LIGUE 1
Eleven games into the French Ligue 1
Paris St. Germain’s lead was reduced to 7 points after Lens wins against Metz allowed them to take advantage of the draw between Marseille and PSG.
Le Classique’s result cups Paris St. Germain’s lead at the top and dropped Marseille down a position to 4th.
Nice used a win from a late charge to move up to 3rd in the standings while dropping Lon three positions down to 9th.
Saint-Etienne picked up a point from a draw with Anger but remained at the bottom of the standings.
STANDINGS
1. Paris St. Germain – 28 points
2. Lens – 21 points
3. Nice – 19 points
4. Marseille – 18 points
5. Rennes – 18 points
6. Angers – 17 points
7. Nantes – 17 points
8. Monaco – 17 points
9. Lyon – 16 points
10. Lille – 15 points
11. Lorient – 15 points
12. Strasbourg – 14 points
13. Montpellier – 13 points
14. Clermont – 13 points
15. Troyes – 12 points
16. Reims – 11 points
17. Bordeaux – 9 points
18. Brest – 6 points
19. Metz – 6 points
20. Saint-Etienne – 5 points
MATCH RESULTS
Saint-Etienne 2-2 Angers
Nantes 2-1 Clermont Foot
Lille 1-1 Brest
Nice 3-2 Lyon
Lens 4-1 Metz
Lorient 1-1 Bordeaux
Reims 1-2 Troyes
Rennes 1-0 Strasbourg
Monaco 3-1 Montpellier
Marseille 0-0 Paris St. Germain
LEADING GOALSCORERS
Gaetan Laborde (Rennes) – 7 goals
Jonathan David (Lille) – 7 goals
MARSEILLE 4-1 LORIENT
Dimitri Payet assisted three while Matteo Guendouzi scored two for Marseille to come from behind and take the three points at home.
SAINT ETIENNE 2-2 ANGERS
A goal from Mickael Wade in the final minute of the additional minutes allow Saint Etienne to get from two goals down to avoid defeat at home to Angers.
A point saved but Saint-Etienne remained without a win after 11 rounds of the French Ligue 1.
NANTES 2-1 CLEMONT
Both teams ended the game with 10 men but Nantes took the three points after Ludovic Blas goal gave them the bigger portion of the three goals scored in the match.
LILLE 1-1 BREST
Lille drops more points after taking just a point at home against a Brest side that is without a win.
Nice 3-2 LYON
The best response Nice could’ve given after defeat to Troyes in the last round
Nice got three goals in the final ten minutes of the regulation time to overcome two goals and avoid defeat at home to a Lyon side that was looking for three points to more even on points accumulated in the standings.
LENS 4-1 METZ
Wesley Said scored the game-opening goal and the game-winning goal for Lens to keep their grip on second place with a 4-1 win against a relegation zoned Metz.
MONACO 3-1 MONTPELLIER
Monaco bounced back from their 2- 0 defeat at Lyon with a clinical performance against Montpellier
MARSEILLE 0-0 PARIS ST. GERMAIN
In the end, a 10-man Paris St. Germain left Marseille with a point.
Both teams had their chance and they both had a goal ruled off by VAR in the opening 20 minutes.
Achraf Hakimi saw the red card in the 57th minute for commuting a foul to deny a clear scoring opportunity for Marseille.
