French Ligue 1 – Round

March 10, 2017

OGC Nice        2-2            Caen

Mario Balotelli 71’                          Ivan Santini 36’

Anastasios Donis 77’                    Yann Karamoh 50’

Their performance at the start of the season has given them title ambitions this season, a point is not good enough for OGC Nice.

Nice had to come from two goals down to avoid a disgraceful home defeat against relegation-threatened Caen.

Marseille         3-0          Angers

Florian Thauvin 9’ 77’

Remy Cabella 20’

Marseille brushed aside Angers for a second league victory in a row after being humiliated by PSG.

March 11, 2017

Monaco          2-1            Bordeaux

Kylian Mbappe Lottin 68’           Diego Rolan 84’

João Moutinho 74’

Monaco has now gone 16 domestic matches without a defeat.

Monaco is moving toward the title after grabbing another league victory from Bordeaux.

Nancy           1-2           Lille

Issiar Dia 31’                           Nicolas De Preville 63’(pen)

                                                  Marcos Lopes 81’

Nancy was denied the chance of getting out of the drop zone when they conceded two goals in the second half.

It was an important away victory for Lille allowed them to avoid the possibility of falling into the drop zone and create some breathing room.

Montpellier       2-3        Nantes

Steve Mounie 12’                        Prejuce Nakoulma 24’ 68’

Ryad Boudebouz 84’                Emiliano Sala 89’

Just when Montpellier thought they had done enough to secure a point, Emiliano Sala scored a goal in the final minute of regulation time for Nantes to take the maximum points.

The away victory allowed Nantes to open a four-point gap between the two sides.  

Rennes            1-1              Dijon

Wesley Said 58’                             Julio Tavares 42’

Dijon became winless in four consecutive league matches when Wesley Said scored a goal for Rennes to get a point at home.

Guingamp        5-0          Bastia

Yannis Salibur 48’

Lucas Deaux 57’

Jimmy Braind 70’

Ludovic Blas 79’

Alexandre Mendy 87’

It was a second half massacre.

Bastia was kept in the relegation zone after conceding 5 goals away to Bastia.

March 12, 2017

Saint-Etienne      2-2    Metz

Robert Beric 53’                         Ismaila Sarr 1’

Loic Perrin 90’+5’                      Simon Falette 67’

A late goal in deep into additional time gave Saint-Etienne a point at home against a Metz side that remains relegation threatened.

Lyon         4-0         Toulouse

Christophe Jallet 36’

Gnaly Maxwell Cornet 47’

Memphis Depay 53’ 84’

Lyon scored four beautiful goals in their home win against Toulouse.  Memphis Depay scored a brace and the game’s final goal; a goal that will be replayed for some time to come.

Lorient         1- 2      Paris Saint-Germain

Michael Ciani 69’               Benjamin Jeannot 28’(o.g)

                                               Christopher Nkunku 52’

It has been a tough couple of days for Paris Saint-Germain, defeat was not an option in this fixture.

PSG got a narrow away victory against bottom table Lorient.