At the Stade Louis-II, Monaco mastered the Canaries thanks to the first goals in L1 of the young people Sofiane Diop (5th) and Willem Geubbels (65th), who offered the 1000th victory in the history of the club in the elite. With 7 points, the Monegasques share the top of the standings with Rennes and Lille, but it is the Bretons who are leaders with the best goal difference. Enough to make the program of the 4th day enticing, with a Rennes-Monaco on September 19.
In Nîmes, the Crocodiles suffered the law of the new Rennes striker Serhou Guirassy, author of a double. The former Amiénois first opened the scoring with a beautiful curled shot (12th), served by a deep pass from Raphinha. Then he adjusted Baptiste Reynet at close range (39th), served by Flavien Tait.
Combative, the Nîmes responded to him each time, first with a big strike from Andrés Cubas (36th) at the entrance to the surface, then after a patient counter-attack concluded by Zinedine Ferhat (55th) . But Nayef Aguerd scored the winning goal (72nd) for the Bretons, on the resumption of a free kick, pushing the ball between the legs of Reynet. Bourigeaud sealed the meeting after additional time (90th + 7).
For its part, Lille won over Metz in extremis. At the Pierre-Mauroy stadium, Luiz Araujo delivered the Losc (88th) at the conclusion of a great collective action. Served by a center back from Domagoj Bradaric, the Brazilian came into play shortly before deceived Alexandre Oukidja and cracked the 5–4–1 of the Garnets.
Lensoise launch
One overturned, one overturned. In Lorient, Lens won the promoted duel (3–2) with a sumptuous acrobatic kick from his rookie Facundo Medina. The Sang et Or, pumped up after their victory (1-0) over Paris SG in Bollaert on Thursday, conceded the first goal at the Moustoir, by Adrian Grbic (14th), validated after a long recourse to video refereeing.
But in three minutes, they regained the advantage, first with a penalty from Gaël Kakuta (31st) following a foul by Julien Laporte. And especially by the splendid scissors of Medina (34th), the first goal in L1 of the young Argentinian. Ignatius Ganago, launched alone towards Paul Nardi, finally made the break (63rd), making insignificant the penalty scored in stoppage time by Yoanne Wissa (90th + 3).
Angers won at home (1-0) against Reims thanks to his striker Stéphane Bahoken, served by an incredible pass on the ground from Antonin Bobichon (55th). Reims suffered from the exclusion of its defender Wout Faes for a high foot in the box (42nd), even if the Champagne goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic stopped the penalty caused by the Belgian.
Finally, Brest garners its first points with its victory (2-0) in Dijon, which finished at 10 and remains desperately stuck at the bottom of the standings.
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