Monaco lost ground in the race for the 2025 Ligue 1 title on Friday night following a 2-1 defeat at foot-of-the-table Montpellier. The setback left them in fourth place with 31 points after 18 games – 12 points behind pacesetters Paris Saint-Germain who play at Lens on Saturday afternoon. Both Monaco and PSG will feature in theChampions League next week, the fourth game for each club during a punishing January schedule of six games in 19 and 17 days respectively. In the fixtures played so far, PSG have fared better.
