Sixth with eight points, and a win at Marseille four days ago
Sixth in Ligue 1 with eight points from five matches: two wins, two draws and a defeat, eight scored and seven conceded. The numbers are perfectly reasonable and perfectly unremarkable, which is not the sentence anyone expects to write about Paris Saint-Germain — and that mismatch is the honest headline here. The two goal columns sit within one of each other. The most recent entry is the best of them. The twentieth of September, away at the Stade Vélodrome against Olympique Marseille: two-one, four days ago and still the newest thing in the book. Before it, the thirteenth of September: one-nil away at Brest, in a match played at the Stade Francis-Le Blé. A clean sheet away from home and no drama to speak of — the sort of result that gets folded into a pocket. Marseille are the constant in these records — five meetings and a set of scorelines worth framing. Three-nil away on the twenty-seventh of October 2024. Three-one at home on the sixteenth of March 2025. A one-nil defeat away on the twenty-second of September 2025. Five-nil at home on the eighth of February 2026, at the Parc des Princes. And the two-one at the Stade Vélodrome four days ago. Four wins and a defeat across the series, thirteen goals scored and three conceded. The five-nil on the eighth of February is the biggest win anywhere in these records. And the one-nil away defeat on the twenty-second of September 2025 is the only time Marseille have taken anything in the series. Twelve matches sit in the book going back to the twenty-seventh of October 2024: thirty-four goals in them, twenty-four for Paris Saint-Germain and ten against, and six of the twelve decided by a single goal. The rest of the book is a wander. One-one away at Lorient on the twenty-ninth of October 2025 and two-two at home with Lorient on the second of May 2026 — Lorient twice, two draws, no resolution. Lorient are the one repeat opponent with no win in the series for Paris Saint-Germain. A two-one win away at Strasbourg on the first of February. A one-nil away at Le Havre on the twenty-eighth of February. Three-one at home to Toulouse on the third of April. And the one sore entry in the spring: a two-one defeat away at Paris FC on the seventeenth of May. September so far is two away trips and two wins: one-nil at Brest on the thirteenth and the two-one at the Stade Vélodrome on the twentieth. Three goals in the two afternoons and one conceded. What the table makes plain: eight points, two draws and a single defeat, and a goal column within one of level. What it cannot tell you is where the eight goals went in or which nights the draws came from. That is what the rows are for — and between the two, the picture is of a month that was sound at the back, loud at Marseille, and level everywhere it needed to be. Sixth with eight points and a win at Marseille four days ago. On the evidence in these records, that is exactly the sort of month this has been: workmanlike, occasionally emphatic, and not to be read in one line. The Marseille trip is the emphatic part. The Lorient draws are the workmanlike part. The table has both filed under eight points. Twelve rows, thirty-four goals, and one fixture that keeps coming back. By the numbers — Ligue 1: 6th · 5 played · 2-2-1 · 8-7 · 8 pts · form DDLWW (oldest → newest). All data from ScoreCrowd's match records, retrieved 24 September 2026.