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France Ligue 1 Table

# Team Pl W D L GD Pts Last 6
1 Paris Saint Germain
30 20 9 1 47 69
2 Monaco
30 17 7 6 18 58
3 Stade Brestois 29
30 15 8 7 15 53
4 Lille
30 14 10 6 17 52
5 Nice
30 13 9 8 9 48
6 Lens
30 13 7 10 7 46
7 Rennes
30 11 9 10 8 42
8 Marseille
30 10 11 9 8 41
9 Lyon
30 12 5 13 -10 41
10 Reims
30 11 7 12 -4 40
11 Toulouse
30 9 10 11 -3 37
12 Montpellier
30 9 10 11 -4 37
13 Strasbourg
30 9 9 12 -8 36
14 Nantes
30 9 4 17 -20 31
15 Metz
30 8 5 17 -18 29
16 LE Havre
30 6 10 14 -11 28
17 Lorient
30 6 8 16 -23 26
18 Clermont Foot
30 4 10 16 -28 22

French Ligue 1 Soccer Picks Explained


In the 'Picks' column, you can see the overall confidence rating for each French Ligue 1 pick. This looks at the total win picks on each French League 1 match spread across home, away and draw selections.

A higher confidence rating than the odds of that team is a good indication of a possible value wager.

Our French League handicappers cover predictions on a wide selection of markets including 1X2, over-under goals, both teams to score, first goalscorer and correct score.

Some handicappers are experts in finding great wagers from specific soccer betting markets. They have studied all the stats and trends so you don't have to do the research.

Click on a France Ligue 1 match above to dig deeper into the picks available, check out the profitability of the experts, their consistency for regularly tipping winners and read why they are making their forecasts.

For more information on the latest news and fixtures, to help you to choose the best Ligue 1 wagers, consult the official French League 1 website or for results check out the BBC French Ligue 1 results page.

France Ligue 1 Soccer Statistics & Previous Winners

To help with your France Ligue 1 tips and bets the following 5-year France Ligue 1 statistics may come in handy.


2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23
Home Wins 164 (43%) 134 (48%) 142 (37%) 162 (43%) 163 (43%)
Draws 110 (29%) 70 (25%) 95 (25%) 102 (27%) 92 (24%)
Away Wins 106 (28%) 75 (27%) 143 (38%) 116 (31%) 125 (33%)
BTTS (Yes) 189 (50%) 135 (48%) 206 (54%) 210 (55%) 221 (58%)
Over 2.5 Goals 183 (48%) 132 (47%) 206 (54%) 191 (50%) 213 (56%)
Goals Per Game 2.56 2.52 2.76 2.81 2.81

Correct Scores

The top 5 most occurring Correct Scores in the 2022/23 season were:

  • 1-1 = 49 (13% or 7.76)
  • 2-1 = 45 (12% or 8.44)
  • 1-0 = 33 (9% or 11.52)
  • 1-2 = 30 (8% or 12.67)
  • 0-0 = 26 (7% or 14.62)

France Ligue 1 Format & Previous Winners

The top tier of French soccer is Ligue 1, from the 2023/24 season the number of teams competing in Ligue 1 is 18 teams which was reduced from 20 in previous seasons. The 18 teams play a total of 34 games (17 home and away). The top three teams qualify for the UEFA Champions League the following season, with the 4th placed side entering the Europa League.

The bottom two teams are automatically relegated to French Ligue 2 and replaced by the top 2 teams from the lower league.

The spending power of Paris Saint-Germain has led to their dominance in recent years winning Ligue 1 on nine occasions since the 2012-13 season.

Here's a table showing the last ten French Ligue 1 winners and runners up:

Season Champions Runners Up
2022-23 PSG Lens
2021-22 PSG Marseille
2020-21 Lille PSG
2019-20 PSG Marseille
2018-19 PSG Lille
2017-18 PSG Monaco
2016-17 Monaco PSG
2015-16 PSG Lyon
2014-15 PSG Lyon
2013-14 PSG Monaco
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