French Ligue 1
Round 20
Briefings
January 11, 2019
Caen 1–3 Lille
Caen – Rodrigue Casimir Ninga 90+5
Lille – Nicolas Pepe 8’ Rafael Leão 20’ Luiz Araujo 90+3
Lyon 1–1 Reims
Lyon – Bertrand Traore 70’
Reims – Pablo Chavarria 34’
January 12, 2019
Amiens 0–3 Paris St. Germain
Paris St. Germain – Edinson Cavani 57’ Kylian Mbappe 70’ Marquinhos 79’
Guingamp 0–1 Saint-Etienne
Saint-Etienne – Wahbi Khazri 7’
Nice 1–0 Bordeaux
Nice – Allan Saint-Maximin 16’
January 13, 2019
Nantes 0–1 Rennes
Rennes – Damien Da Silva 13’
Dijon 1–1 Montpellier
Dijon – Wesley Said 54’
Montpellier – Damien Le Tallec 61;
Toulouse 1–2 Strasbourg
Toulouse – Yaya Sanogo 29’(pen)
Strasbourg – Ludovic Ajorque 17’ Ibrahima Sissoko 64’
Marseille 1–1 Monaco
Marseille – Maxime Lopez 13’
Monaco – Youri Tielemans 38’
They might not have any matches in hand but Lille got the three points to help their chances of holding on to their place in the lead.
PSG remained unbeaten in the league and picked up three more points after a 3-0 away win against Amiens. It took till the second half for PSG to get the opening goal through a penalty, before scoring two more goals against a 10-man Amiens side.
Despite playing 18 out of the 20 scheduled matches, Paris St. Germain enjoys a 13-point lead at the top of the standings while their pre-tournament competitors drop points. – Lyon, Marseille, and Monaco dropped two points each.
Lyon dropped points at home in a ‘1-1’ draw with Reims.
Wahbi Zhazri‘s goal was good enough to earn Saint-Etienne a win against bottom table Guingamp.
Allan Saint-Maximin decided the match from the spot in the 16th minute as Nice beat Bordeaux.
Two games in hand but Marseille fall closer to the middle of the league standings after a ‘1-1’ draw with Monaco.
Monaco’s new signings Naldo and Cesc Fabregas were played a full 90 minutes. Marseille hasn’t had a victory in a competitive match since their ‘3-1’ win at Amiens on November 25, 2018. 8 matches without a win. Monaco still has a lot to do to get out of relegation.
