Ligue 1 averaged 27,588 a match in 2025-26 with a record 87.4% occupancy, and 118 matches, about 40%, were sold out. Wikipedia's season page, also citing the LFP, gives 27,405.
Back to the trend of the day: Struggling giant Marseille visits Angers today in France's top league (in Hindi)
Poly Rating · from the trend of the day
Marseille Ligue 1 classement vs crowds 2026-27
Marseille drew 62,612 a game last season, five times Angers' crowd, yet went into today's match at Angers a point behind them on 6 points from 6 games.
- No. 1: RC Lens
- 10 places
01Final list
The leading AIs each built their own list of ten independently. Here is one result that is easy to check: every place has a reason, a source, and the list of AIs that included it.
Order: from most to least AI agreement.
A bright badge means this AI put the entry on its list. A dim badge means it did not.
- 1
RC Lens
Bollaert is 98% full, second only to PSG, with 37,569 a game. On the pitch: 7th, with three defeats in seven and a coach gone in September.
Included it: Claude, Grok, Gemini, MiMo, Kimi, DeepSeek. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 4 · Grok: 2 · Gemini: 4 · MiMo: 5 · Kimi: 4 · DeepSeek: 5
What each AI noted 6
- Claudeplace 4
98% full, second only to PSG, but 7th with three losses in seven.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 2
Near-perfect 98.3% occupancy of Bollaert-Delelis with 37,564 average last season despite a mid-table start
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 4
Operating at a league-leading 98.4% capacity with 37,650 fans packed into Stade Bollaert-Delelis, contrasting with an underwhelming 10th-place standing.
- MiMoplace 5
Bollaert-Delelis is 98% full and averages 37,569 — second only to Marseille — for a side with three wins in seven.
Source ↗ - Kimiplace 4
99.6% full — the fullest stadium in France — through a manager sacking and a mid-table start.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 5
37,569 average at 98% occupancy, seventh on 10 points — a top-five support base with a mid-table return.
Source ↗
6 AIs put it here - 2
Marseille
Biggest crowd in France, 62,612 a game at 94% full, yet 14th on 1.00 points per game (13th per OneFootball): about 12 places between the stands and the table.
Included it: Claude, Grok, Gemini, MiMo, Kimi, DeepSeek. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 1 · Grok: 1 · Gemini: 1 · MiMo: 1 · Kimi: 1 · DeepSeek: 1
What each AI noted 6
- Claudeplace 1
Biggest crowd in France (62,612, 94% full) and 14th in the table with 1.0 points per game: a 12-place gap.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 1
62,612 average home crowd last season (highest in France) while sitting 14th with 6 points from 6 games
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 1
Averaging 64,280 fans in a 96.5% full Stade Vélodrome, yet trapped down in 13th with just 6 points from 7 matches—a staggering 12-place divergence between support and performance.
Source ↗ - MiMoplace 1
62,612 a game — about 12,800 more than any other club in France — for a team sitting 13th on six points.
Source ↗ - Kimiplace 1
62,612 a night — the biggest backing in France — for a team 14th on 6 points with the league's longest losing run (4).
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 1
62,612 average and 94% full at the Vélodrome, yet only 14th on 6 points — the widest support surplus in Ligue 1.
Source ↗
6 AIs put it here - 3
Strasbourg
Crowds up 46% to 28,202 at 96% full, 3rd fullest in France, but 12th with 7 points from 7 and 15 goals conceded.
Included it: Claude, Grok, Gemini, MiMo, Kimi, DeepSeek. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 2 · Grok: 5 · Gemini: 3 · MiMo: 2 · Kimi: 3 · DeepSeek: 2
What each AI noted 6
- Claudeplace 2
Attendance up 46% to 96% occupancy, yet 12th with 7 points from 7 games.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 5
Strong Meinau crowds averaging over 27,000 while the team sits 12th
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 3
Selling out 96.8% of Stade de la Meinau (25,200 average crowd) to back a youthful side mired down in 15th with only 1.00 point per game.
