French Ligue 1 result on Friday: Le Havre v Brest (1400), Nantes v Lyon, Lens v Angers, Toulouse v Montpellier (1615), Nice v Marseille (1945)

French Ligue 1 results on Saturday: Le Havre v Brest (1400), Nantes v Lyon, Lens v Angers, Toulouse v Montpellier (1615), Nice v Marseille (1945)

The new 36-team Champions League format threw up some surprises and you might not have expected these teams to have qualified for the knockouts in years gone by.

French side Brest have making wave through the 2024-25 season, rising from recent obscurity and becoming a tricky out for some of the world's biggest clubs.

AS Monaco hosts Auxerre in Ligue 1 Round 20. Betting preview, stats, H2H trends, and top predictions for cards, corners, and goals.

Already in great difficulty against AJ Auxerre, Lilian Brassier was unrecognizable against Nice. At the Allianz Riviera, the No. 20 Marseille lacked from the start of the match, as almost paralyzed when he benefited from the confidence of Roberto de Zerbi who offered him a second tenure after Strasbourg-OM.

With her grandson Clément Bozec steering the ship as directeur général at Brûlerie du Léon, Yvette Bozec's legacy lives on in Brest, France.

Lens 1, PSG 2 Advertisement Article continues below this ad Rennes 1, Brest 2 Lyon 0, Toulouse 0 Saint-Etienne 1, Nantes 1 Advertisement Article continues below this ad Reims 1, Le Havre 1

French Ligue 1 table after Sunday's early match (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):

Rennes and João Pedro Neves Filipe “Jota” (25) are set to part ways imminently with the Ligue 1 club agreeing to a €10m transfer fee with Celtic. The Portuguese winger will return to Celtic

On-loan Bournemouth striker Hamed Traorè's eighth goal of the season for Auxerre was not enough as lowly Saint-Etienne grabbed a first-half equalizer and shared the spoils

Despite no European pedigree and limited resources, the French club are above Real Madrid, Man City and PSG in the table with one game to go