Ligue 1 Matchday 8 Insight: Results, Key Stats, Trends, and More
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PSG maintained their lead at the Ligue 1 summit with a hard-fought victory at Lyon on Sunday. Elsewhere, Marseille and Lens extended their unbeaten starts to the season.
With the international break in full swing, let’s take a look at all the key stats from Matchday 8 of the 2022/23 Ligue 1 season. Below, we cover home and away trends, goal stats, standout players and more.
Ligue 1 Matchday 8 Results
- Auxerre 1-3 Lorient
- Montpellier 2-1 Strasbourg
- Lille 2-1 Toulouse
- Reims 0-3 Monaco
- Marseille 1-1 Rennes
- Brest 0-1 Ajaccio
- Nice 0-1 Angers
- Clermont Foot 1-3 Troyes
- Nantes 0-0 Lens
- Lyon 0-1 PSG
PSG, Marseille and Lens all remain unbeaten this season. By contrast, Strasbourg are the only team without a win to their name after losing to Montpellier last weekend.
Home and Away Trends – What Did We Learn?
- Home wins: 2 (20%)
- Away wins: 6 (60%)
- Draws: 2 (20%)
Intriguingly, 60% of the Matchday 8 games produced an away winner. Lorient, Monaco, Ajaccio, Angers, Troyes and PSG all won on their travels, while Montpellier and Lille triumphed on home soil.
There were also two draws – Marseille 1-1 Reims and Nantes 0-0 Lens – meaning only 20% of the clashes ended on level terms.
Ligue 1 Matchday 8 Goal Stats
- Both teams scored: 5 (50%)
- Over 2.5 goals: 5 (50%)
- Under 2.5 goals: 5 (50%)
- Over 3.5 goals: 2 (20%)
- Under 1.5 goals: 4 (40%)
- Clean sheets: 6 (30%)
Both teams scored in half of last weekend’s games. Meanwhile, there was also an even split of games with over 2.5 goals and games with under 2.5 goals.
40% of clashes produced under 1.5 goals, while 30% of teams kept a clean sheet. Monaco, Ajaccio, Angers, Nantes, Lens and PSG all achieved shutouts on Matchday 8.
Players Who Caught the Eye on Matchday 8
- Mama Balde, Troyes: 2 goals, 1 assist
- Teji Savanier, Montpellier: 1 goal, 1 assist
- Takumi Minamino, Monaco: 1 goal, 1 assist
Mama Balde was the star of the show for Matchday 8, bagging two goals and one assist as Troyes beat Clermont Foot 3-1.
Elsewhere, Montpellier’s Teji Savanier and Monaco’s Takumi Minamino both contributed a goal and an assist – helping their respective sides claim all three points.
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