- MiMoplace 2
The rebuilt Meinau lifted crowds 46% to 28,202 at 96% full — and the team has still shipped 15 goals in seven games.
Source ↗ - Kimiplace 3
France's third-fullest ground (94.4%) is watching 12th place and a three-game losing streak.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 2
28,202 average and 96% occupancy while sitting 12th on 7 points — a 46% attendance jump is still outrunning the table.
Source ↗
6 AIs put it here - 4
Auxerre
In the LFP's list of eight clubs over 90% full, yet 16th with a -8 goal difference. Home results do reward the fans, though: all 6 points came at home.
Included it: Claude, Grok, Gemini, MiMo, Kimi, DeepSeek. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 3 · Grok: 4 · Gemini: 7 · MiMo: see list · Kimi: 5 · DeepSeek: 3
What each AI noted 6
- Claudeplace 3
The smallest club in the top ten for crowd fill (90%) has 6 points from 6 games and the second-worst goal difference, -8.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 4
88% occupancy of the Abbé-Deschamps supporting a side currently 16th on 6 points
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 7
Filling 91.5% of Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps with 16,800 fans per game, defying relegation-threatened form in 16th place.
- MiMo
Named differently in its own list: open the full list.
see list - Kimiplace 5
16,295 faithful for 16th place — though the 6 home points they watch are the kindest return anywhere on this list.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 3
16,219 average and over 90% full, but 16th on 6 points — a packed small ground with a bottom-half return.
Source ↗
6 AIs put it here - 5
Lyon
Second-biggest crowd in France (49,848) and 5th in the table: a three-place gap on crowd size, almost none once the 86% fill rate is counted.
Included it: Claude, Grok, Gemini, MiMo, Kimi. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, DeepSeek, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 8 · Grok: see list · Gemini: see list · MiMo: 10 · Kimi: 6
What each AI noted 5
- Claudeplace 8
Second-biggest crowds (49,848, 86% full) and 5th, so the support is broadly matched by results.
Source ↗ - Grok
Named differently in its own list: open the full list.
see list - Gemini
Named differently in its own list: open the full list.
see list - MiMoplace 10
49,848 a game — the second-biggest crowd in France — for the fifth-best team; in Lyon the stands and the table are almost level.
Source ↗ - Kimiplace 6
France's second-biggest crowd (49,848) is watching fifth — and a title race already slipping 3 points away.
Source ↗
5 AIs put it here - 6
Brest
Only the 14th-biggest crowd (14,358), but the ground is 94% full, as full as the Vélodrome. 8th, 9 points from 7.
Included it: Claude, Grok, Gemini, MiMo, DeepSeek. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Kimi, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 6 · Grok: 3 · Gemini: 10 · MiMo: 7 · DeepSeek: 6
What each AI noted 5
- Claudeplace 6
94% full in a ground of about 15,000, the smallest, packed stadium in the top ten, and 9th with 9 points.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 3
94.4% full at the compact Francis-Le Blé while sitting 8th-9th early in the campaign
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 10
Boasting a 96.9% fill rate inside Stade Francis-Le Blé where every seat is taken, holding firm even when mid-table consistency falters.
- MiMoplace 7
14,358 a game is only the 14th-biggest crowd in Ligue 1 — but the Francis-Le Blé runs at 94%, as full as the Vélodrome.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 6
14,358 average but 94% full; eighth on 9 points — the smallest crowd in the top half still fills almost every seat.
Source ↗
5 AIs put it here - 7
Toulouse
8th-biggest crowd (24,593) in a ground only 77% full, and 9th in the table: support and results almost level.
Included it: Claude, Gemini, MiMo, Kimi, DeepSeek. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Grok, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 9 · Gemini: 9 · MiMo: 8 · Kimi: 8 · DeepSeek: 8
What each AI noted 5
- Claudeplace 9
Near balanced: 77% full, 9th; only 3 home points from 7 games.
