Ligue 1 matchday 10 preview: PSG host Troyes, Rennes v Lille, Lens v Marseille

Paris Saint-Germain lead Ligue 1 by two points after nine rounds and host Estac Troyes on Saturday evening, four days after a 6–0 win in Villarreal. Lille, second, go to Rennes on Sunday afternoon in the match to watch first, Lyon, third, travel to Stade Brestois 29 three days after a Europa League trip to Real Sociedad, and Lens v Marseille closes the round on Sunday night. Five points cover the top seven.

Friday

Toulouse v Strasbourg (19:45 UTC, Stadium Municipal). Two sides level on 10: Toulouse, twelfth, lost 2–0 in Marseille, while Strasbourg, thirteenth, ended a run of four defeats by beating Auxerre 5–1. Toulouse won the last two meetings, 2–1 in Strasbourg in May 2026 and 1–0 at home in December 2025; Strasbourg had won both earlier in 2025 by 2–1, in January in Toulouse and in March at home.

Saturday

Auxerre v Paris FC (18:00 UTC, Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps). Paris FC, fourth on 17, beat Monaco 3–1, and L. Sinayoko leads the scorers with eight. Auxerre, fourteenth on 10, lost 5–1 at Strasbourg and have conceded 23, the most in the league. The two Ligue 1 meetings were both drawn, 0–0 here in February 2026 and 1–1 in Paris in November 2025; Auxerre had won both in Ligue 2 in 2023/24, 2–0 each time.

Paris Saint-Germain v Estac Troyes (20:05 UTC, Parc des Princes). PSG won 5–1 at Le Havre, have won their last five league matches and have scored 21, the most in the division. On Tuesday they won 6–0 at Villarreal in the Champions League, which the club calls its biggest away win in the competition; Luis Enrique called it "a sensational match". The league's probable line-ups, published on Tuesday, list Nuno Mendes, Marquinhos, Ousmane Dembélé and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia as out. Troyes, sixteenth on eight, beat Le Mans 2–0 for their first win in five, but have scored seven, as few as Lorient; the league lists Ouzenadji and Y. Koné as out and Nkada as a doubt. PSG are unbeaten in the last five meetings, 3–1 in Troyes in May 2023 the latest; the last draw was 2–2 in Paris in May 2022.

Sunday

Rennes v Lille (14:00 UTC, Roazhon Park). Lille, second on 18, beat Lens 1–0 and have conceded six, the fewest in the league; on Tuesday they drew 0–0 at Bodø/Glimt in the Champions League. Tanguy Nianzou is back, according to the league, with Igamane and Tiago Santos out and Ueda and Bentaleb doubtful. Rennes, fifth on 16, lost 5–2 at Nice; they have scored 20 and conceded 19, and their nine matches have produced 39 goals, more than anyone else's. The league lists E. Lepaul, second in the scorers with seven, as a doubt and B. Samba as back. Lille won 2–1 here in March 2026, after Rennes had won 2–0 in Lille in January 2026; before that Lille won 2–0 here in February 2025 and 1–0 at home in November 2024. Lille's own preview counts that January win as Rennes's only one in their last 14 league meetings, and notes that Olivier Giroud has scored in his last two league matches.

Angers v Nice (16:15 UTC, Stade Raymond-Kopa). Nice, eighth on 14, beat Rennes 5–2 and have won four of their last five; E. Wahi has six goals. Angers, fifteenth on eight, lost 2–0 in Lyon. Nice won 2–0 here in March 2026; Angers had won 1–0 in Nice in December 2025.

Stade Brestois 29 v Lyon (16:15 UTC, Stade Francis-Le-Blé). Lyon, third on 17, beat Angers 2–0 and have conceded seven, the second-fewest. They drew 1–1 at Real Sociedad in the Europa League on Thursday, and the league lists Morton, Sulc, Openda and Ouedraogo as out, with Kango, Nuamah and M. Niakhaté doubtful. Brest, tenth on 12, won 2–0 at Lorient on Monday night; the league lists Chardonnet and Le Guen as out. Lyon won 2–1 at home in January 2026, and the meeting here in November 2025 finished 0–0; Brest's last win was 2–1 here in January 2025.

Le Havre v Lorient (16:15 UTC, Stade Océane). Le Havre, bottom on two, lost 5–1 to PSG, have lost their last five and are still without a win. Lorient, eleventh on 12, lost 2–0 at home to Brest but have conceded only eight. Le Havre won 2–0 in Lorient in May 2026; the meeting here in September 2025 finished 1–1.

Le Mans v Monaco (16:15 UTC, Stade Marie-Marvingt). Monaco, seventh on 15, lost 3–1 at Paris FC and have won one of their last five. Le Mans, seventeenth on seven, lost 2–0 at Troyes and have one win all season. The clubs last met in Ligue 2, where Monaco won three of four between 2011 and 2013, the latest 2–1 at home in May 2013.

Lens v Marseille (19:45 UTC, Stade Bollaert-Delelis). Marseille, sixth on 15, beat Toulouse 2–0 for a fourth league win in a row, and won 1–0 at Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League on Thursday; the league lists Cornelius as out and Emerson as a doubt. Lens, ninth on 13, lost 1–0 in Lille, then 9–1 at home to Como in the Champions League on Wednesday, a margin UEFA says equals the biggest in the competition's history. The league lists Édouard, Ganiou, Sima and Nawrocki as out. Marseille won 3–1 at home in January 2026; Lens had won 2–1 here in October 2025 and 1–0 in Marseille in March 2025, and Marseille won 3–1 here in November 2024.

The table before the round

#	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Paris Saint-Germain	9	+11	20
2	Lille	9	+6	18
3	Lyon	9	+8	17
4	Paris FC	9	+6	17
5	Rennes	9	+1	16
6	Marseille	9	+7	15
7	Monaco	9	+2	15
…
15	Angers	9	−8	8
16	Estac Troyes	9	−9	8
17	Le Mans	9	−7	7
18	Le Havre	9	−11	2

PSG play on Saturday, so Lille and Lyon go into Sunday knowing what they need. Rennes v Lille and Lens v Marseille put four of the top nine against each other. At the bottom, Le Havre are five points behind Le Mans, who are a point behind Angers and Troyes.

Numbers to know

• PSG have won their last five league matches and scored 21, the most; Le Havre have lost their last five and are the only side without a win.
• Lille have conceded six, the fewest, and Lyon seven; Auxerre have conceded 23, the most.
• Lorient and Troyes have scored seven, the fewest.
• L. Sinayoko (Paris FC) leads the scorers with eight, ahead of E. Lepaul (Rennes) on seven and C. Archer (Auxerre), A. Gouiri (Marseille) and E. Wahi (Nice) on six.
• Marseille have won four league matches in a row; Nice have won four of their last five.

The full round with kick-off times in your time zone is on the Ligue 1 page.

Sources for the context: UEFA, Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain, Paris Saint-Germain, LOSC, LOSC.