November 25, 2016
Rennes 1-0 Toulouse
Yoann Gourcuff 1’
A very early goal gave Rennes an important home victory over Toulouse.
A victory for Toulouse would have taken them above Rennes in the league standings, something Rennes couldn’t afford to let happen in front of their home crowd.
November 26, 2016
Monaco 4-0 Marseille
Gabriel Boschilia 23’
Valere Germain 29’ 39’
Guido Marcelo Carrillo 90’+2’
This match was over at the break. A third consecutive league victory for Monaco.
Goal scoring is something Monaco does well in the 2016/17 Ligue 1 season.
Three first half goals and an additional goal in the second half gave Monaco a comfortable home victory over Marseille.
??11 wins in 14 games !!! (4-0) #ASMOM
⚽️23’ Boschilia
⚽️29’ Germain
⚽️39’ Germain
⚽️90+1’ Carrillo pic.twitter.com/epuCIn3zF5— AS Monaco EN (@AS_Monaco_EN) November 26, 2016
Bordeaux 3-2 Dijon
Diego Rolan 48’ Mehdi Abeid 44’
Francois Kamano 88’ 90+3’ Julio Tavares 62’
I was a consecutive defeat and a fourth consecutive winless league match for Dijon.
Bordeaux came from behind through two late goals from Francois Kamano to get an important home win against newly-promoted Dijon.
Montpellier 0-0 Nancy
It was a consecutive draw for Montpellier after they failed to grab a home win over newly promoted Nancy.
Nantes 0-0 Lille
After three league defeats in a row, a goalless draw against Nantes was an improvement for Lille.
Nantes record is not too far off from Lille’s. A point was fitting for the sides.
Caen 1-1 Guingamp
Sylvio Rodelin 79’ Nill De Pauw 85’
Caen couldn’t hold on to a late lead and allowed Nill De Pauw to score and equalizing goal for Guingamp.
Metz 3-3 Lorient
Simon Falette 11’ Abdul Majeed Waris 17’
Thibaut Vion 75’ 78’ Benjamin Moukandjo 54’ 31’(pen)
Struggling Lorient could hold on to a lead to take maximum points from their away fixture against Metz.
Thibaut Von scored a late brace within three minutes to stop Metz from receiving a home defeat at the hands of Lorient.
November 27, 2016
Angers 1-2 Saint-Etienne
Nicolas Pepe 18’ Florentin Pogba 59’
Oussama Tannane 78’
An early penalty miss by Famara Diedhiou came back to bite Angers as they lost a home match in which they had a lead at the half.
Two second half goals from Saint-Etienne delivered an away victory that opened a 3-points gap in points in the league standings between the two teams.
Nice 1-1 SC Bastia
Alassane Plea 11’ Enzo Crivelli 60’
OGC Nice dropped massive points at home after failing to hold on to an early lead.
Bastia’s fourth draw of the season denied OGC Nice an opportunity to open a comfortable gap at the top of the Ligue 1 table.
The result keeps Monaco just a point away from OGC Nice and allows a victory for Paris Saint-Germain to close the gap to a point as well.
Lyon 1-2 Paris Saint-Germain
Mathieu Valbuena 48’ Edinson Cavani 30’(pen) 81′
Edinson Cavani scored a brace to see Paris Saint-Germain take advantage of OGC Nice slip at the top and move a point closer to the summit with an away win over Lyon.
It was a result that put a stop to three consecutive league victories for Lyon and extended Paris Saint-Germain winning streak in the league to four.