Source ↗ - Geminiplace 9
Maintaining 24,500 average crowds at Stadium de Toulouse despite languishing down in 17th with just 5 points.
- MiMoplace 8
24,593 a game — more than Nice or Le Havre average — in a stadium only 77% full, and ninth is the going rate.
Source ↗ - Kimiplace 8
The mismatch-free loyalists: 8th-biggest crowd, 9th place — 25,000 turn up whoever loses.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 8
24,593 average but only about 74% full; ninth on 9 points — big raw support, softer occupancy, mid-table results.
Source ↗
5 AIs put it here - 8
Lorient
Crowds up 25% and 92% full per LFP (81% on a capacity calculation), for a 10th-placed side: the smallest mismatch in the top ten.
Included it: Claude, Grok, MiMo, Kimi, DeepSeek. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Gemini, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 10 · Grok: 9 · MiMo: see list · Kimi: 9 · DeepSeek: 7
What each AI noted 5
- Claudeplace 10
92% full at a ground of about 16,700 and 10th: roughly in line, and the mismatch here is slight.
Source ↗ - Grokplace 9
High 91.6% occupancy in a smaller stadium while mid-table
Source ↗ - MiMo
Named differently in its own list: open the full list.
see list - Kimiplace 9
81% of the Moustoir filled for a 10th-place side — the smallest over-supported story in the top ten.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 7
15,376 average and over 90% full; 10th on 8 points — a promoted side whose ground is fuller than its points total suggests.
Source ↗
5 AIs put it here - 9
Le Havre
19,249 a game kept turning up and the club is bottom: 2 points from 6, no wins, 0.33 per game. LFP tables say 80% full, a capacity calculation says 76%.
Included it: Claude, MiMo, Kimi, DeepSeek. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Grok, Gemini, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 5 · MiMo: 4 · Kimi: 2 · DeepSeek: 4
What each AI noted 4
- Claudeplace 5
80% full in 2025-26, now bottom with 2 points from 6 games and 4 goals scored.
Source ↗ - MiMoplace 4
19,249 keep coming to the Océane — 80% full — to watch the only winless team in Ligue 1 (0 wins, 2 points).
Source ↗ - Kimiplace 2
76% of the 25,000-seat Océane full every week while the team sits bottom of France with 2 points.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 4
19,249 average and about 76% full while 18th on 2 points — the crowd is holding up better than the results.
Source ↗
4 AIs put it here - 10
PSG
The fullest ground in France at 99%, but only 3 of PSG's 14 points have come at home.
Included it: Claude, MiMo. Did not include: ChatGPT, Meta, Grok, Gemini, Kimi, DeepSeek, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 7 · MiMo: see list
2 AIs put it here
02Worth knowing
What the AIs noticed while building the list.
Monaco are the mirror image: the smallest crowds in Ligue 1 (8,120 a game, 66% full by the LFP's count, about 44% against the listed capacity), yet 3rd with 14 points from 6.
This season's biggest gate, 65,089, was Marseille's 4-0 win over Strasbourg on 21 August, just before a four-game losing run.
League crowds so far in 2026-27 average 24,382 a match, below last season's figure. Promoted Troyes and Le Mans draw far less than relegated Nantes and Metz did.
Occupancy depends on the capacity used. Auxerre's listed capacity fell from 21,379 to 17,897 between seasons, so the LFP's 90% and a computed 76% can both come from the same crowd.
03Questions people ask
When was the last time Marseille won Ligue 1?
In 2009-10 under Didier Deschamps. The title was sealed by a 3-1 win over Rennes on 5 May 2010, Marseille's first since 1992.
Marseille Ligue 1 classement: where are Marseille now?
Before today's game at Angers, Marseille were 14th on ESPN's table with 6 points from 6 games, a point behind Angers on 7. OneFootball listed them 13th.
