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Aïssa Mandi of Lille claims best-value player honours with a 7.64 rating at just €1M, while Hervé Koffi earns best-value goalkeeper by preventing 10.9 goals. RC Lens complete the sweep, posting a VPI of 30 and 70 points from a €78M squad.
Ligue 1's total squad value stands at €3.23B in the 25/26 season, placing it 5th among Europe's big five leagues. The Premier League leads by a wide margin at €11.95B, followed by La Liga (€5.06B), Serie A (€4.66B), and Bundesliga (€4.05B). Ligue 1's 18 clubs average €179M per team, reflecting a significant gap to the top four leagues.
RC Strasbourg climbed 5 places over three seasons, finishing 13th in 23/24 before improving to 7th in 24/25 and 8th in 25/26. Nice tell the opposite story, dropping 11 places from 5th in 23/24 and 4th in 24/25 to 16th in 25/26.
Among Ligue 1's 10 most expensive players, Achraf Hakimi (€82M) posted the lowest average rating of 6.43 across 18 appearances. At team level, Nice (€136M squad value, 16th place, 32 points) recorded a VPI of -26, the widest gap between squad investment and performance in the league.
This week's best value-for-money XI in Ligue 1 packs an average rating of 7.5 into a squad worth just €158M. Vitinha leads the midfield with a 7.92 rating at €130M, while Rémy Descamps anchors the goal with a standout 7.96 rating at just €2M. Ilan Kebbal rounds out the attack with a 7.77 rating at €5M.
Matchday 29 of Ligue 1 delivered 30 goals across 11 matches, with Nice's 4-1 victory over Saint-Étienne standing out as the round's highest-scoring fixture. Paris Saint-Germain's Matvey Safonov claimed the top individual rating of 9.9, a standout return for a player valued at €21M. Paris FC (€72M) provided the round's biggest shock, defeating AS Monaco (€331M) 4-1.
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