The 8th day of Ligue 1 ended this Sunday evening with the trip from Marseille to Mosson in Montpellier. From the stands, the images of the Cauldron boiling this Saturday left their mark and made the rounds on social networks. It must be said that Geoffroy-Guichard was enthusiastic and sold out. Attendance report.
ASSE – Lens, second crowd of the 8th day
This weekend, PSG, ASSE and FCN played at home. Three clubs whose stadiums have commercial capacities greater than 35,000 seats. Logically, it is these three clubs which occupy the podium for the best attendance of the day. Paris SG is in the lead with the reception of Strasbourg (47,590 supporters) ahead of the fiery ASSE – Lens (36,832 supporters) and Nantes – Nice (28,141 supporters).
Ranking of attendances for the 8th day of Ligue 1
- Paris SG – Strasbourg : 47.590 supporters
- ASSE – Lens : 36.832 supporters
- Nantes – Nice : 28.141 supporters
- Toulouse – Angers : 24.078 supporters
- Le Havre – Lyon: 22,490 supporters
- Montpellier – Marseille : 18.461 supporters
- Auxerre – Reims: 17,016 supporters
- Brest – Rennes : 15.099 supporters
- Monac – Lille : 7.246 supporters
Overall, the attendance for the match between Stéphanois and Lensois constitutes the 19th best attendance since the start of the season, and of course the best of the season at Geoffroy-Guichard, despite the closure of the balconies and the reduced capacity of visitor parking. The first 18 places in the ranking are occupied by 5 teams: Marseille, Lyon, Paris, Lille and Lens. The 20th place is occupied by a certain Nantes – ASSE, while the 21st concerns the reception of Auxerre at Geoffroy-Guichard.
What is the average attendance despite the sanctions?
Concerning average attendances, ASSE is doing rather well despite two matches played behind closed doors (Le Havre and Lille) and balconies still closed. The average attendance for ASSE stands at 26,845 supporters per match. Over the last two meetings where both Kops were present, the average rose to 34,139 supporters.
The Saint-Etienne residents are not the only ones to have borne the brunt of sanctions from the LFP disciplinary committee: Brest, Lens, Lille, Marseille, Nice Paris and even Rennes. A real massacre which logically weighs down the crowds. Note, however, that depending on the configuration of the stadiums and the type of sanctions, attendances are more or less impacted by the sanctions: when the LFP sanctions a Kop in Saint-Étienne, 8,000 seats are automatically blocked, while that at the Parc des Princes, blocks of the Auteuil bend may be closed, limiting the number of places impacted.
Ranking of average attendance:
- Marseille : 61.404 supporters/match (MTP space closed 1 match, CU84 space closed 1 match)
- Lyon : 50.826 supporters/match
- Paris SG : 47.346 supporters/match (space of 5 groups of the Auteuil bend closed 1 match)
- Lille : 39.701 supporters/match (lower part of the North Stand closed for 1 match)
- Lens : 37.617 supporters/match (Red Tigers space closed for 1 match)
- Nantes : 30.759 supporters/match
- Toulouse : 27.888 supporters/match
- Rennes : 27.099 supporters/match (lower part Mordelles Tribune closed 1 match)
- Saint-Étienne: 26,845 supporters/match (Kop South closed 2 matches, Kop North closed 1 match)
- Nice : 25.669 supporters/match (lower part of Tribune Populaire Sud closed for 1 match)
- Le Havre : 21.683 supporters/match
- Strasbourg : 19.480 supporters/match
- Auxerre : 16.452 supporters/match
- Reims : 15.684 supporters/match
- Brest : 14.820 supporters/match (block C Quimper stand closed 2 matches)
- Montpellier : 14.479 supporters/match
- Angers : 12.362 supporters/match
- Monaco : 9.989 supporters/match
NB: it is important to note that in certain cases, clubs communicate the number of tickets sold (including subscriptions) and not the tickets actually scanned at the entrance to the stadium. This is the case of Lyon.
NB 2: Attendances are those communicated by the LFP. They differ from those of the newspaper l’Equipe which are estimates.
