French Ligue 1 – Round 35

Goals Scored:: 27

French Ligue 1

April 28, 2017

Angers          1-2         Lyon

Cheikh Ndoye 49’      Mathieu Valbuena 17’

                                      Nabil Fekir 42’

The two goals Lyon got in the first-half was enough to see them leave this fixture with an away victory over Angers.

April 29, 2017

Monaco            3-1      Toulouse

Kamil Glik 49’            Ola Toivonen 46’

Kylian Mbappe Lottin 64’

Thomas Lemar 75’

Monaco knew victory was their only option if they are to stay in the driving seat in the title race.  Monaco had to come from a goal down in the second half to get a 2-goal victory over Toulouse.

Montpellier     0-3      Lille

                                      Nicolas De Preville 13’(pen)

                                      Xeka 56’

                                     Martin Terrier 75’

It was a consecutive league victory for Lille as they got a victory top open a four-point gap between themselves and Montpellier.

Bastia          1-0       Rennes

Enzo Crivelli 68’

Despite being at the bottom of the table, Bastia surprised Rennes by delivering them a defeat.

Nantes       1-0       Lorient

Emiliano Sala 89’

A late goal from Emiliano Sala gave Nantes a consecutive league victory.

Guingamp       0-2      Saint-Etienne

                                      Vincent Pajot 61’

                                     Romain Hamouma 86’

After going three league matches without a victory, Saint-Etienne picked up the maximum points in their away victory over Guingamp.

Metz             2-1        Nancy

Ismaila Sarr 29’          Faitout Maosassa 41’

Opa Nguette 53’

Metz kept Nancy in the relegation zone with their first victory in five matches.

April 30, 2017

Caen           1-5         Marseille

Ivan Santini 9’         Florain Thauvin 2’ 63’

                                   Maxime Lopez 5’ 27’ 89’

Eight winless matches for Caen.

It was an expected result as Marseille walked over Caen to pick up three points.

Dijon           0-0         Bordeaux

Relegation-threatened Dijon fought hard for a point against a Bordeaux side with European ambitions.

OGC Nice         3-1       Paris Saint-Germain

Mario Balotelli 26’          Marquinhos 64’

Ricardo Pereira 48’

Anastasios Donis 90’+2’

Paris Saint-Germain suffered defeat and the loss of Thiago Motta and Angel Di Maria to late red cards.e

The results give OGC Nice a good shot at finishing in the top two and creates a gap for Monaco to steer their season to a title-winning finish.