Source ↗How many Ligue 1 titles have Marseille won?
The 2009-10 title was Marseille's ninth French league championship. The 1992-93 title was stripped and not awarded.
Source ↗Why do sources give different occupancy figures?
The LFP uses its own capacity for each ground, while other sources divide the crowd by a listed capacity. Marseille comes out at 94% in LFP tables and 92.9% on Transfermarkt.
Source ↗04How we counted
In plain words, no formulas.
1The question
Top 10 Ligue 1 clubs whose fans back them far more than their results do
2Why this topic
The attendance table and the league table are published separately, and only putting them side by side shows where support and results have split apart, which matters today with Marseille sitting below Angers.
3Where it applies
France, Ligue 1: 2025-26 attendance set against the 2026-27 table
4What we looked at
- Average home attendance and stadium occupancy (average crowd divided by capacity), 2025-26, the latest complete season
- Current league position, points per game and home points per game, 2026-27
- Gap between a club's support rank and its results rank, so clubs rank by mismatch, not by crowd size or points alone
- LFP / Ligue 1 attendance report 2025-26 — League average of 27,588 a match, record 87.4% occupancy, 118 sell-outs and the clubs above 90% full
- Le Petit Lillois (LFP club table) — Average home crowd and occupancy for all 18 clubs, 2025-26
- SportBusinessClub (LFP data) — Per-club average crowd, occupancy and capacity, 2025-26
- Wikipedia, 2025-26 Ligue 1 (WorldFootball.net data) — Match-by-match crowds and listed capacities, used as an independent check on occupancy
- ESPN Ligue 1 table 2026-27 — Position, points and games played before today's matches
5Who ranked
The leading AIs, each building its own list of ten independently and naming a source for every place: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Grok, Gemini, MiMo, Kimi, DeepSeek, Wenxin.
6How the places were set
The same entry written differently by different AIs was counted as one. The more AIs put an entry on their list, and the higher they put it, the higher its place. "AI agreement" shows how many of the AIs had it on their own list. Sources are only those the AIs found themselves; nothing was added by hand.
05Each AI's own list
🇺🇸 Claude10 places · 3 notes
The same question, answered by Claude alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Marseille (OM)
Biggest crowd in France (62,612, 94% full) and 14th in the table with 1.0 points per game: a 12-place gap.
Source ↗ - 2Strasbourg (RC Strasbourg)
Attendance up 46% to 96% occupancy, yet 12th with 7 points from 7 games.
Source ↗ - 3Auxerre (AJ Auxerre)
The smallest club in the top ten for crowd fill (90%) has 6 points from 6 games and the second-worst goal difference, -8.
Source ↗ - 4Lens (RC Lens)
98% full, second only to PSG, but 7th with three losses in seven.
Source ↗ - 5Le Havre (Le Havre AC)
80% full in 2025-26, now bottom with 2 points from 6 games and 4 goals scored.
Source ↗ - 6Brest (Stade Brestois 29)
94% full in a ground of about 15,000, the smallest, packed stadium in the top ten, and 9th with 9 points.
Source ↗ - 7Paris Saint-Germain (PSG)
99% full, the highest in France, but only 3 of their 14 points came at home.
Source ↗ - 8Lyon (Olympique Lyonnais)
Second-biggest crowds (49,848, 86% full) and 5th, so the support is broadly matched by results.
Source ↗ - 9Toulouse (Toulouse FC)
Near balanced: 77% full, 9th; only 3 home points from 7 games.
Source ↗ - 10Lorient (FC Lorient)
92% full at a ground of about 16,700 and 10th: roughly in line, and the mismatch here is slight.
Source ↗
What Claude noticed
Ligue 1 reached a record 87.4% occupancy in 2025-26 (27,588 average), and about 40% of matches (118) were sold out. Strasbourg's crowd rose 46% after its stadium works ended.
Monaco drew the smallest, emptiest crowds (8,120, 66%) yet sit 3rd with 14 points. This is the reverse mismatch: great results with little support.
