PSG make it 4 straight in Ligue 1

PSG have won 4 in a row in Ligue 1, and the latest of them was a 3-1 result at Strasbourg on Saturday 17 October. Four wins on the spin, three goals on the road, and a table that now reads 1st place with 14 points from 7 matches.

The run began after the only defeat of the campaign. Since that loss, PSG have scored in every league game and conceded only in patches: 14 goals scored, 9 conceded, a goal difference of +5. The form line reads LWWWW, and the streak column reads 4W.

What separates them from the chasing pack is thin. Lille sit 2nd with 14 points and a goal difference of +5, and Monaco are level on both counts in 2rd. Three teams, identical points, identical goal difference. Anyone who tells you the title race is already decided is guessing.

The away numbers are the ones worth staring at. PSG have taken 9 points on the road against 2 drawn and 2 lost, a return that would embarrass most sides over a full season, let alone 7 games. At home the record is less tidy: 8 points, 1 draw, 3 defeats.

Next up is Olympique Lyon at PSG on Sunday 25 October, the 8th matchday. Olympique Lyon arrive from 5th with 11 points and a goal difference of +7 — better than PSG's own. That is the awkward detail in an otherwise clean start.

So the question is not whether PSG are good. It is whether a side that concedes 9 in 7 games can keep winning by outscoring people. Four straight wins say yes for now.