2020/21 "Not a farmers league" French Uber Eats Ligue 1 thread

[Zidane98]

Here's an official thread for everyone to discuss the 2020/21 Ligue 1 season which has already started!


Location of teams in 2020–21 Ligue 1

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity	2019–20 season
Angers	Angers	Stade Raymond Kopa	18,752​	11th​
Bordeaux	Bordeaux	Matmut Atlantique	42,115​	12th​
Brest	Brest	Stade Francis-Le Blé	15,931​	14th​
Dijon	Dijon	Stade Gaston Gérard	15,995​	16th​
Lens	Lens	Stade Bollaert-Delelis	37,705​	Ligue 2, 2nd​
Lille	Villeneuve-d'Ascq	Stade Pierre-Mauroy	50,186​	4th​
Lorient	Lorient	Stade du Moustoir	18,890​	Ligue 2, 1st​
Lyon	Décines-Charpieu	Groupama Stadium	59,186​	7th​
Marseille	Marseille	Orange Vélodrome	67,394​	2nd​
Metz	Metz	Stade Saint-Symphorien	25,636​	15th​
Monaco	Monaco	Stade Louis II	18,523​	9th​
Montpellier	Montpellier	Stade de la Mosson	32,900​	8th​
Nantes	Nantes	Stade de la Beaujoire	35,322​	13th​
Nice	Nice	Allianz Riviera	35,624​	6th​
Nîmes	Nîmes	Stade des Costières	18,482​	18th​
PSG	Paris	Parc des Princes	48,583​	1st​
Reims	Reims	Stade Auguste Delaune	21,684​	5th​
Rennes	Rennes	Roazhon Park	29,778​	3rd​
Saint-Étienne	Saint-Étienne	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard	41,965​	17th​
Strasbourg	Strasbourg	Stade de la Meinau	29,230​	10th​

Amiens & Toulouse had taken Ligue 1 to court in order to appeal their relegation with planning for a 22 team league happening in the early stages. This was overturned by a vote by the LFP with them both relegated.


Lorient & Lens replace them as promoted teams.


First two weeks of fixtures below:

French Ligue 1 2020-21 (Complete Fixtures)
Match	Venue	TV Channels
22nd August 2020​
Lorient vs Strasbourg	TBD	Canal+
Nimes vs Brest	TBD	DAZN
Dijon vs Angers	TBD	beIN Sports
Bordeaux vs Nantes	TBD	ESPN
Monaco vs Reims	TBD	Canal+
Montpellier vs Lyon	TBD	DAZN
Nice vs Lens	TBD	beIN Sports
Lille vs Rennes	TBD	ESPN
Marseille vs Saint-Étienne	TBD	Canal+
PSG vs Metz	TBD	DAZN
30 August 2020​
Lorient vs Saint-Étienne	TBD	Canal+
Rennes vs Montpellier	TBD	DAZN
Lyon vs Dijon	TBD	beIN Sports
PSG vs Lens	TBD	ESPN
Lille vs Reims	TBD	Canal+
Strasbourg vs Nice	TBD	DAZN
Angers vs Bordeaux	TBD	beIN Sports
Nantes vs Nimes	TBD	ESPN
Metz vs Monaco	TBD	Canal+
Brest vs Marseille	TBD	DAZN
September 2020 (Updated Soon)​

Bordeaux vs Nantes has already been played. Finished 0-0 draw with Zerkane getting a red for Bordeaux.

 

[Zidane98]

My prediction for the season:


1. PSG
2. Marseille
3. Lyon (depending on player sales)
4. Rennes
5. Monaco
6. Nice
7. Montpellier
8. Angers
9. Strasbourg
10. Bordeaux
11. Nantes
12. Reims
13. Nanets
14. Brest
15. Lens
16. Metz
17. St Etienne
18. Dijon
19. Nimes
20. Lorient


Cup winner: Strasbourg
Top Scorer: Mbappe



Can't see anyone getting near PSG, they have far too much money for any clubs to compete with them in Ligue 1.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Interesting the French chose not to resume their season but now virtually only league to allow fans into the ground despite having over 4,000 infections a day, crowd of 5,000 for current Monaco game

 

[Zidane98]

Interesting the French chose not to resume their season but now virtually only league to allow fans into the ground despite having over 4,000 infections a day, crowd of 5,000 for current Monaco game

Monaco would be a heavily controlled environment.

