Ligue 1, J19: the program, with Nice-Lens, Monaco-Rennes, OM-Reims and Lorient-PSG

Sugar Mizzy December 22, 2021

Ready for another day of madness in the French championship? To mark the end of the year 2021, and more particularly the end of the first part of this 2021-22 season on the grounds of France, all the matches of this 19th day of Ligue 1 will be played in one evening, with a simultaneous kick-off at 9 p.m. Ask for the program!

Here we are, already. Ligue 1 must play its 19th day this Wednesday, December 22, which will end in a first part of decidedly full of promise. While the 20 clubs engaged in the championship will play their last match of the first leg, all at the same time, tonight from 9 p.m., some will agree that there will indeed have been suspense since the start of the 2021-22 season.

Certainly, symbolically crowned champion of autumn at the beginning of the month, PSG always leads the way, with its 13 points ahead of its runner-up. Even if OM are a little late, the Parisians seem to be well on their way to recovering their title of champions of France, which Lille had stolen from them at a small point last season … But besides, things are in turmoil at the top of the standings, with several teams neck and neck. Who will end up on the podium? Hard to say at this stage of the competition. A chosen one is sure, it will still give rise to sacred fights!

Nice duels at the top of the ranking

This Wednesday evening moreover, on this 19th day of the championship, there will be some shocks in the first part of the table. Nice, currently 4th with 30 points, will receive in particular Lens, which with its 27 points is at a position of the Top 5, thus having enough to hope for a qualification for the European cups next season … We also note a meeting which promises to ‘be removed between two clubs which have already noticed on European grounds: AS Monaco – Rennes. The first qualified for the knockout stages of the Europa League, lags a little more in Ligue 1, in 8th position in the standings, but still has plenty to come back with with his 26 points. The other for its part qualified for the knockout stages of the Europa Conference Conference, and still for the moment of the third step of the podium in Ligue 1 with its 31 points. It might be hot.

Then for its part, OM has every interest in completing the first half of the season with a new victory in order to hope to maintain its position as runner-up in the championship. Chosen that the Phocéens will try to do by welcoming Reims, 14th in the standings. And for Paris, too, the last match of the year should a priori be a formality, Messi and his teammates head to Lorient, which appears almost at the bottom of the table, 19th with 15 points. The opportunity for the Parisians to show themselves, finally, really convincing in Ligue 1?