Paris FC have 10 points after seven Ligue 1 game in 2025-26 matches (W3 D1 L3), the highest tally for a promoted side at this stage of a season in the top-flight since Lens in 2020-21 (13 – 7th at the end of the season). PFC have also scored 12 goals, the highest tally for a promoted side after seven games of a L1 season since Lorient in 2020-21 (12).
Lorient have lost at least four games after seven matches of a Ligue 1 season for the fifth time in their history, the first since 2020-21 (4). However, FCL have only been relegated to Ligue 2 once in the previous four occasions (L5 in 2016-17 and relegated after the Playoffs).
Lorient have lost five of their last nine league games (W3 D1), after losing only three times in their first 16 in 2025 (W11 D2).
Paris FC beat Lorient 3-2 in March 2025 (Ligue 2) after failing to win any of their first seven meetings in all competitions against them this century (D2 L5).
Paris FC have conceded 13 goals in their six Ligue 1 matches this season, with only Lorient (14) conceding more; this is as many goals as Paris FC conceded in their final 12 Ligue 2 games last season.
FC Lorient will be looking to win consecutive Ligue 1 games for the first time since February 2024 (three in a row) after beating Monaco 3-1 in their last match.
Paris FC have scored in each of their last 12 home Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 games, their longest such run since September 2021-September 2022 (20 games).
Lorient have not won any of their last five away games in all competitions (D2 L3) after winning five of the previous six (D1).