French Ligue 1 – Round 30

Goals Scored:: 24

March 17, 2017

Metz            1-0           Bastia

Gilles Cioni 47’(o.g)

An own goal allowed Metz to keep Bastia in the relegation zone while opening a 10-point gap between the two sides in the league standings.

Lille          0-0         Marseille

A goalless draw denied Marseille the opportunity to move closer to the top four in the league standings.

March 18, 2017

Nantes          1-1     OGC Nice

Emiliano Sala 22’             Jean Michel Seri

A point is not enough for OGC Nice.

It might be too early to call, but OGC Nice’s title hopes might be fading away. OGC Nice has dropped four points in their last two league matches.

Nancy        2-3          Lorient

Faitout Maouassa 28’           Benjamin Moukandjo 66’

Issiar Dia 42’(pen)              Wesley Lautoa 87’

                                                 Arnold Mvuemba 90’+4’

Two late goals brought Lorient from a goal behind to winning by a goal.

In a relegation zone face-off, bottom-tabled Lorient came from two goals down in the first-half by scoring three goals in the second-half to grab a late away victory against Nancy.

Bordeaux         5-1        Montpellier

Diego Rolan 25’ 77’                   Ryad Boudebouz 47’

Younousse Sankhare 30’

Valentin Vada 32’(pen)

Malcom 90+2’

Diego Rolan scored a goal in each half to help Bordeaux bounce back from their defeat away at Monaco with the thrashing of Montpellier to get a home victory.

Toulouse         0-0         Rennes

A two-point gap remains between the two teams after a goalless draw.  Despite playing with a man down for about third of the match, Toulouse held on to get a point at home.

Angers         3-0          Guingamp

Jonathan Bamba 63’

Thomas Mangani 69’

Famara Diedhiou 83’

Angers scored three in the second-half to a victory that saw them leap over Guingamp in the league standings.

March 19, 2017

Caen      0-3       Monaco

                                         Kylian Mbappe Lottin 13’ 81’

                                         Fabinho 49’(pen)

Kylian Mbappe shines as Monaco continues to make strides towards the league title. From their position on the league table, we got the expected results from this fixture.

Dijon          0-1       Saint-Etienne

                                           Jordan Veretout 77’

Jordan Veretout scored the only goal of the match to allow Saint-Etienne to take all three point from Dijon.  Dijon is left sitting right above the relegation zone.

Paris Saint-Germain    2-1  Lyon

Adrien Rabiot 34’                        Alexandre Lacazette 6’

Julian Draxler 40’

PSG came from an early goal down to avoid a defeat at home to Lyon.

Paris Saint-Germain knew it was a must win to keep tabs with Monaco at the top of the table.