Ligue 1 – Matchday 17

This is not a drill, PSG lost a game in Ligue 1! Second placed Lens shocks the Parisians, Lyon still inconsistent, Marseille continues to gain momentum. Let’s see what happened in Matchday 17 of Ligue 1!

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Results

1.1.2023		Monaco	1		Stade Brestois 29	0
1.1.2023		Nantes	1		Auxerre	0
1.1.2023		Toulouse	2		Ajaccio	0
1.1.2023		Angers	1		Lorient	2
1.1.2023		Lyon	0		Clermont Foot	1
1.1.2023		Lens	3		Paris Saint Germain	1
2.1.2023		Strasbourg	2		Estac Troyes	3
2.1.2023		Lille	1		Reims	1
2.1.2023		Montpellier	1		Marseille	2
2.1.2023		Rennes	2		Nice	1

The round started with Monaco winning yet again, this time beating Stade Brestois. Despite last round’s win, Lyon failed to find any kind of consistency, as they lost at home to Clermont Foot. The shock of the round came in Lens, as RC Lens beat PSG, 3 to 1. The home side took the lead in the 5th minute and despite Hugo Etike equalizing relatively quickly, they kept on pushing and eventually won the match. Note, PSG played without both Messi and Neymar. This puts Lens only 4 points behind Paris and means there are no more unbeaten teams in the top 5 leagues in Europe. Marseille and Rennes both won their games, so they complete the top 4.

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Standings

#		Team	Played	Win	Draw	Lose	Goals	Points
1		Paris Saint Germain	17	14	2	1	46 : 13	44
2		Lens	17	12	4	1	29 : 11	40
3		Marseille	17	11	3	3	34 : 15	36
4		Rennes	17	10	4	3	34 : 18	34
5		Monaco	17	10	3	4	33 : 23	33
6		Lorient	17	9	4	4	28 : 24	31
7		Lille	17	9	3	5	30 : 24	30
8		Lyon	17	7	3	7	27 : 21	24
9		Clermont Foot	17	6	4	7	20 : 25	22
10		Reims	17	4	9	4	20 : 23	21
11		Nice	17	5	6	6	16 : 19	21
12		Toulouse	17	5	4	8	23 : 33	19
13		Estac Troyes	17	4	6	7	29 : 33	18
14		Montpellier	17	5	2	10	27 : 31	17
15		Nantes	17	3	8	6	18 : 24	17
16		Ajaccio	17	4	3	10	15 : 26	15
17		Stade Brestois 29	17	3	4	10	18 : 33	13
18		Auxerre	17	3	4	10	16 : 35	13
19		Strasbourg	17	1	8	8	20 : 31	11
20		Angers	17	2	2	13	16 : 37	8

Despite the setback, PSG are still confident in their lead, as they are 4 points aboive Lens and the fact this was their first loss of the season shows that it is almost mission impossible to dethrone them. Lens, Marseille and Rennes complete the top 4, but Monaco are close.

Angers are last, with 8 points from 17 games, 3 less than Strasbourg. Auxerre and Brest are both on 13.

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Team of the Week

As expected, Lens’ Openda leads the attack, partnered with Diallo from Strasbourg. The highest Sofascore rating of the round belons to Benjamin Bourigeaud, Rennes’ right winger who provided a goal for his team. Nantes’ clean sheet is rewarded by Lafont being in goal, while Castelletto being one of the Centre Backs.