Nantes (77% full) and Metz (76%) are not in Ligue 1 in 2026-27, and promoted Le Mans and Troyes have no top-flight 2025-26 crowd figures. So the ranking covers the 16 clubs that have both.
🇺🇸 Grok10 places · 3 notes
The same question, answered by Grok alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Olympique de Marseille
62,612 average home crowd last season (highest in France) while sitting 14th with 6 points from 6 games
Source ↗ - 2RC Lens
Near-perfect 98.3% occupancy of Bollaert-Delelis with 37,564 average last season despite a mid-table start
Source ↗ - 3Stade Brestois 29
94.4% full at the compact Francis-Le Blé while sitting 8th-9th early in the campaign
Source ↗ - 4AJ Auxerre
88% occupancy of the Abbé-Deschamps supporting a side currently 16th on 6 points
Source ↗ - 5RC Strasbourg Alsace
Strong Meinau crowds averaging over 27,000 while the team sits 12th
Source ↗ - 6Stade Rennais FC
93.2% full Roazhon Park last season; currently a solid 4th but still a support-results gap relative to smaller packed grounds
Source ↗ - 7LOSC Lille
43,000+ average and high occupancy supporting a title-chasing side that is performing closer to expectations
Source ↗ - 8Olympique Lyonnais
Nearly 50,000 average at Groupama Stadium last season; currently 5th and performing more in line with support
Source ↗ - 9FC Lorient
High 91.6% occupancy in a smaller stadium while mid-table
Source ↗ - 10Angers SCO
Modest crowds but packed relative to capacity in prior seasons; currently mid-to-lower table
Source ↗
What Grok noticed
Marseille’s Vélodrome remains France’s biggest draw by a wide margin even in a difficult start, with average crowds more than double the league mean.
Eight clubs exceeded 90% occupancy in 2025-26, showing broad fan loyalty beyond the traditional big sides.
Early 2026-27 occupancy data already shows Lens and Brest near capacity while larger grounds vary more with results.
🇺🇸 Gemini10 places · 2 notes
The same question, answered by Gemini alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Olympique de Marseille
Averaging 64,280 fans in a 96.5% full Stade Vélodrome, yet trapped down in 13th with just 6 points from 7 matches—a staggering 12-place divergence between support and performance.
Source ↗ - 2Olympique Lyonnais
Packing 45,120 spectators into Groupama Stadium every fortnight while drifting in 11th position, producing an 8-place deficit between crowd prestige and table reality.
- 3RC Strasbourg Alsace
Selling out 96.8% of Stade de la Meinau (25,200 average crowd) to back a youthful side mired down in 15th with only 1.00 point per game.
- 4RC Lens
Operating at a league-leading 98.4% capacity with 37,650 fans packed into Stade Bollaert-Delelis, contrasting with an underwhelming 10th-place standing.
- 5FC Nantes
Drawing over 28,100 fans into Stade de la Beaujoire despite perennially hovering above the drop zone in 14th with a meagre 0.86 PPG.
- 6Stade Rennais FC
Averaging 27,900 at 94.1% capacity inside Roazhon Park, enduring a frustrating slide to 9th position after European ambitions.
- 7AJ Auxerre
Filling 91.5% of Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps with 16,800 fans per game, defying relegation-threatened form in 16th place.
- 8LOSC Lille
Pulling 41,200 spectators into Decathlon Arena–Stade Pierre-Mauroy (4th highest gate in France) while lingering outside the European places in 7th.
- 9Toulouse FC
Maintaining 24,500 average crowds at Stadium de Toulouse despite languishing down in 17th with just 5 points.
- 10Stade Brestois 29
Boasting a 96.9% fill rate inside Stade Francis-Le Blé where every seat is taken, holding firm even when mid-table consistency falters.
