| Strasbourg beat Lille 2-1 (A) on 22 Aug 1978 |
| Lille beat Stade Lavallois 5-3 (H) on 8 Aug 1978 |
| Stade Lavallois beat Bordeaux 3-1 (H) on 25 Aug 1978 |
| Bordeaux beat Valenciennes Anzin 1-0 (A) on 18 Aug 1978 |
| Valenciennes Anzin beat Nice 4-3 (A) on 8 Aug 1978 |
| Nice beat Angers 3-1 (H) on 19 Jul 1978 |
| Angers beat Nancy 2-1 (H) on 28 Jul 1978 |
| Nancy beat Paris FC 5-1 (H) on 2 Aug 1978 |
| Paris FC beat Marseille 2-1 (H) on 8 Aug 1978 |
| Marseille beat Saint Étienne 2-0 (H) on 25 Jul 1978 |
| Saint Étienne beat SC Bastia 2-1 (H) on 19 Jul 1978 |
| SC Bastia beat Sochaux 3-0 (H) on 18 Aug 1978 |
| Sochaux beat Olympique Lyonnais 5-1 (H) on 22 Aug 1978 |
| Olympique Lyonnais beat Metz 2-1 (A) on 8 Aug 1978 |
| Metz beat PSG 2-0 (A) on 25 Jul 1978 |
| PSG beat Nîmes 2-1 (A) on 28 Jul 1978 |
| Nîmes beat Monaco 1-0 (H) on 19 Jul 1978 |
| Monaco beat Nantes 2-1 (H) on 25 Jul 1978 |
| Nantes beat Reims 2-0 (H) on 2 Aug 1978 |
FLP: Thick arrows show the earliest chain of wins that passes through every team.