Ligue 1

Ligue 1 2026/27: unbeaten Monaco lead a tight race, PSG sixth

Ligue 1 is France's top division, played since 1932, and Paris Saint-Germain are its most successful club. Eighteen teams meet home and away over 34 rounds. The top three go straight into the Champions League league phase and fourth into its qualifying round, with the following places leading to the Europa League and Conference League. The 16th-placed side faces a relegation play-off against a Ligue 2 club and the bottom two are relegated.

After six rounds the top of the table is tightly packed. Monaco lead on 14 points and are unbeaten both at home and away, a point ahead of Lille and Rennes. Lyon, Paris FC and Paris Saint-Germain have 11 points each, with PSG sixth. Lyon, Lille and Paris FC have the meanest defences, with four goals conceded apiece, while Rennes and Brest have scored the most, 12 each. Marseille are 13th after four straight defeats before their latest win.

Le Havre are bottom with two points and no win yet, and Troyes are 17th after four defeats in a row. Auxerre, in the play-off place, have conceded 16 goals, the most in the league.

Several players share the scoring lead with four goals, among them PSG's Ferran Torres, Monaco's Paris Brunner, Marseille's Amine Gouiri and Rennes' Esteban Lepaul. Florian Thauvin of Lens and Cristian Cásseres of Toulouse have four assists each.