Ligue 1 – What we learned from matchday 16: Lens end 2025 on top | OneFootball

On the 16th day of the 2025-2026 Ligue 1 season, Paris Saint-Germain won 2-3 against Metz at the Stade Saint-Symphorien (video summary Metz/PSG). A match with scares and 3 points to end the year 2025 in 2nd place.

Results of the day –

Current standings –

For its last match of the calendar year in the championship (since next weekend is dedicated to the Coupe de France), PSG aimed to reclaim the 1st place. And they accomplished their mission, with a rare lack of control, as they secured the win. The essential is there, except that Lens also managed to win against an OGC Nice increasingly in crisis. A victory that confirms its place at the top to be taken seriously.

Behind, Lille won against Auxerre at the end of a completely crazy match (4 red cards and turnarounds) and very frustrating for Auxerre (17 shots to 7). The Auxerrois are therefore 16th, just above relegation. The Lille team took very important points for Europe, while Olympique de Marseille and AS Monaco parted with a crucial Marseille victory for OM. And which will plunge the Monegasques back into doubts, or even a crisis.

Lyon took advantage with a 1-0 victory against Le Havre, a minimum at the end of a complicated match but which does a lot of good. Behind, Rennes provided an interesting response to their 5-0 defeat against PSG, thanks to a 3-1 victory against Brest, who had just won 3 matches. The latter had more shots (14 to 10), but Rennes once again won the battle of efficiency since the beginning of November.

We can also note a nice success for Toulouse to stay in the hunt for a potential European spot, while this little dream drifts away for Paris FC, which falls back into the fight for survival after a good start to the season.

Precisely, at the bottom of the table, Angers continues to gain breathing room and wins convincingly against a Nantes team that seems a bit lost after the replacement of coach Luis Castro by Ahmed Kantari. Nothing suggests that the end of the crisis is approaching for Nantes. Lorient, on the other hand, took an important point against a Strasbourg team that confirms its slide towards the bottom.

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