 

[Zidane98]

Just had a glance 150 total cases in Monaco, 115 recovered, 4 deaths and only 31 active cases.

Probably one of the easiest places to control the virus.

 

[Zidane98]

Reims 1 up over Monaco. Is a very different team these days at the principality.

 

[Zidane98]

Reims 2 up. Toure the scorer.

 

[Zidane98]

Poor start to the season for Strasborug, 3-1 defeat to promoted Lorient.

 

[Zidane98]

Marseille games postponed due covid outbreak:

French football season start reshuffled due to Marseille virus cases

The French football league (LFP) on Tuesday reshuffled the opening weekend of Ligue 1 after the game scheduled to kick off the season was postponed following three more positive coronavirus tests at…

www.france24.com

PSG/Lyon games also postponed due to CL runs for both clubs.


League Cup has been scrapped in France which should help with fixture congestion (this was already happening before covid)

 

[Zidane98]

Depay back with a bang

 

[Zidane98]

Lol

 

[Zidane98]

Round 3 Fixtures (KO times in AEST)


Bordeaux vs Lyon Sat 12/9 5am KO

Montpellier vs Nice Sunday 13/9 2am KO

St Etienne vs Strasbourg Sunday 13/9 2am KO

Lille vs FC Metz Sunday 13/9 9pm KO

Angers vs Reims Sunday 13/9 11pm KO

Dijon vs Stade Brest Sunday 13/9 11pm KO

Lorient vs Lens Sunday 13/9 11pm KO

Nimes vs Rennes Sunday 13/9 11pm KO

Monaco vs Nantes Monday 14/9 1am KO

PSG vs Marseille Monday 14/9 5am KO

 

[Zidane98]

PSG in Covid-19 crisis as Neymar & Di Maria return from 'Very Bad Trip' to Ibiza | Goal.com

Multiple PSG stars - with reports claiming that includes the world's most expensive footballer Neymar - have tested positive for Covid-19 following their vacation in Ibiza

www.goal.com

Not sure what is going to happen with the Marseille fixture. PSG area already behind in fixtures, would cause huge issues to postpone the Marseille game.


Pretty silly of Neymar & co to party it up in Ibiza. That's just asking to capture covid.

 

[Zidane98]

Ligue 1 Ladder, Standings - Football, France

Ligue 1 2020/2021 ladder, home and away standings and last 5 matches Ligue 1 ladder.

www.flashscore.com.au

 

[Zidane98]

Ligue 1: Top five youngsters to look out for

In the French Ligue 1, there are multiple talented young footballers who has everything a youngster need to excel in top football teams.

khelnow.com

 

[Zidane98]

 

[Zidane98]

5 players sent off bloody hell and accusations of racism. Will be an investigation into this game for sure.

Massive bad blood between PSG & Marseille.

 

[Zidane98]

Neymar accuses Marseille defender Alvaro Gonzalez of racism | Get French Football News

www.getfootballnewsfrance.com

Some more information on the incident.

 

[Zidane98]

Also Gonzalez has claimed Di Maria spat on him during the match. To complicate things further Neymar had an altercation with Gonzalez when he was at Barca.

Theyre all a bunch of twats.

 

[Zidane98]

First time in 25 years PSG have lost first two games. 10 were out for first game and all those who returned for the Marseille game hadnt trained in 2 weeks aftee returning from Covid.

4000 fans allowed at the game.

 

[RPCB]

Neymar accuses Marseille defender Alvaro Gonzalez of racism | Get French Football News

www.getfootballnewsfrance.com

Some more information on the incident.

This is huge. It’s a player accusing another player.

 

[Milanista28]

Gonna be some fall out from this one, wow.

 

[Zidane98]

The final minutes of the match. Just disgraceful all round really. It's like MD36 but on steroids.

 

[Zidane98]

Strasbourg dead last after another meek defeat

 

[Zidane98]

Villas-Boas accuses Di Maria of spitting during chaotic end to PSG-Marseille clash | Goal.com

Andre Villas-Boas claimed that Paris Saint-Germain's Angel Di Maria spat on one of his players during a tumultuous end to their clash with Marseille that ended with Neymar alleging he was racially abused by an opponent.

www.goal.com

What a mess. if proven that's absolutely disgraceful by Di Maria. He's returning after spending 2 weeks out following a positive covid result.