FRENCH LIGUE 1
Lille are top of the league after Paris St. Germain’s shocking defeat at Lorient.
It is still a 3-horse race at the top of the Ligue 1 standings, with Monaco making their way to make it four.
LEADING GOALSCORERS
Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain) – 14 goals
Boulaye Dia (Reims) – 12 goals
Memphis Depay (Lyon) – 11 goals
Kevin Volland (Monaco) – 11 goals
Ludovic Ajorque (Strasbourg) – 10 goals
Karl Toko Ekambi (Lyon) – 10 goals
LYON 2-1 BORDEAUX
Goal Scorers – Lyon – Karl Toko Ekambi 32′ Leo Dubois 90+2′
Goal Scorers – Bordeaux – Samuel Kalu 55′
MONTPELLIER 1-2 LENS
Goal Scorers – Montpellier – Elye Wahi 78′
Goal Scorers – Lens – Cheick Oumar Doucoure 7′ Gael Kakuta 67′
MARSEILLE (postponed) RENNES
NICE 0-1 SAINT-ETIENNE
Goal Scorers – Saint-Etienne -Charles Abi 88′
ANGERS 3-1 NIMES
Goal Scorers – Angers – Pierrick Capelle 20′ Lassana Coulibaly 35′ Lois Diony 55′
Goal Scorers – Nimes – Renaud Ripart 41′(pen)
BREST 2-4 METZ
Goal Scorers – Brest – Franck Honorat 33′ Irvin Cardona 48′
Goal Scorers – Metz – Farid Boulaya 36′ Papa Sarr 74′ Papa Yade 81′ Vagner 87′(pen)
LORIENT 3-2 PARIS ST. GERMAIN
Goal Scorers – Lorient – Laurent Abergel 36′ Yoane Wissa 80′ Terren Moffi 90+2′
Goal Scorers – Paris St. Germain -Neymar 45′ (pen) 58′(pen)
STRASBOURG 0-1 REIMS
Goal Scorers – Reims – Dereck Kutesa 80′
LILLE 1-0 DIJON
Goal Scorers – Lille -Yusuf Yazici 29′
NANTES 1-2 MONACO
Goal Scorers – Nantes – Renaud Emond 83′
Goal Scorers – Monaco – Guillermo Maripan 45′ Kevin Volland 60′
From a difficult angle, Leo Dubois scored the winning goal in additional minutes for Lyon to make it a consecutive league win by beating Bordeaux 2 goals to 1.
The last time Montpellier won a game was against Lens (December 12, 2020).
Defeat in the reverse fixture put Montpellier on a streak of 8 straight league games without a win, (6 defeats).
Saint-Etienne won their second league game in 19 matches.
A late goal from Charles Abi in the 88th minute allowed Saint-Etienne to leave Nice with three points; putting an end to three straight league defeats. For Nice, the result was a step back after ending a streak of winless games in the last round.
Nimes are stuck at the bottom of the standings after defeat at Angers.
Three wins in a row for Metz.
After taking a 1-1 draw into the break, Metz got three second-half goals to come from a goal down to win at Brest. The result was also the 4th straight defeat for Brest.
Lorient 3-2 Paris St. Germain.
Lorient came into the round at the bottom of the league standings. Paris St. Germain came into the round at the top of the standings.
At the end of their fixture, Lorient moved up two positions in the league, while Paris St. Germain dropped two positions.
A late counter-attacking opportunity in the final minutes of added time was converted by Terem Moffi into the winning goal for Lorient to come out on top at home against Paris St. Germain.
Reims used a narrow win to open up three points between themselves and Strasbourg.
Yusuf Yazici’s goal in the 29th minute was all Lille needed to take the top spot in the league standings. Unlike Paris St. Germain, Lille took the three points against a team under relegation threat. But just like Paris St. Germain, the underdog fought a good fight.
Monaco became the 4th team in the league to reach 40+ points after a ‘2-1’ win at Nantes.
