PSG-Nice, battle for the podium, European places and staying in the elite … The season is still long but several issues are on the program for the 16th day of Ligue 1, Wednesday December 1. Here’s everything you need to know before that midweek date.
Thanks to its seven wins and two draws in the last nine top-flight meetings, Stade Rennais is currently runners-up to PSG and can continue to have great ambitions. To do this, Bruno Génésio’s players must keep this rhythm and that will mean a victory against Lille. (13th), stuck in the soft underbelly of the ranking despite the presence in their ranks of Championship top scorer, Jonathan David (10 goals).
57 – Bruno Génésio displays 57% success as a coach in Ligue 1 (91 successes in 159 games with Lyon and Rennes), 2nd best ratio for a coach who has led at least 100 matches in the history of our championship behind Laurent White (64%). Deserved. pic.twitter.com/ETMd6LJgIw
– OptaJean (@OptaJean) November 28, 2021
A completely different result would give OGC Nice the opportunity to recover its second place, ceded to Rennes on the last day after its loss against Metz. To achieve this, the Azuréens will have to overthrow the Parisian ogre, undefeated at home this season in Ligue 1 but deprived of Neymar, forfeit for at least six weeks. A task ahead hard for the Aiglons, but not impossible, as their performances are so convincing this season against the big names in the championship, such as Lille or Lyon.
If they do not have the cards in hand, the players of Olympique de Marseille, who have returned to victory against Troyes after four consecutive games without winning in the league, can claim a place on the podium at the after this 16th day. To succeed in this operation, the Marseille club, traveling on the lawn of FC Nantes, will have to achieve a better result than the Niçois in a duel from a distance. A Rennes defeat, added to this scenario, would allow even the Marseillais to propel them to second place, behind Paris. Dimitri Payet should indeed be present for the meeting with the objective of guiding his people to victory.
A shape mp dimpayet17
goals and assists in @ Ligue1UberEats since the start of the season! pic.twitter.com/ornGNB9o3q
– Olympique de Marseille (@OM_Officiel) November 29, 2021
Dolphin again from Paris a few days ago, RC Lens fell to 5th place in the standings after their heavy defeat in Brest and their draw against Angers in the last two days. A bad operation for the Sang et Or, who can always catch up and even get back on the podium if they beat Clermont, and that their direct competitors, Nice and Marseille, do not win.
Places for Europe are expensive and more contested than ever this season. Lyon, winner in Montpellier on Saturday, understood it well, and will have to confirm against Reims to maintain its European ambitions and avoid getting closer to the second part of the table, which is not so far from an accounting point of view. . Sparkling since the start of the season with the Gones, Lucas Paqueta could once again play a decisive role for his team against the Champenois.
21 – Lucas Paqueta was involved in 21 L1 goals in 2021 (14 goals, 7 assits), no other midfielder has done better in the top flight this year. This is the highest total for a Brazilian player among the 5 major European leagues over the period. JogaBonito. @OL pic.twitter.com/iAOEtcL0YP
– OptaJean (@OptaJean) November 28, 2021
Angers, which has won a precious point on the Lensoise lawn, is also in the race. Monaco is also pointing the tip of its nose, not to mention RC Strasbourg, which is even ahead of the Rocher club in the standings thanks to the goal difference.
Saint-Étienne, who had chained two victories in November, could not avoid the defeat against PSG last Sunday. A bad result synonymous with a red lantern for the Forez club. The Stéphanois move to Brest to try to launch a new dynamic and leave this more than uncomfortable position.
4 – Brest has won its last 4 matches in Ligue 1, the best current series with Paris. The Bretons have never seen a longer streak of top-flight victories in their history. Thunder. #FCGBSB29 pic.twitter.com/QdLdqX1PIp
– OptaJean (@OptaJean) November 28, 2021
The party is not at the rendezvous either in Bordeaux. Still beaten last weekend by Brest, the Girondins are looking for points against Strasbourg to give themselves some air and move away from the relegation zone. Lorient and Troyes, struggling with Bordeaux at the end of the standings, face each other on Wednesday in an already very important duel for the two teams. Same fight for Clermont and Metz, the Lorraine club which, despite its victory in Nice, is still in the relegation zone.
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