August 12, 2016,
SC Bastia 0- 1 Paris Saint-Germain
The defending champions PSG started Ligue 1 with a win over SC Bastia. It was a 1-0 victory, probably fewer goals than we expected from the defending champions. With this PSG gets their first three points toward securing their 5th league title in a row. Lavyin Kurzawa’s 74th minute strike was the deciding goal. 
Monaco 2-2 Guingamp
Monaco opened their season at home against Guingamp. It ended in a 2-2 draw. Finishing third in the 2015/16 Ligue 1 season, having home advantage, and playing against a team that finished 16th, made Monaco the favorites ahead of this match. At the end of the match, Monaco was lucky to be walking away with a point.
At halftime, Monaco found themselves 2 goals behind. Goals from Moustapha Diallo in the 29th minute and Sloan Privat in the 37th minute had put the away side in a healthy position to steal 3 points from one of the favorite teams in the league.
It took to the 71st minute for Fabinho to converted a penalty for Monaco to cut Guingamp lead in half. Thirteen minutes after Fabinho’s goal, Bernardo Silva found the equalizer for the home team.
August 13, 2016
Bordeaux 3- 2 Sain-Etienne
Bordeaux started their season with a home win over Saint-Etienne. It was a 5 goal thriller with most of the action in the second half. A let run from the away side made things interesting. Romain Hamouma goal in the 81st minute and Alexander Søderlund’s goal in the 89th minute for Saint Etienne brought an interesting end to the match.
Bordeaux took an early lead, 13 minutes into the first half. Gaetan Laborde was the scorer. In the second half, Bordeaux went 3-0 with just a third of the match left to be played. Goals from Diego Rolan in the 57th minute and Malcom in the 72nd minute had the home team in a very comfortable position.
Dijon 0-1 Nantes
Newly promoted Dijon fell to FC Nantes in a 1-0 home defeat. Nicolaj Thomsen’s 48th-minute goal was the decider.
FC Metz 3-2 Lille
Another newly promoted side finished as winners in their season opener. FC Metz took on last season 5th place finishers; Lille.
It took two penalty kicks to deny Lille any points in this match. At halftime, Lille was a goal up courtesy of Marcos Lopes. Mevlut Erdinc tied it up for the home team in the 56th minute, but Marcos Lopes restored Lille’s lead in the 14 minutes later. It was a battle between the two, as Erdinc converted a penalty in the 76th minute to tie things up and Yann Jouffre’s 88th-minute penalty deciding the tie.
Caen 3-2 Lorient
Last season seventh place Caen defeated 15th placed Lorient by 3 goals to 2. Ivan Santini scored a late winner for the home team in the 87th minute. At the end of the first half, both teams had found the net twice.
Benjamin Moukandjo, Lorient top goalscorer in the 2015/16 season gave his team a dream start by scoring two goals in the first twenty minutes of the match. An early goal in the 5th minute and a goal from a spot in the 19th minute.
Caen got back in the match after Ronny Rodelin goal in the 32nd minute cut Lorient’s lead in half. A late first-half equalizer from Ivan Santini in the 43rd minute saw Caen go into the break on level terms.
Montpellier 1-0 Angers
Montpellier season started with a home win over Angers. Ryad Boudebouz’s 8th-minute goal was the only goal of the match.
August 14, 2016
Nancy 0-3 Lyon
Olympique Lyonnais finished second in 2015/16, and if they are to do better than that they will need to healthy start to their season. A 3-0 away win over newly promoted Nancy was definitely not a surprising scoreline, and the start Lyon needed to put some pressure on title favorites PSG.
All the goals in this match came from Lyon’s prolific goal scorer, Alexandre Lacazette. In his first match of the season, Lacazette goes home with 3 points for his team and the match ball. With last season’s top goalscorer out of the league, this position is open for another player to take the crown.
Nice 1-0 Rennes
Last season 4th place finisher; Nice also began their campaign with a 1-0 home win over Rennes.
Marseille 0-0 Toulouse
Marseille disappointing season seems to continue as they failed to win their home match against Toulouse, a side that finished last seasons a point above the drop zone.
