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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)

Sanctionnés par les fautes et limités en rotation, ce samedi 25 janvier, les Lavallois ont laissé échapper la qualification face à Toulouse. « Ça nous a permis de faire une bonne prestation. » En effet, il n’a pas manqué grand-chose.

French Ligue 1 results on Friday: Lens v Paris Saint-Germain (1600), Rennes v Brest (1800), Lyon v Toulouse (2005)

After a humiliating elimination in the Coupe de France and a worrying defeat in Brest, Lyon returns to the championship

But for every top team underperforming, there's an underdog seizing their moment and taking their place. And during this phase, Aston Villa, Lille, Brest, Celtic and Club Brugge certainly rose to the occasion as they all secured unexpected placings in the next round.

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

Brest's incredible rise to the Champions League, the Boniface/Duran transfer saga, and the very rare Lasso trading

Ligue 1 Predictions, Round 20 GFFN editor-in-chief  Luke Entwistle and GFFN’s  Raphaël Jucobin face off in our Ligue 1 predictions competition. It’s three points for a correct score,

Stade Reims now sits 12th in the Ligue 1 standings with 5 wins, 7 draws, and 7 losses. The recent form has been quite mixed, although they come into this match with three unbeaten games. The last fixture that the team had was a 1-1 draw against PSG for a very valuable point.

While four French clubs secured progress to the knockout phase of the Champions League this week, another was busy firing a popular coach as Lyon parted company with Pierre Sage and lined up Paulo Fonseca as his replacement.

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.