Ligue 1: first half of the season in review 📝 | OneFootball

The good and the bad points!

Due to the winter break, Ligue 1 is on pause until the first weekend of January. 

Teams in form, surprises, disappointments: it's time to review the first part of the season!

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RC Lens

Five first months of competition with a perfect score of 20/20 for RC Lens, the surprise autumn champion of L1!

Twelve wins, one draw, and three minor defeats; a commanding Florian Thauvin, a blazing Mathieu Udol, and a rejuvenated Odsonne Edouard: Pierre Sage's players are overturning the established order and standing up to Paris Saint-Germain!

So, Lens as champions this season, should we believe it?

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Angers, Toulouse, Lorient

Here are three teams that were expected to be engaged in a fierce battle for survival before the season started. Yet, at the end of this first part of the season, Angers, Toulouse, and Lorient are comfortably in the middle of the standings.

Three groups that are overperforming and, above all, entertaining! The SCO, TFC, and the Merlus have been offering dazzling football since the start of the season... and it's working!

Gentlemen, keep it up in 2026!

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OM, PSG

The two rivals are in position, no worries, but some performances are nonetheless blemished.

OM is five points behind RC Lens and four points behind PSG and can blame themselves for losing ground by dropping points carelessly, like against Toulouse, at the end of November (2-2), at home.

On the Parisian side, the rotation proposed by Luis Enrique in some L1 matches has sometimes cost points. But this turnover could ultimately be beneficial in the coming months...

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OL, Paris FC, Metz, Strasbourg

Four teams flirting with a major mid-season reprimand, but four teams that can still hope to reach their early season goals: a top 5 spot for OL, a top 10 spot for PFC, survival for FC Metz, and a top 5 spot for Racing.

For that, there's no choice: they need to get moving by January!

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Monaco, Nantes

The two teams in crisis during these first five months of competition.

Ninth, AS Monaco oscillates between very good... and mediocre. ASM is far from the podium, its minimum goal at the start of the season.

On the other hand, FC Nantes, 17th, is virtually relegated to Ligue 2. The Canaries have only won two matches since August, and the specter of relegation is looming...

And you, what are your tops and flops of the start of the season in L1?

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.

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