November 30, 2018
Saint-Etienne 3-0 Nantes
Saint-Etienne – Robert Blanc 72’ Wahbi Zhazri 84’ Thimothee Kolodziejczak 90’
December 1, 2018
Lille 2–2 Lyon
Lille – Loic Remy 17’ Nicolas Pepe 28’
Lyon – Bertrand Traore 63’ Moussa Dembele 86’
Angers 1–1 Caen
Angers – Pierrick Cappelle 50’
Caen- Claudiio Beauvue 62’
Guingamp 0–0 Nice
Monaco 1–2 Montpellier
Monaco – Youri Tielemans 42’
Montpellier – Gaetan Laborde 81’ Petar Skuletic 86’
Nimes 3–0 Amiens
Nimes – Denis Bouanga 45’ Rachid Alioui 76’87’
December 2, 2018
Toulouse 2–2 Dijon
Toulouse – Max-Alain Gradel 72’ Aaron Leya Iseka 77’
Dijon – Mehdi Abeid 68’
Marseille 0–0 Reims
Rennes 1–4 Strasbourg
Rennes – Ismaila Sarr 9’
Strasbourg – Adrien Thomasson 20’ Jonas Martin 32’(pen) 51’(pen) Pablo Martinez 77’
Bordeaux 2–2 Paris St. Germain
Bordeaux – Jimmy Briand 54’ Andreas Cornelius 84’
Paris St. Germain – Neymar 54’ Kylian Mbappe 66’
The final 20 minutes of the opening match was when Saint-Etienne found the goals to beat Nantes and make up for their defeat to Lyon in the previous round.
Lille couldn’t hold on to a two-goal lead at home against Lyon to get the results they needed to end a run of 4 winless matches that consist of 3 defeats.
Montpellier replaced Lyon at second place in the league standings by beating Monaco to secure 3 points. Montpellier took full advantage of the draw between Lille and Lyon when they came from a goal down to beat Monaco in the final 10 minutes of regulation time.
Marseille goalless draw with Reims kept Lille in the top four, while Strasbourg comes from an early goal down to convincingly beat Rennes.
PSG finally dropped some points in the league.
Bordeaux came from a goal down on two occasions to become the first team in the 2018/19 season to deny Paris St. Germain 3 points in a Ligue 1 match.
