MONTPELLIER


MD5 to be played next week-end with LYON v MARSEILLE (Sunday 22-Sept 20:45 CET)

[Lyonnais]

Ligue 1 - MD5


Game of the week

LYON - MARSEILLE 2-3
Caleta-Car 53' Cherki 90+3'; P.Lirola 69' Garcia 82' Rowe 90-5'
Red card: Balerdi (Marseille) 5'
Penalty missed: Lacazette (Lyon) 45'

XG: 3.89 - 0.68

OM disgusts Lyon
OM wins the Olympiques clash at the end of a spectacular match. Reduced to ten men from the 5th minute, the Marseillais drew on their resources to surprise a Lyon lacking of fishing. OM remains in contact with PSG at the top of L1 while Lyon flirts with the red zone.
(lequipe.fr, google translation)

LYON (3-5-2): Perri - Mata, Caleta-Car, Tagliafico - Maitland-Miles, Veretout (Caqueret 67'), Matic (Cherki 83'), Tolisso (Fofana 75'), Abner (Nuamah 75') - Lacazette (Mikautadze 67'), Orban
Coach: P.Sage
MARSEILLE (4-2-3-1): Rulli - Murillo, Balerdi, Kondogbia, Brassier - Hojbjerg, Koné (Garcia 67') - Greenwood (Rowe 79'), Harit (Rongier 11'), L.Henrique (Maupay 79') - Wahi (P.Lirola 46')
Coach: R.De Zerbi


Man of the match

Geronimo RULLI
GK, 32, Marseille & Argentina (4 caps)
Career: Estudiantes - Real Sociedad - Montpellier - Villarreal - Ajax - Marseille (2024)
Titles:
- Winner of the World Cup 2022
- Winner of the Copa America 2024
- Winner of the Europa League 2021




The other games

REIMS - PARIS SG 1-1
Nakamura 9'; Dembélé 68'

MONACO - LE HAVRE 3-1
Teze 9' Ben Seghir 66' Balogun 70'; Kuzyaev 30'

RENNES - LENS 1-1
Kalimuendo pen 24'; M'Bala Nzola 90+6'

LILLE - STRASBOURG 3-3
Zhegrova 15' 27' David pen 84'; A.Santos 30' Emegha 42' Nanasi 68'

BREST - TOULOUSE 2-0
M.Baldé 21' Faivre 90+1'

NICE - SAINT-ETIENNE 8-0
Batubinsika o.g. 4' Ndombélé 7' Cho 24' Moukoko 26' 39' Guessand 36' Diop 75' Rosario pen 86'

ANGERS - NANTES 1-1
Abdelli pen 24'; Lepenant 18'

MONTPELLIER - AUXERRE 3-2
Adams 65' 75' Sagnan 71'; Traoré 18' Onaiwu 72'