Strasbourg wins after Ligue 1 leader PSG’s game at Marseille moved to Monday over weather risk

By Canadian Press on September 21, 2025.

PARIS (AP) — Strasbourg provisionally moved up to third place in Ligue 1 with a 3-2 win at Paris FC on Sunday, after leader Paris Saint-Germain’s game at Marseille was postponed because of forecast bad weather.

Strasbourg took the lead in the 27th minute through 18-year-old Ecuador winger Kendry Páez and doubled it in the 78th through right back Guéla Doué — who is the older brother of PSG forward Désiré Doué.

In a frantic finish, Paris FC forward Nouha Dicko pulled a goal back against his former club, before striker Emanuel Emegha added a third for Strasbourg and Alimami Gory netted for the home side in the fourth minute of stoppage time.

Monaco needed to beat Metz at home later Sunday to move level on 12 points with defending champion PSG, Lyon and Strasbourg.

Also Sunday, it was: Auxerre vs. Toulouse; and Le Havre vs. Lorient.

Marseille vs. PSG moved to Monday

The French soccer league postponed Sunday night’s match between host Marseille and PSG by almost 24 hours because of severe weather forecast for the region.

The LFP said in a statement that the match will now be played at Marseille’s Stade Velodrome in southern France on Monday at 8 p.m. local time (1800 GMT). French weather forecasters said there would be heavy rain and storms on Sunday night, making for a safety hazard and unplayable conditions.

The decision appeared to prevent most PSG players from attending the Ballon d’Or ceremony in Paris on Monday night, with striker Ousmane Dembélé favored to win and among nine PSG players nominated for the men’s award.

However, Dembélé and Doué — the stars of PSG’s 5-0 rout of Inter Milan in last season’s Champions League final — are both out injured and were not included in coach Luis Enrique’s squad for the Marseille game.

PSG has won its first four league games of the season and is the only side left unbeaten after Lille’s defeat on Saturday.

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Jerome Pugmire, The Associated Press