December 16, 2016
Angers 0-2 Nantes
Guillaume Gillet 19’
Amine Harit 48’
Relegation-threatened Nantes got an away victory over Nantes to make six consecutive winless league matches for Angers.
Both sides are still hovering around the relegation zone.
December 17, 2016
Guingamp 2-1 Paris Saint- Germain
Yannis Salibur 66’ Edinson Cavani 80’
Nill De Pauw 70’
Another defeat for Paris Saint-Germain.
Paris Saint-Germain dropped more points in their bid to defend their league title. And again, it was against the balance of play.
Guingamp moved 7 points away from PSG with the help of two second-half goals and the backing of the home crowd.
Is it time to for Paris Saint-Germain to ‘push for help”?
Lorient 2-1 Saint-Etienne
Romain Philippoteaux 40’ Vincent Pajot 90’+2’
Jimmy Cabot 90’
Lorient gets a home victory over a ‘10-man’ Saint-Etienne side.
Bottom table Lorient surprised Saint-Etienne when they sent the team packing with a defeat.
Montpellier 4-0 Bordeaux
Paul Bastien Lasne 13’
Stephane Sessegnon 20’
Steve Mounie 84’
Yacouba Sylla 90’+2’
Montpellier defeats a ‘10-man’ Bordeaux to close up on them in points.
Montpellier scored two goals before and after they gained a numerical advantage over Bordeaux.
Toulouse 1-1 Nancy
Christopher Jullien 85’ Youssef Ait Bennasser 33’
Toulouse scored late to prevent a home defeat to newly-promoted Nancy.
Rennes 1-2 Bastia
Giovanni Sio 71’ Enzo Crivelli 59’
Gael Danic 63’
There were three goals scored in the second half, but not enough scored by the home team.
Bastia secured the maximum points away at Rennes. It was a Bastia victory that helps the team avoid the threat of relegation and a Rennes defeat that denied the team a chance to improve their odds of finishing in a European qualification spot.
December 18, 2016
Caen 3-0 Metz
Yann Karamoh 20’
Ivan Santini 61’
Pape Sane 90’+3’
Caen moved out of the relegation zone with through a home victory over Metz. The 3-0 win allowed Caen to leap over Metz in the league standings.
Nice 2-1 Dijon
Mario Balotelli 32’(pen) Julio Tavares 37’(pen)
Mario Balotelli 50’
A penalty was awarded in the first half for both teams to get a goal, but Mario Balotelli’s second have poacher’s goal was what gave OGC Nice a very important home victory that opens up the lead at the top of the league standings.
Marseille 2-0 Lille
Bafetimbi Gomis 56’
Florian Thauvin 61’
A third consecutive league victory for Marseille was secured after two second half goals gave the team a home victory that sent the team into the top 6 in the league standings.
Monaco 1-3 Lyon
Tiemoue Bakayoko 70’ Rachid Ghezzal 29’
Mathieu Valbuena 65’
Alexandre Lacazette 87’
A ‘10-man’ Monaco team was defeated at home by Lyon.
The defeat denied Monaco the chance to close up on OGC Nice at the top of the table and to take advantage of the Paris Saint-Germain’s slip to Guingamp.
With a game in hand, this victory puts Lyon five points behind Paris Saint-Germain.
Things are heating up, and everything seems to be working in favor of OGC Nice.
