Ligue 1: Marseille wins and follows PSG. All the results and the standings

The Parisians remain at the top, but De Zerbi's team is now in second place at -7 thanks to the 5-1 victory over Le Havre. Important success in the key to salvation for St-Etienne

di MATTEO MEREU
6 January 2025
Marseille players celebrate victory over Le Havre (AFP)

Marseille players celebrate victory over Le Havre (AFP)

Rome, 6 December 2025 – This atypical day of Ligue 1, the sixteenth, saw the PSG defeat the Monaco 4-2 in the advance match played on December 18. The Parisians, dragged by a Dembélé in great form, they closed 2024 in the lead with ten points more than Monaco e Marseille, but last night something changed. The team of De Zerbi, in fact, defeated the Le Havre with a resounding 5-1 and has once again brought itself to -7 from PSG, at 40 points, but above all he has detached the Monaco, who is now third with 30 points. In fourth place are Lille e Lyon, both with 28 points: the former have only gained one point at home against Nantes, while the latter narrowly exceeded the Montpellier thanks to the goal in full recovery of Fayad. Just one point further down there is the Nice, who defeated the Rennes 3-2.

Matches of the sixteenth day of Ligue 1

The sixteenth day opened on December 18th because of the French Super Cup, played yesterday between PSG e MonacoThe challenge between the Parisians and the Monegasques was the opening match of this round of Ligue 1, with the team of Luis Enrique which won with a resounding 4-2. The first to open the scoring was Golden at 24', but Ben Seghir e Plunger they overturned the challenge in seven minutes, between 53' and 60'. Just four minutes later, however, Dembélé he found the first goal of his evening (with the brace that came in the 97th minute), while in the 83rd minute he also scored Gonzalo Ramos.

The shift resumed on Friday, with the Nice who defeated 3-2 Rennes. All the home team's goals came in the first half of the game: 12' (Guessand), 34' (Diop) and 45+5' (The borders), while for the guests the goals were Kalimuendo (at 27') and Truffled (at 49'). After three consecutive defeats, the team returned to success Saint -Etienne, who came from behind to overcome the Reims: to the initial advantage of Nakamura they responded in the 42nd minute Boakye with a brace (50' and 57') and Stassin, for the final 3-1 of the black and greens. With this result, Saint-Etienne is in fifteenth place, +1 on Nantes in the playout zone, while the Reims remains tenth with 20 points, shared with the Racing Strasbourg. The team of Rosenior, in fact, has overcome 3-1 the Auxerre, achieving their second consecutive victory after the 3-0 against Le HavreIn the match played yesterday at the Stade de le Meinau, the guests took the lead with the former Sassuolo e Napoli Traoré, but Diarra, The Marshall e Emegaha they turned the match around, gaining three fundamental points in the fight for survival. 1-1 between Lille and Nantes, with the hosts being reached in the 70th minute by Abline after going upstairs with Gabriel Gudmundsson at 40'. Not the result hoped for by LOSC, who in case of victory would have moved to the same number of points as Monaco in third place, while Nantes remains in the playout zone.

Al Lyon enough Fayad in the 91st minute to overcome the Montpellier tail light, while the Angers defeats with a clear 2-0 the Brest and regains victory after two consecutive defeats. For the Bianconeri, the goals were scored at the beginning and end of the match, respectively by Lepaul (6') e Niane (95'). Zero points for the Brest, which confirms itself as an inconsistent team.

Il Tolosa narrowly defeats the Lens with the network of Aboukhal in the 73rd minute, while in the late match the Marseille demolished the Le Havre with a resounding 5-1. For the team of De Zerbi the networks were of Rodier (25'), Nadir (39'), Maupay (43'), Place (66') e Garcia (75'), while the guests found the consolation goal in the 85th minute with Andre Ayew.

Ligue 1 matchday 16 results

Monaco – Paris Saint-Germain 2-4 24' Doué (PSG), 53' pen. Ben Seghir (Mon), 60' Embolo (Mon), 64', 97' Dembélé (PSG), 83' Ramos (PSG)

Nice – Reims 3-2 12' Guessand (Niz), 27' Kalimuendo (Ren), 34' Diop (Niz), 45+5' Laborde (Niz), 49' Truffert (Ren)

Saint Etienne – Reims 3-1 42' Nakamura (Rei), 50', 57' Boakye (St.E), 80' Stassin (St.E)

Lille – Nantes 1-1 40' Gudmundsson (Lil), 70' pen. Abline (Nan)

Lyon – Montpellier 1-0 91' Fayad (Lio)

Racing Strasbourg – Auxerre 3-1 14' Hamed Junior Traoré (Aux), 45+4' Diarra (Str), 59' Lemaréchal (Str), 87' Emegha (Str)

Angers – Brest 2-0 6' Lepaul (Ang), 95' Niane (Ang)

Lens – Toulouse 0-1 73' Aboukhal (Tol) pen.

Olympique Marseille – Le Havre 5-1 25' Rongier (Tue), 39' Nadir (Mar), 43' Maupay (Mar), 66' Wahi (Mar), 75' Garcia (Mar), 85' Ayew (LeH)

League 1 Standings

PSG 40, Olympique Marseille 33, Monaco 30, Lille 28, Lyon 28, Nice 27, Lens 24, Toulouse 24, Auxerre 21, Racing Strasbourg 20, Reims 20, Brest 19, Rennes 17, Angers 16, St-Etienne 16, Nantes 15, Le Havre 12, Montpellier 9

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