Overview
- Rennes overcame a first-half red card for Abdelhamid Aït Boudlal to beat Marseille 1-0 with Ludovic Blas scoring a stoppage-time winner.
- Paris Saint-Germain opened their title defence with a 1-0 victory at Nantes thanks to a deflected Vitinha strike and handed Illia Zabarnyi a full debut.
- AS Monaco cruised to a 3-1 home win over Le Havre, capitalising on a Gautier Lloris own goal and a debut goal from Eric Dier.
- Other fixtures produced narrow margins as Lyon edged Lens 1-0, Toulouse beat Nice 1-0 and Angers held on to defeat promoted Paris FC 1-0 despite being reduced to ten men.
- Early results highlighted the influence of summer signings and squad rotations as clubs tested new arrivals and tactical tweaks in closely fought matches.