Ligue 1

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Matchday 2 · 9 matches
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Every fixture in the round, with where both clubs stand, what they have done so far and how they have gone at home and away. Marseille go into the round on top with 3 points.

3
Lille
3 pts
W
v
6
PSG
1 pt
D

Lille beat Angers SCO 2–0 away. PSG drew 2–2 away at Stade Rennais.

18
Strasbourg
0 pts
L
v
2
RC Lens
3 pts
W

Strasbourg lost to Marseille 0–4 away. RC Lens beat Auxerre 5–2.

10
Lorient
1 pt
D
v
10
Troyes
1 pt
D

Lorient drew 0–0 away at Nice. Troyes drew 0–0 at home to Paris FC.

3
Olympique Lyon
3 pts
W
v
14
Le Havre
0 pts
L

Olympique Lyon beat Toulouse 2–0 away. Le Havre lost to Monaco 0–1.

17
Auxerre
0 pts
L
v
15
Angers SCO
0 pts
L

Auxerre lost to RC Lens 2–5 away. Angers SCO lost to Lille 0–2.

6
Brest
1 pt
D
v
15
Toulouse
0 pts
L

Brest drew 2–2 away at Le Mans. Toulouse lost to Olympique Lyon 0–2.

10
Paris FC
1 pt
D
v
10
Nice
1 pt
D

Paris FC drew 0–0 away at Troyes. Nice drew 0–0 at home to Lorient.

6
Stade Rennais
1 pt
D
v
6
Le Mans
1 pt
D

Stade Rennais drew 2–2 at home to PSG. Le Mans drew 2–2 at home to Brest.

5
Monaco
3 pts
W
v
1
Marseille
3 pts
W

Monaco beat Le Havre 1–0 away. Marseille beat Strasbourg 4–0.

Reading the round

French rounds run Friday to Sunday with the bulk on Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon. Kick-offs are later than in England, which puts the main Sunday fixture in the early evening across most of Europe.

Form here counts only finished matches, so a club with a game in hand looks worse than it is. Home and away records matter more than they look in a league this early: two home wins from two says less about a club than the same two results in November will.

Betting on this round

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The fixtures worth a second look are the ones where the table and the form disagree: a club sitting high after a soft opening, or one near the bottom that has played the two hardest away games available. Both get priced on position, and position this early is mostly a function of who they have already faced.

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