Mahdi Camara - Brest - shot with the head from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assist - Ludovic Ajorque with a head. 3' Corner - Angers. Conceded by Abdallah Sima.

Saint-Etienne 1 (Stassin 45) Playing Saturday (all times GMT) Monaco v Rennes (1600), Strasbourg v Lille (1800), Paris Saint-Germain v Reims (2005) Sunday Le Havre v Brest (1400), Nantes v Lyon, Lens v Angers,

The year is starting very well for Angers. Fallers in 2025 of Brest and Montpellier, the SCO continued this Sunday

Paris SG        18 14 4  0 48 16 46 Marseille       18 11 4  3 40 21 37 Lille           18  8 8  2 28 17 32 Monaco          18  9 4  5 29 20 31 Nice            18  8 6  4 36 25 30 Lyon            18  8 5  5 29 22 29 Lens            18  7 6  5 22 18 27 Toulouse        18  7 4  7 19 19 25 Brest           18  8 1  9 28 31 25 Note: Top three qualify for the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League league phase;

Lyon are desperate to get back into the Champions League but their stuttering start to the new year threatens that ambition just as they face serious financial problems and their American owner finds himself making enemies with the French league.

GFFN editor-in-chief Luke Entwistle and GFFN’s Raphaël Jucobin face off in our Ligue 1 predictions competition. It’s three points for a correct score, two points for a correct score difference, and one point for a correct result. Who will come out on top at the end of the season?

Nyima Cartier, Mathilde Elu, Valentine Lapière, Kahina Le Querrec and Paul Vincent de Lestrade are participating in the 20th edition of the programme steered by the Angers European First Films Festiva

Nantes 1 (Simon 14) Reims 1 (Munetsi 26) Le Havre 1 (Sangante 67) Angers 2 (Diomande 18-og, Lepaul 47) Auxerre 0 Marseille 1 (Greenwood 68-pen) Strasbourg 1 (Emegha 23) Played Saturday Lens 1 (Nzola 36) Paris Saint-Germain 2 (Ruiz 59,

The most profligate players in Europe's top five leagues are a mixture of ambitious defenders, hopeful midfielders and wasteful strikers

Shakhtar Donetsk has stayed in contention to advance in the Champions League with the help of Heorhiy Sudakov’s Panenka-style penalty kick in a 2-0 win against upstart Brest.

In the last 10 matches, Monaco are on top with 7 wins to Rennes' 2, with 1 ending in a draw. Monaco won the last three, including a 3-1 home win in the last season. Both teams often find the net in these games (8 of the last 10) while corner counts are low (under 10.5 corners in 5 of the last 6).

Lens have signed Roma goalkeeper Mathew Ryan (32), both clubs have announced. The former Brighton and Hove Albion and Arsenal goalie has put pen to paper over