The French Ligue 1 after 16 rounds: Lyon Escapes Bottom with Win Against Monaco; Clermont Falls to Last Place

FRENCH LIGUE 1
ROUNDS LEFT:
18
ROUND:
16

PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN
1st
37 : accumulated points
2.31 : ppg
11 : dropped points
0.69 : win rate
0.25 : draw rate
0.06 : losing rate
2.44 : scoring rate

SCOREBOARD
0-1 : MONACO vs. LYON
3-1 : LE HAVRE vs. NICE
2-0 : LENS vs. REIMS
0-2 : NANTES vs. BREST
1-2 : LORIENT vs. STRASBOURG
0-1 : METZ vs. MONTPELLIER
0-0 : TOULOUSE vs. RENNES
2-1 : MARSEILLE vs. CLERMONT
1-1 : LILLE vs. PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN

There were no winners among the teams in the top four spots. Nice and Monaco suffered defeats, while Lille and PSG played a draw against each other. PSG were minutes away from adding three points to their lead in the title race, but they ended up adding a point to take their lead to 5 points. A win against Monaco pushed Lyon from the bottom of the table to the relegation-playoff spot. Clermont fell to the bottom.

STRASBOURG
9th
20 : accumulated points
1.25 : ppg
28 : dropped points
0.31 : win rate
0.31 : draw rate
0.38 : losing rate
1 : scoring rate

LEAGUE STANDINGS:
1st. Paris Saint-Germain [37 pts] | 2nd. Nice [32 pts] | 3rd. Monaco [30 pts]
4th. Lille [28 pts] | 5th. Brest [28 pts] | 6th. Marseille [26 pts]
7th. Lens [26 pts] | 8th. Reims [23 pts] | 9th. Strasbourg [20 pts]
10th. Le Havre [19 pts] | 11th. Nantes [18 pts] | 12th. Montpellier [17 pts]
13th. Rennes [16 pts] | 14th. Metz [16 pts] | 15th. Toulouse [14 pts]
16th. Lyon [13 pts] | 17th. Lorient [12 pts] | 18th. Clermont [11 pts]

Although Monaco deserved more from the game, they fell to a 1-0 defeat at home to Lyon. The winning goal came from substitute Jeffinho, who scored two minutes after coming on in the 83rd minute. The win was a huge boost for Lyon, who have been battling relegation since the start of the season.
Both teams lost a player to a red card in the 81st minute, but Le Havre won’t be bothered because they were three goals up by then and went on to secure a ‘3-1’ win against a Nice side that appears to be among the title contenders in Ligue 1 as things stand. Scoring three goals against Nice is impressive, especially considering they had conceded six goals in the 15 league games leading up to this fixture.
Lens extended their unbeaten run in the league to 11 with a ‘2-0’ win against Reims, handing Reims consecutive league defeats.
Brest found two goals in the opening 12 minutes of the second half to win at Nantes.
Strasbourg won back-to-back league games following a ‘2-1’ win against Le Havre with the same scoreline at Lorient.
Montpellier earned a win at Metz thanks to Maxim Esteve’s 9th-minute goal, which stood up for the rest of the game. It was the team’s first victory in seven matches.
A two-goal lead in the first half held for Marseille to keep the 3 points at home through a ‘2-1’ win against Clermont.
Kylian Mbappe gave PSG a lead in the 66th minute from the penalty spot but it didn’t hold to the final whistle as Jonathan David scored in the dying minutes of the final added time to see Lille avoid a home defeat to PSG.

CLERMONT
18th
11 : accumulated points
0.69 : ppg
37 : dropped points
0.13 : win rate
0.31 : draw rate
0.56 : losing rate
0.63 : scoring rate

MATCH RESULTS
[ 0 ] Monaco
[ 1 ] Lyon || Jeffinho 85′
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[ 3 ] Le Havre || Emmanuel Sabbi 5′ 35′ Mohamed Bayo 51′(pen)
[ 1 ] Nice || Tom Louchet 90+1′
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[ 2 ] Lens || Wesley Said 43′ Oscar Cortes 75′
[ 0 ] Reims
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[ 0 ] Nantes
[ 2 ] Brest || Hugo Magnetti 49′ Steve Mounie 57′
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[ 1 ] Lorient || Ahmadou Dieng 53′
[ 2 ] Strasbourg || Dilane Bakwa 14′ Kevin Gameiro 49′
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[ 0 ] Metz
[ 1 ] Montpellier || Maxime Esteve 9′
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[ 0 ] Toulouse
[ 0 ] Rennes
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[ 2 ] Marseille || Michael Murillo 26′ Amine Harit 42′
[ 1 ] Clermont || Jim Allevinah 58′
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[ 1 ] Lille || Jonathan David 90+4′
[ 1 ] Paris Saint-Germain || Kylian Mbappe 66′(pen)
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