The good shot: first success for Niko Kovac
Clearly, this Monegasque hinge is at the heart of this start of the season. While the Badiashile-Disasi duo had allowed Monaco to bring home a point against Reims (2-2) on the first day, the first this time offered the victory to ASM against Metz (0-1 ). With a half-volley (22nd), the central defender scored the only goal of the match, allowing the club coached by Niko Kovac to climb to 5th place despite the exclusion of Youssouf Fofana (47th).
Satisfaction: already the Gasset effect?
Held in check on his lawn by Nantes (0-0), Jean-Louis Gasset’s Bordeaux showed great things during his success in Angers (0-2), showing a realism that he missed the season past. At the head of the Girondins for 20 days, the former Saint-Etienne coach has already brought more consistency to the game of the Bordelais, who made the difference in three minutes thanks to Josh Maja (25th) and Toma Basic (28th). Bordeaux is 2nd, and will have the opportunity to demonstrate its influence against a European semi-finalist, Lyon, on the next day.
The reds: Nantes wins nine
Imran Louza (49th) and Fabio (87th) were excluded against Nîmes, but that did not prevent Nantes from winning against the Crocos (2-1), not without suffering. Andrei Girotto (11th) and Louza before his expulsion (27th, sp) are the Nantes scorers, who reach 6th place in the Championship. Stop for Nîmes, which is 7th.
The perf: the double of Hamouma
Author of the first goal of the Saint-Etienne season in Ligue 1 in 2012, 2016 and 2019, Romain Hamouma did it again in 2020. His nice double (19th, 51st) allowed the Greens to win their first match of the season – the inaugural against Marseille had been postponed for Olympians positive for coronavirus – at home against Lorient (2-0). Without Ryad Boudebouz, Wahbi Khazri or Stéphane Ruffier, still away, Saint-Etienne takes 9th place.
The number: 2
Only Lille scorer (4th) on the first day against Rennes (1-1), Jonathan Bamba put it back in Reims (0-1). The Lille resident scored his second goal in two Ligue 1 matches, one more than the 26 he played last season.