What Gemini noticed
Marseille's Stade Vélodrome remains France's attendance titan with 64,280 spectators per match, creating the continent's steepest contrast when the club slumps to 13th.
Small, historic venues like Lens (37,650 / 98.4%) and Brest (14,750 / 96.9%) prove that supporter loyalty is best gauged by occupancy percentage rather than raw bowl dimensions alone.
🇨🇳 MiMo10 places · 4 notes
The same question, answered by MiMo alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Olympiquede Marseille
62,612 a game — about 12,800 more than any other club in France — for a team sitting 13th on six points.
Source ↗ - 2RCStrasbourg
The rebuilt Meinau lifted crowds 46% to 28,202 at 96% full — and the team has still shipped 15 goals in seven games.
Source ↗ - 3AJAuxerre
Nine seats in ten at the Abbé-Deschamps — a top-eight fill rate in France — for the club with the second-worst goal difference (−8).
Source ↗ - 4LeHavre AC
19,249 keep coming to the Océane — 80% full — to watch the only winless team in Ligue 1 (0 wins, 2 points).
Source ↗ - 5RCLens
Bollaert-Delelis is 98% full and averages 37,569 — second only to Marseille — for a side with three wins in seven.
Source ↗ - 6ParisSaint-Germain
The only ground in France that essentially never has a spare seat — 99% of 47,848 — and PSG are still only third in the table.
Source ↗ - 7StadeBrestois 29
14,358 a game is only the 14th-biggest crowd in Ligue 1 — but the Francis-Le Blé runs at 94%, as full as the Vélodrome.
Source ↗ - 8ToulouseFC
24,593 a game — more than Nice or Le Havre average — in a stadium only 77% full, and ninth is the going rate.
Source ↗ - 9FCLorient
The Moustoir is 92% full — the 7th-best fill rate in France — after a 25% attendance jump, and Lorient have scored six goals in six games.
Source ↗ - 10OlympiqueLyonnais
49,848 a game — the second-biggest crowd in France — for the fifth-best team; in Lyon the stands and the table are almost level.
Source ↗
What MiMo noticed
Marseille's2025-26 average of 62,612 was roughly 12,800 higher than the second crowd in France (Lyon, 49,848) — and this season's biggest gate, 65,089 for the 4-0 win over Strasbourg on 21 August, came before the four-game losing run that left them 13th.
TheMeinau's reopening gave Strasbourg the biggest jump in Ligue 1 attendance (+46%), with Paris FC (+26%) and Lorient (+25%) the other risers — three clubs whose crowds grew fastest while the league average only edged up.
118Ligue 1 matches were sold out in 2025-26 — nearly 40% of the season — and eight of 18 grounds ran above 90% occupancy, including Brest, whose 14,358 average is only the 14th-biggest crowd in the league.
Monacois the mirror image of this ranking: first in the table on 14 points from six games and last in the stands, with 8,120 a game and 66% of Stade Louis-II occupied.
🇨🇳 Kimi10 places · 4 notes
The same question, answered by Kimi alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Olympique de Marseille (OM)
62,612 a night — the biggest backing in France — for a team 14th on 6 points with the league's longest losing run (4).
Source ↗ - 2Le Havre AC (HAC)
76% of the 25,000-seat Océane full every week while the team sits bottom of France with 2 points.
Source ↗ - 3RC Strasbourg Alsace
France's third-fullest ground (94.4%) is watching 12th place and a three-game losing streak.
Source ↗ - 4RC Lens
99.6% full — the fullest stadium in France — through a manager sacking and a mid-table start.
Source ↗ - 5AJ Auxerre
16,295 faithful for 16th place — though the 6 home points they watch are the kindest return anywhere on this list.
Source ↗ - 6Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon)
France's second-biggest crowd (49,848) is watching fifth — and a title race already slipping 3 points away.
Source ↗ - 7OGC Nice
22,000 fans but a stadium only 62% full — ninth-biggest backing in France, 11th-place football.
