Who would have bet that the Hakes, after a 2021-2022 season finished in 16th place, would experience such a revival?

Driven by his youth and by the ambitious precepts of his coach Régis Le Bris, Lorient (4th, 16 pts) remains on three consecutive victories and can even temporarily join the leading duo, made up of PSG and Marseille (19 pts), in case of success in Auxerre on Friday evening.

To do this, he will have to tame the promoted Auxerrois (14th), who had started his season rather well for his return to L1, ten years after leaving it, but has just chained three defeats, including a 5-0 slap in Rennes last weekend.

Saturday (5:00 p.m.), Strasbourg (17th) finally hopes to start its season after seven days without a single victory (5 draws, 2 defeats), including a frustrating sharing of points last weekend against Clermont (0-0) at the end of a game dominated by the Alsatians.

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Julien Stéphan's team travels to Montpellier (10th) which has a string of good (3 wins) and bad (4 losses), before a duel between Lille (8th) and Toulouse (11th) in the evening (9:00 p.m.).

The main course is expected on Sunday with a series of posters.

First Marseille-Rennes (3:00 p.m.) between OM, author of the best start to the season in its history in L1 but caught up by its limits in the Champions League (2 defeats), and Stade Rennes, which hopes to have found the right carburation.

Then Nantes-Lens (5:05 p.m.), the opportunity for the Lensois (3rd, 17 pts) to continue their great start to the season while the Canaries, only fifteenth, need points.

And finally Lyon-Paris (8:45 p.m.), one of the classics of Ligue 1 in recent years, which is even more unbalanced than usual between PSG and its attacking trio "MNM" (Messi-Neymar-Mbappé), one hand, and OL (5th, 13 pts), already under pressure after two defeats in a row.

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The program (in Paris time, GMT+2):

Friday:

(21h00) Auxerre - Lorient

Saturday:

(5:00 p.m.) Montpellier - Strasbourg

(21h00) Lille - Toulouse

Sunday:

(1:00 p.m.) Reims - Monaco

(3:00 p.m.) Clermont - Troyes

Nice - Angers

Marseilles - Rennes

Brest - AC Ajaccio

(5:05 p.m.) Nantes - Lens

(8:45 p.m.) Lyon - Paris SG

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