FRENCH LIGUE 1 Round 8.

Sept. 16.
Auxerre 1-3 Lorient

Sept. 17.
Montpellier 2-1 Strasbourg
Lille 2-1 Toulouse

Sept. 18.
Reims 0-3 Monaco
Brest 0-1 Ajaccio
Clermont Foot 1-3 Troyes
Marseille 1-1 Rennes
Nice 0-1 Angers
Nantes 0-0 Lens
Lyon 0-1 Paris St. Germain

Both Marseille and Lens dropped points in this round to allow Paris St. Germain to move 2 points in the lead with a win at Lyon.
Apart from the positional change between Lens and Lorient, the ‘top 4’ has the same occupants.

Ajaccio won their first of the season to tighten up the relegation battle.

LEAGUE STANDINGS

1| Paris St. Germain – 22 points
2| Marseille – 20 points
3| Lorient – 19 points
4| Lens – 18 points
5| Monaco – 14 points
6| Lyon – 13 points
7| Lille – 13 points
8| Rennes – 12 points
9| Montpellier – 12 points
10| Troyes – 10 points
11| Clermont – 10 points
12| Toulouse – 8 points
13| Nice – 8 points
14| Angers – 8 points
15| Nantes – 7 points
16| Auxerre – 7 points
17| Reims – 6 points
18| Strasbourg – 5 points
19| Brest – 5 points
20| Ajaccio – 4 points

Auxerre suffered their fourth league defeat, while Lorient enjoyed their fourth league win.

Teji Savanier scored a late penalty to get Montpellier a 2-1 lead in the 5th minute of the final added time. Montpellier ended a streak of defeat at two, while Strasbourg ended a streak of draws at three.

Monaco wins three league games in a row after a 3-0 win at Reims.
Two goals in the dying minutes from Takumi Minamino and Wissam Ben Yedder allowed Monaco to beat a 10-man Reims by a presentable margin of victory.

Matteo Guendouzi scored both goals as Marseille dropped points at home in a 1-1 draw with Rennes.

Jean-Clair Todibo received a red card nine seconds into the match to leave Nice with a numerical disadvantage until the 62nd minute when Sofian Boufal accumulated yellow cards to even the playing field. Angers was already up a goal by then and won the game with that goal.

Lens stayed unbeaten but Nantes picked up a deserved point at home after a goalless draw Lens.

Lionel Messi’s goal in the 5th-minute goat PArist St. Germain the win at Lyon to keep the top spot in the league.