The boiling Meinau stadium promises to get carried away from the first day of Ligue 1 on the weekend of August 7 and 8. According to our information, Strasbourg, the enticing 6th in the previous exercise under the rule of Julien Stephan, will then offer hospitality to Monaco, resident on the 3rd step of the podium in May 2022. There you have it, the main poster for this sunrise curtain. The calendar will be unveiled, in its entirety, this Friday, June 17.
On the other side of France, Roazhon Park will dress in its finest finery to commune with Bruno Genesio’s Rennes on the occasion of the arrival of neighboring Lorient. If the partners of Gaëtan Laborde, carried by a pronounced offensive bias, come out of a particularly successful championship (4th), the Hakes had to work to ensure their maintenance in the elite (16th). As revealed on our site, the outgoing champion, PSG, will go to Clermont. As for his dolphin, the Marseille of the volcanic Jorge Sampaoli, he will welcome his pet peeve from Reims. The Marseille club has won only one of its last 8 matches in L1 or D1 at the Orange Vélodrome against the Champenois.
Last December, the latter had thus obtained the sharing of points (1-1). The three promoted will not have an easy task. Toulouse will receive Nice, Ajaccio will test itself in Lyon, when Auxerre will head for Lille. Recent winner of the Coupe de France, Nantes will swallow the 90 kilometers towards his garden in Angers where he signed two major successes in February and September 2021 (3-1 and 4-1).
The first day of Ligue 1 (August 7 and 8, 2022):
Strasbourg – Monaco
Rennes – Lorient
Clermont-PSG
Toulouse – Nice
Lyon – Ajaccio
Lille – Auxerre
Angers – Nantes
Montpellier – Troyes
Marseilles – Reims
Lens – Brest