If Angers gets a breath of fresh air by jumping to 13th place, Le Havre and Montpellier, penultimate and bottom respectively, are starting to capitulate. These two bad students will have to find unsuspected resources during the return phase to get back on the road. Strasbourg and Toulouse are in the right car, if not in front.

That match against Brest occurred on January 5th, the date the team’s players usually get paid each month, except this time they didn’t get their entire wages. According to L’Équipe, the Scoïstes players have only been paid 40% of their wages due to the club’s financial difficulties.

French Ligue 1 results on Saturday: Le Havre v Lens (1400), Toulouse v Strasbourg, Montpellier v Angers (both 1615), Paris Saint-Germain v Saint-Etienne (1945)

Queens Park Rangers could lose Rayan Kolli, with French top-flight sides Angers and Toulouse both interested in signing the player when his contract expires.

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

Paris Saint-Germain received a favourable draw in the Coupe de France Round of 16. Luis Enrique’s side will face third-tier side Le Mans. With the likes of AS Monaco, Olympique de Marseille,

Stade Rennais are looking to offload midfielders this January. The Ligue 1 side are falling short of expectations, languishing in the lower-mid table and are looking to rejuvenate the squad, but only

Deiver Machado scores late as seventh-place Lens wins 2-1 at struggling Le Havre in the French league to move one point behind Lyon in sixth.

Toulouse scored from Ismaël Doukouré’s own ... Forward Esteban Lepaul netted twice as Angers moved up to 13th place. He scored in each half, either side of a penalty from Montpellier ...

Rangers are reportedly set to bring in defender Rafael Fernandes from Lille. Philippe Clement is in dire need of defensive reinforcements after Robin Propper limped off in the victory over Aberdeen with Leon Balogun now the only fit senior centre-back on the books with John Souttar,

The draw for the last 8 of the Coupe de France 2024-2025 (played on

The Parisians win against Lens, while De Zerbi's team draws at home against Racing Strasbourg. Now nine points separate the two teams