The 5 craziest matches in Ligue 1 this season

After Toulouse's dramatic 4-3 win over Metz on Sunday, we look back at the five craziest matches in Ligue 1 McDonald's so far this season.

Toulouse 3-6 PSG

We start with another game involving Toulouse, one all the way back in August and against the reigning Ligue 1 McDonald's champions. This one is spectacular not only by the high-scoring nature of the encounter, but also because of the nature of the goals.

In truth, there was never any doubt that PSG would overcome Le TéFéCé in this one, and two late goals for the home side (Yann Gboho 89', Alexis Vossah 90+1') made this game look closer than it was in reality. But this game will be unforgettable for one reason and that reason is Joao Neves. The Portugal international's hat-trick included two acrobatic flicks and will perhaps go down as the greatest hat-trick scored in Ligue 1 McDonald's and one of the best in football in the 21st century more generally.

João Neves crazy hat-trick 🤯 pic.twitter.com/kB7HDYSuUc
— Ligue 1 English (@Ligue1_ENG) August 31, 2025

Metz 3-4 Toulouse

Toulouse's game against Metz was also extremely dramatic but for different reasons. This one was an edge-of-the-season encounter throughout. When Carles Martínez Novell's side raced into a two-goal lead by the 14th minute, it look set to be an easy afternoon at the office at the Stade Saint Symphorien

But two goals in two minutes levelled the tie for Benoit Tavenot on the half-hour mark. Gboho netted again on the stroke of half-time and Toulouse looked to be edging towards victory until Giorgi Abuashvili scored in the 88th minute. Three points would have kept Metz's survival hopes alive but they wouldn't keep hold of them as, in the 99th minute, Manuel Sauer would score a dramatic winner, silencing the home crowd.

Lorient 1-7 Lille

This was an outlier in Lorient's season and quite the outlier it was too. Over the course of the entire season, Lorient have lost just once at the Moustoir, but what a loss it was.

In truth, much of the damage was done very late on from Lille. Five of their seven goals came from the 77th minute onwards as Olivier Pantaloni's side collapsed. Matias Fernandez-Pardo, Hamza Igamane, Hakon Arnar Haraldsson, Osame Sahraoui, and Romain Perraud all got on the scoresheet on that afternoon. No Ligue 1 McDonald's side have scored more goals in a single game this season.

Auxerre 3-4 Lille

Another game involving Bruno Genesio's side but this one was a much tighter affair. This was a topsy-turvy encounter at the Stade de l'Abbé Deschamps. Haraldsson put Lille into an early lead, but a Nathan Ngoy red card gave Auxerre the momentum. Lassine Sinayoko equalised before a Clement Akpa's red card levelled up the number of players on the field, too.

These 10 minutes from Auxerre vs Lille. PURE MADNESS. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/Mn98OmwkCD
— Ligue 1 English (@Ligue1_ENG) December 14, 2025

Despite that, L'AJA took the lead through a Chancel Mbemba own goal, only for Lille to come roaring back thanks to goals from Nabil Bentaleb and Soriba Diaoune. Sinayoko thought he had salvaged a draw, only for Benjamin André to net an 86th-minute winner. Just to add to the drama, there were two further red cards.

PSG 3-3 Strasbourg

In what was one of the most high-quality and exciting games of the season, the shares were spoiled between PSG and Strasbourg back in October. Bradley Barcola opened the scoring, but Le Racing, managed by Liam Rosenior at the time, were excellent throughout and led at half-time thanks to goals from Joaquin Panichelli and Diego Moreira. The former then doubled Strasbourg's advantage just after the break, only for PSG to come roaring back, salvaging a draw thanks to second-half goals from Goncalo Ramos and Senny Mayulu.

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