Stade de Reims are in the lead! With players like Kamory Doumbia (19), Dion Lopy (20) and Folarin Balogun (21), the club from the Champagne region has the lowest average age in Ligue 1 Uber Eats among the players used since the beginning of the season (24 years and 52 days).

Bruno Genesio's Stade Rennais FC are just behind Oscar Garcia's side, with an average age of 24 years and 236 days, while AS Monaco complete the podium (24 years and 317 days). Conversely, AJ Auxerre and AC Ajaccio are the only two teams with an average age of over 28. The most experienced team is the Corsican club (28 years and 348 days), just behind Auxerre's 28 years and 236 days.

Average age of players used:
Stade de Reims: 24 years and 52 days
Stade Rennais FC: 24 years and 236 days
AS Monaco: 24 years and 317 days
Toulouse FC: 24 years and 321 days
FC Lorient: 24 years and 345 days
Montpellier Hérault SC: 25 years and 88 days
Olympique Lyonnais: 25 years and 193 days
ESTAC Troyes: 25 years and 349 days
OGC Nice: 26 years and 36 days
RC Lens: 26 years and 55 days
LOSC: 26 years and 126 days
Angers SCO: 26 years and 140 days
Stade Brestois 29: 26 years and 194 days
FC Nantes: 26 years and 255 days
Paris Saint-Germain: 27 years and 45 days
Olympique de Marseille: 27 years and 77 days
RC Strasbourg Alsace: 27 years and 153 days
Clermont Foot: 27 years and 224 days
AJ Auxerre: 28 years and 236 days
AC Ajaccio: 28 years and 348 days
Decisive young Merlus players

But which team can count on decisive youngsters? FC Lorient have made a sensational start to the season and owe it in part to a formidable youth team under the leadership of Régis Le Bris. With the help of 20-year-old Dango Ouattara, who has scored four goals and made four assists, the Breton club has the lowest average age (22 years and 174 days). At the other end of the scale, AC Ajaccio (32 years and 69 days) are once again at the bottom. With decisive players such as Thomas Mangani (35 - 1 goal and 1 assist), Riad Nouri (37 - 1 assist) and Romain Hamouma (35 - 1 goal), ACA are the only team in the top flight to exceed the 30-year mark in this category.

Average age of decisive players:
FC Lorient: 22 years and 174 days
Stade de Reims: 23 years and 85 days
Toulouse FC: 23 years and 349 days
FC Nantes: 24 years and 273 days
Montpellier Hérault SC: 25 years and 30 days
Stade Rennais FC: 25 years and 48 days
Olympique Lyonnais: 25 years and 226 days
AS Monaco: 25 years and 235 days
ESTAC Troyes: 26 years and 18 days
RC Lens: 26 years and 198 days
LOSC: 27 years and 67 days
Olympique de Marseille: 27 years and 158 days
Angers SCO: 27 years and 161 days
Stade Brestois 29: 27 years and 281 days
Clermont Foot: 27 years and 311 days
OGC Nice: 27 years and 334 days
Paris Saint-Germain: 28 years and 150 days
RC Strasbourg Alsace: 28 years and 363 days
AJ Auxerre: 29 years and 303 days
AC Ajaccio: 32 years and 69 days

Olivier Dall'Oglio giving youngsters a chance

Montpellier Hérault SC is the club that has given the most playing time to its under-21 players since the start of the season. Indeed, Olivier Dall'Oglio's youngsters have played 27.7% of played minutes after eight Ligue 1 Uber Eats games. It must be said that the players having spent the most time on the pitch in the ranks of MHSC are: Elye Wahi (19 years - 659 minutes) and Joris Chotard (20 years - 602 minutes). Olympique Lyonnais are second (26.30%). In contrast, Clermont Foot and RC Lens have the lowest percentage (0.04%), just behind Olympique de Marseille (0.30%).

% of playing time at U21 level
Montpellier Hérault SC: 27.67
Olympique Lyonnais: 26.30
Stade Rennais FC: 24.04
Stade de Reims: 19.57
FC Lorient: 13.04%
ESTAC Troyes: 11.38%
RC Strasbourg Alsace: 9.82
Paris Saint-Germain: 7.92
FC Nantes: 7.52
AC Ajaccio: 5.47%
OGC Nice: 5.35%
Toulouse FC: 4.61
Lille: 4.33%
AS Monaco: 3.79
Angers SCO: 3.68%
AJ Auxerre: 3.10%
Stade Brestois 29: 0.38
Olympique de Marseille: 0.30%
Clermont Foot: 0.04%
RC Lens: 0.04%