Source ↗ - 8Toulouse FC (TFC)
The mismatch-free loyalists: 8th-biggest crowd, 9th place — 25,000 turn up whoever loses.
Source ↗ - 9FC Lorient
81% of the Moustoir filled for a 10th-place side — the smallest over-supported story in the top ten.
Source ↗ - 10Angers SCO
The honest outlier: 15th-biggest crowd, 13th place — the only club here whose results repay, not betray, its fans.
Source ↗
What Kimi noticed
AS Monaco is the mirror image of this ranking: last in France for attendance in 2025-26 (8,153 per game, just 44% of the Stade Louis II) yet 3rd in the 2026-27 table with an unbeaten start — the country's biggest results-to-support mismatch in the opposite direction.
Ligue 1-wide gates have dropped from 27,405 per match in 2025-26 to 24,382 so far in 2026-27 — promoted pair Troyes and Le Mans draw far smaller crowds than the relegated Nantes (27,478) and Metz (22,232).
Marseille's backing is crisis-proof: the season's highest attendance (65,089 v Strasbourg) came on opening day, right before a four-game league losing streak — and the lowest crowd of the season anywhere (7,080) was for tiny Stade Louis II, where Marseille brought the away support.
Lens and Monaco show the occupancy extreme: 99.6% of Bollaert full versus 44.0% of the Louis II — a 55-point gap between the fullest and emptiest grounds in the same league.
🇨🇳 DeepSeek10 places · 4 notes
The same question, answered by DeepSeek alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Olympique de Marseille (Ligue 1 2026-27)
62,612 average and 94% full at the Vélodrome, yet only 14th on 6 points — the widest support surplus in Ligue 1.
Source ↗ - 2RC Strasbourg Alsace (Ligue 1 2026-27)
28,202 average and 96% occupancy while sitting 12th on 7 points — a 46% attendance jump is still outrunning the table.
Source ↗ - 3AJ Auxerre (Ligue 1 2026-27)
16,219 average and over 90% full, but 16th on 6 points — a packed small ground with a bottom-half return.
Source ↗ - 4Le Havre AC (Ligue 1 2026-27)
19,249 average and about 76% full while 18th on 2 points — the crowd is holding up better than the results.
Source ↗ - 5RC Lens (Ligue 1 2026-27)
37,569 average at 98% occupancy, seventh on 10 points — a top-five support base with a mid-table return.
Source ↗ - 6Stade Brestois 29 (Ligue 1 2026-27)
14,358 average but 94% full; eighth on 9 points — the smallest crowd in the top half still fills almost every seat.
Source ↗ - 7FC Lorient (Ligue 1 2026-27)
15,376 average and over 90% full; 10th on 8 points — a promoted side whose ground is fuller than its points total suggests.
Source ↗ - 8Toulouse FC (Ligue 1 2026-27)
24,593 average but only about 74% full; ninth on 9 points — big raw support, softer occupancy, mid-table results.
Source ↗ - 9Angers SCO (Ligue 1 2026-27)
12,444 average and about 64% full; 13th on 7 points — the crowd is modest, but the ground is not empty.
Source ↗ - 10Stade Rennais FC (Ligue 1 2026-27)
27,764 average and 95% full; fourth on 13 points — support is strong, but results are even stronger, so the mismatch is small.
Source ↗
What DeepSeek noticed
Marseille's 62,612 average is 14,764 higher than Lyon's 49,848, yet Marseille are only fifth by occupancy because the Vélodrome is the largest ground — raw size and fill rate pull in different directions.
Lens at 98% and Brest at 94% show that a 15,000-seat ground can match a 67,000-seat one on the occupancy half of the score.
Monaco are the mirror image: 8,120 average and 66% occupancy, yet third in the table — the largest negative support gap in the league.
The league averaged 27,588 and 87.4% occupancy; eight clubs beat 90% occupancy, but only five averaged over 35,000, so the fill-rate story is broader than the crowd-size story.