Lille are the league leaders in France after the 7 rounds of the 2020/21 French Ligue 1 season.

French Ligue 1

Dijon 1-1 Rennes
Goal Scorers – Dijon – Mama Balde 53′
Goal Scorers – Rennes – Martin Terrier 24‘

Nimes 0-4 Paris St. Germain
Goal Scorers – Paris St. Germain – Kylian Mbappe 32′ 83′ Alessandro Florenzi 77′ Pablo Sarabia 88

Reims 1-3 Lorient
Goal Scorers – Reims – Moreto Cassama 15′
Goal Scorers – Lorient – Pierre-Yves Hamel 61′ Yoane Wissa 64′(pen) Terry Moffi 80′

Marseille 3-1 Bordeaux
Goal Scorers – Marseille – Florian Thauvin 5′ Jordan Amavi 54′ Pablo 64′(og)
Goal Scorers – Bordeaux – Josh Maja 83′

Strasbourg 2-3 Lyon
Goal Scorers – Strasbourg – Habib Diallo 44′ Jean Aholou 56′
Goal Scorers – Lyon – Tino Kadewere 12′ Karl Toko Ekambi 25′ 42′

Angers 1-1 Metz
Goal Scorers – Angers – Thomas Mangani 38′(pen)
Goal Scorers – Metz – Opa Nguette 39′

Monaco 1-1 Montpellier
Goal Scorers – Monaco – Wissam Ben Yedder 70′ (pen)
Goal Scorers – Montpellier – Stephy Mavididi 51′

Nantes 3-1 Brest
Goal Scorers – Nantes – Randal Muani 16′ Ludovic Blas 30′ Kader Bamba 79′
Goal Scorers – Brest – Romain Favre 68′

Saint-Etienne 1-3 Nice
Goal Scorers – Saint-Etienne – Adil Aouchiche 58′
Goal Scorers – Nice – Pierre Lees-Melou 8′ Amine Gouiri 30′ Myziane Maolida 90+2′

Lille 4-0 Lens
Goal Scorers – Lille – Burak Yilmaz 11′ Jonathan Bamba 48′ Jonathan Ikone 69′ Yusuf Yazici 79′


A ‘4-0’ win allows Lille to take the top spot.
Rennes loses their place at the top after managing only a draw.
Paris St. Germain climbed from 4th to 2nd.
Dijon are the only bottom three side from the previous round to pick up a point.
Saint-Etienne dropped to the middle of the league table.
Lyon climbed into the top half of the league table.


Leading goalscorer
Ibrahima Niane (Metz) – 6 goals

• Rennes were denied a win at Dijon when Mama Balde scored the equalizing goal in the 53rd-minute to cancel out the lead Martin Terrier had given Rennes in the 24th-minute. The result cost Rennes their place at the top of the league standings.
  Kylian Mbappe scored two goals as Paris St. Germain extended the winning streak in the league 5 games by getting a 4-0 away win against Nimes
  
  
  
• In a battle between teams at the lower end of the league table, Lorient used the second half to come from a goal down and win 3-1 at Reims.
• Marseille beat Bordeaux to end their winless run in the league at 4 games. Had it not been for a missed penalty, Florian Thauvin could have had two goals to his name and give Marseille a bigger win than the 3-1 victory.
  
  
• Lyon held on to their 3 first-half goals to get back to winning ways with a 3-2 win at Strasbourg.
• The points were shared between Angers and Metz.
• Despite playing with a numerical disadvantage from the 20th-minute after Teji Savnier was sent off on a red, Montpellier managed a point at Monaco.
• Nantes ended 4 league games without a win through a 3-1 home victory over Brest.
• Four winless matches with three consecutive draws for Saint-Etienne after a 3-1 defeat at home against Nice.
• Lille held on to top spot after a 4-0 victory at home against newly-promoted Lens.