Two clubs in the top half of the French Ligue 1 table will do battle today in a league match between Paris Saint-Germain and AS Saint-Étienne. The first-division battle scheduled for 4 p.m. ET will be held at the Parc de Princes in Paris and can be live streamed here free.
PSG enters the weekend riding high following advancement over Bayer Leverkusen in the UEFA Champions League. The league leaders were dominant in the Round of 16, but that didn’t stop manager Laurent Blanc from being a bit critical of his men while remaining optimistic about the club’s future (h/t to Sky Sports). "Maybe our difficult start is due to the lack of experience. We saw that Champions League level is different from French league level," Blanc said. "I'm not saying the mindset was not good, I'm just saying that it's the Champions League and it's a bit harder. But I congratulate them. I'm happy," he added.
"The competition continues. We're entering money time. It's getting serious. We're having a good season, it can become a very, very good season.”
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Paris Saint-Germain’s Projected Lineup (4-3-3): Sirigu; Maxwell, Silva, Alex, Jallet; Verratti, Motta, Matuidi; Lavezzi, Ibrahimovic, Moura
Saint-Étienne’s Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Ruffier; Trémoulinas, Sall, Perrin, Brison; Gullavogul, Clément; Tabanou, Cohade, Gradel; Brandâo
Ligue 1 Table Entering the Weekend
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RNK | Team | GP | W | D | L | GF |
GA |
GD | PTS | ||
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1 |
Paris Saint-Germain |
28 |
20 |
7 |
1 |
67 |
18 |
49 |
67 |
|||
|
2 |
AS Monaco |
28 |
17 |
8 |
3 |
46 |
22 |
24 |
59 |
|||
|
3 |
Lille OSC |
28 |
15 |
7 |
6 |
33 |
18 |
15 |
52 |
|||
|
4 |
Saint-Etienne |
28 |
14 |
6 |
8 |
38 |
24 |
14 |
48 |
|||
|
5 |
Olympique Lyon |
28 |
12 |
9 |
7 |
42 |
32 |
10 |
45 |
|||
|
6 |
Olympique Marseille |
29 |
12 |
8 |
9 |
39 |
31 |
8 |
44 |
|||
|
7 |
Stade de Reims |
29 |
11 |
10 |
8 |
38 |
37 |
1 |
43 |
|||
|
8 |
Girondins Bordeaux |
28 |
11 |
7 |
10 |
35 |
33 |
2 |
40 |
|||
|
9 |
Toulouse FC |
28 |
10 |
9 |
9 |
34 |
38 |
-4 |
39 |
|||
|
10 |
SC Bastia |
28 |
10 |
7 |
11 |
31 |
41 |
-10 |
37 |
|||
|
11 |
FC Lorient |
28 |
10 |
6 |
12 |
36 |
38 |
-2 |
36 |
|||
|
12 |
OGC Nice |
28 |
10 |
4 |
14 |
24 |
33 |
-9 |
34 |
|||
|
13 |
Montpellier HSC |
28 |
6 |
15 |
7 |
33 |
33 |
0 |
33 |
|||
|
14 |
En Avant Guingamp |
28 |
8 |
8 |
12 |
26 |
29 |
-3 |
32 |
|||
|
15 |
FC Nantes |
28 |
9 |
5 |
14 |
25 |
32 |
-7 |
32 |
|||
|
16 |
Rennes |
28 |
7 |
10 |
11 |
32 |
34 |
-2 |
31 |
|||
|
17 |
évian Thonon Gaillard FC |
28 |
7 |
9 |
12 |
28 |
43 |
-15 |
30 |
|||
|
18 |
Valenciennes |
28 |
6 |
7 |
15 |
29 |
46 |
-17 |
25 |
|||
|
19 |
FC Sochaux |
28 |
5 |
7 |
16 |
23 |
50 |
-27 |
22 |
|||
|
20 |
Ajaccio AC |
28 |
2 |
9 |
17 |
24 |
51 |
-27 |
15 |
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