Midweek Bangers: The French Ligue 1 after round five.

FRENCH LIGUE 1 after five rounds

The fifth round of the French Ligue 1 was played on Wednesday. All 10 games.

Reims, Lyon, Troyes, Montpellier, Lens, Nice, Marseille, Rennes, and Paris St. Germain picked up three points. Strasbourg and Nantes shared the points in a 1-1 draw.


August 31.
Angers 2-4 Reims
Lyon 2-1 Auxerrre
Monaco 2-4 Troyes
Montpellier 2-0 Ajaccio
Strasbourg 1-1 Nantes
Lens 5-2 Lorient
Lille 1-2 Nice
Marseille 1-0 Clermont Foot
Rennes 3-1 Brest
Toulouse 3-0 Paris St. Germain


Monaco suffered a 4-2 defeat at home to Troyes. A back-to-back win for Troyes to keep Monaco without a win in the league since their victory in the opening round of the season.

Nice won their first game of the season in a 2-1 win at Lille.
Reims won their first game of the season in a 4-1 win at Angers.

No team has a perfect record but Paris St Germain, Lens, Marseille, and Lyon are the unbeaten clubs in the league after 5 rounds.

Lyon and Lorient still have a game in hand (against each other).

Strasbourg, Angers, and recently-promoted Ajaccio are the clubs without a win on the table.



LEAGUE STANDINGS
1| Paris St. Germain – 13 points
2| Lens – 13 points
3| Marseille – 13 points
4| Lyon – 10 points
5| Montpellier – 9 points
6| Rennes – 7 points
7| Lorient – 7 points
8| Lille – 7 points
9| Auxerre – 7 points
10| Nantes – 6 points
11| Troyes – 6 points
12| Clermont – 6 points
13| Toulouse – 5 points
14| Reims – 5 points
15| Nice – 5 points
16| Monaco – 5 points
17| Brest – 4 points
18| Strasbourg – 3 points
19| Angers – 2 points
20| Ajaccio – 1 points