PSG to Brest: 3 points cover six places
From 6th to 11th in Ligue 1, only 3 points separate PSG on 8 and Brest on 5.
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Six places, three points. That is the whole gap between PSG in 6th and Brest in 11th in Ligue 1, and it is the tightest block in the table.
PSG have played 5 matches: 2 wins, 2 draws, 1 defeat. Eight points, 8 scored, 7 conceded, a goal difference of 1. Their last five read D, D, L, W, W — and they arrive on 2W.
Brest sit at the other end of the same block with 5 points from 5 games. 1 win, 2 draws, 2 defeats. 7 scored, 8 conceded, -1 on goal difference. Their run is D, D, W, L, L, and they are on 2L.
Look closer and the two records barely resemble each other. PSG have won 7 at home, drawn 1, lost 3, and won 9 away with 2 draws and 2 defeats. Brest have won 4 at home with 3 draws and 4 losses, and away they have 2 wins, 4 draws, 7 defeats. One team's away form carries it. The other's does not.
Above them the picture is just as compressed. Monaco lead on 13 points at 1, with Olympique Lyon second on 11 and Paris FC third on the same 11. Lille and Stade Rennais follow on 10 apiece. Nobody has broken clear.
The scoring charts say much the same. Amine Gouiri, Kamory Doumbia, Ferrán Torres, Lassine Sinayoko and Paris Brunner all sit on 4 goals, spread across Marseille, Brest, PSG, Paris FC and Monaco. Five names, one number. No striker has pulled away either.
What does three points buy you here? A bad week, or a good one. Ligue 1 next takes the field on Friday 9 October, when RC Lens host Olympique Lyon.