FRENCH LIGUE 1
Nine rounds into the season and
Paris St. Germain are 2 points clear at the top of the Ligue 1 standings.
Lille remains in the other direct qualification spot for Champions League football.
Nice enters the top 4 with a win at Angers.
Marseille falls out of the top 4 but have a match in hand.
Monaco are in the top half of the table with a 4-0 win at Bordeaux; pushing Bordeaux out of the top half of the league standings.
Reims moved out of the relegation zone with a win against Strasbourg.
Strasbourg replaces Reims in the 19th spot.
Dijon picked up a point from a goalless draw but remained at the bottom of the league standings.
Kylian Mbappe ( Paris St. Germain) leads the goal scoring list with 7 goals.
Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain) 7 goals
Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco) 6 goals
Boulaye Dia (Reims) 6 goals
Ibrahima Niane (Metz) 6 goals
Memphis Depay (Lyon) 5 goals
Rennes 2-1 Brest
Goal Scorers – Rennes – Damien Da Silva 65′ Naif Aguerd 69′
Goal Scorers – Brest – Franck Honorat 56′
Nantes 0-3 Paris St. Germain
Goal Scorers – Paris St. Germain – Ander Herrera 47′ Kylian Mbappe 65′(pen) Pablo Sarabia 88′
Saint-Etienne 0-1 Montpellier
Goal Scorers – Montpellier – Stephy Mavididi 14′
Angers 0-3 Nice
Goal Scorers – Nice – Rony Lopes 12′ Pierre Lees-Melou 23′(pen) Hichem Boudaoui 77′
Dijon 0-0 Lorient
Nimes 0-1 Metz
Goal Scorers – Mestz – Lamine Gueye 15′
Reims 2-1 Strasbourg
Goal Scorers – Reims -Bingourou Kamara 22′(og) Wout Faes 26′
Goal Scorers – Strasbourg – Ludovic Ajorque 30′
Monaco 4-0 Bordeaux
Goal Scorers – Wissam Ben Yedder 28′(pen) Gelson Martins 30′ Kevin Volland 31′ 58′
Lille 1-1 Lyon
Goal Scorers – Lille – Jonathan Bamba 22′
Goal Scorers – Lyon – Mehmet Zeki Çelik 41′(og)
Positive testing in more than 10 members of the Lens team caused the postponement of their fixture against Marseille. Marseille and Lens have a game in hand.
Brest were first to get on the score sheet but Rennes turned the match around to get a deserved 2- win at home.
After a goalless first-half, (a Neymar-less)Paris St. Germain found three goals to make it a 7th successive league win. A goal and assist for Kylian Mbapper.
Saint-Etienne suffered their fifth successive league defeats and 6 successive league games without a win after a ‘1-0’ defeat at home against Montpeller.
Nice win 3-0 on the road against Angers.
Dijon remained the only winless side in the league after playing out a goalless draw at home with Lorient.
Despite playing the entirety of the first half with a numerical disadvantage. A ‘1-0’ win allowed Metz picked up three points at Nimes.
Strasbourg followed up their 3-0 win at Brest with a 2-1 defeat at Reims.
Wissam Ben Yedder was on the scoresheet as Monaco bounced back from their 4-1 defeat at Luon with a 4-0 win at home against Bordeaux.
Lille couldn’t hold on to their lead against Lyon. It finished a ‘1-1’ draw; dropping Lille two points behind the defending champions.
