French Ligue1
2019/20 French Ligue 1 – Round 10 – Kylian Mbappe returned with a goal as Paris St. Germain’s lead widens in the title race.
FRENCH LIGUE 1
Paris St. Germain’s lead at the top of the table is extended to 5 points after 10 rounds of the season.
The biggest margin between any two sides in the league is 2 points.
Wissam Ben Yedder’s late goal against Rennes gave Monaco the win and made him the current top goalscorer in the league with 8 goals.
Nice 1-4 Paris St. Germain
Goal Scorers Nice – Ignatius Ganago 67′
Goal Scorers Paris St. Germain – Angel Di Maria 15′ 21′ Kylian Mbappe 88′ Mauro Icardi 90+2′
Lyon 0-0 Dijon
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Reims 1-0 Montpellier
Goal Scorers Reims – Yunis Abdelhamid 3′
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Angers 0-1 Brest
Goal Scorers Brest – Irvin Cardona 67′
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Metz 1-0 Nantes
Goal Scorers Metz – Habibou Mouhamadou Diallo 87′
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Toulouse 2-1 Lille
Goal Scorers Toulouse – Yaya Sanogo 58′ Max-Alain Gradel 66(pen)
Goal Scorers Lille – Jose Fonte 90+3′
Nimes 1-1 Amiens
Goal Scorers Nimes – Pablo Martinez 41′
Goal Scorers Amiens – Arturo Calabresi 90+5′
Bordeaux 0-1 Saint-Etienne
Goal Scorers Saint-Etienne – Denis Bouanga 90+3’(pen)
Monaco 3-2 Rennes
Goal Scorers Monaco – Wissam Ben Yedder 3’90+3’ Islam Slimani 57’
Goal Scorers Rennes – Faitout Maouassa 12’ Adrien Hunou 48’
Marseille 2-0 Strasbourg
Goal Scorers Marseille – Boubacar Kamara 3′ Kevin Strootman 90+5′(pen)
Angel Di Maria set Paris St. Germain up for a win by scoring the two opening goals of the match against Nice. Nice pulled a goal back but found themselves down by two players when Wylan Cyprien and Christophe Herelle were both sent off on a red card (74th and 76th minute respectively). Having the numerical advantage towards the end of the match allowed PSG to double their goals scored to beat Nice ‘4-1’ at the Allianz Riviera.
Lyon went 8 winless matches in the league after being held to a goalless draw at home by a Dijon side that is at the bottom of the league table. Dijon is now unbeaten in their last 4 league matches (2W, 2D).
Yunis Abdelhamid scored early in the 3rd-minute to hand Reims a win at home against Montpellier. Both sides were looking for the win to separate themselves in points accumulated.
It was back-to-back league defeat for Angers after falling at home to newly-promoted Brest. Irvin Cardona scored the only goal in the 67th-minute to decide the game.
Nantes fall further away from the top after losing to Metz. Habibou Diallo’s goal in the 87th-minute hande Metz a win over a Nantes side that had been playing for about half an hour with a numerical disadvantage. The ‘1-0’ defeat and Paris St. Germain’s win in the opening match of the round has created a 5 point gap at the top of the league standings.
Max-Alain Gradel missed a penalty that would have doubled his tally in the match but Toulouse went on to win ‘2-1’ against Lille. It was their first win in 6 matches.
Amiens get a point on the road after Arturo Calabresi scored an injury-time equalizer in the second half to end the match ‘1-1’ against Nimes.
Denis Bouanga converted from the spot in the final minute of the match to see Saint-Etienne steal a win at Bordeaux. A ‘1-0’ victory for Saint-Etienne was their third consecutive victory after failing to win their 6 previous league matches. Bordeaux would have finished the round in the ‘top four’ if they had found a home victory from this fixture.
Wissam Ben Yedder opened end ended the scoring in a 5-goal game between Monaco and Rennes. Ben Yedder’s second half injury-time goal decided the match for the home team by putting them on the right side of a ‘3-2’ score.
Marseille beat Strasbourg to end a run of 4 consecutive matches without a win.