FRENCH LIGUE 1 – Round 27
11 more rounds of the French Ligue 1 to go.
Nice reduced PSG’s lead to 13 points and replaced Marseille in second place.
Rennes moved a point from the third place while opening a 2-point gap on Strasbourg.
Saint-Etienne moved out of the relegation zone for Lorient to drop in.
Bordeaux remained at the bottom.
MATCH RESULTS
Lorient 1-4 Lyon
Lens 0-1 Brest
Nice 1-0 Paris St. Germain
Saint-Etienne 1-0 Metz
Bordeaux 0-2 Troyes
Nantes 2-0 Montpellier
Reims 1-1 Strasbourg
Rennes 2-0 Angers
Lille 4-0 Clermont Foot
Marseille 0-1 Monaco
LEAGUE STANDINGS
1| Paris St. Germain – 62 points
2| Nice – 49 points
3| Marseille – 47 points
4| Rennes – 46 points
5| Strasbourg – 44 points
6| Nantes – 42 points
7| Lille – 42 points
8| Monaco – 41 points
9| Lyon – 41 points
10| Lens – 40 points
11| Montpellier – 37 points
12| Brest – 35 points
13| Reims – 32 points
14| Angers – 29 points
15| Clermont – 28 points
16| Troyes – 25 points
17| Saint-Etienne – 25 points
18| Lorient – 24 points
19| Metz – 22 points
20| Bordeaux – 22 points
Nice got a point in Paris in the reverse fixture, knocked out Paris St. Germain from the Coupe de France a few weeks ago, and have now made home advantage count with the three points at home.
Andy Delort’s goal in the 88th goal decided the game for Nice to use a 1-0 win to climb to second in the standings.
Franck Honorat’s 59th-minute goals got Brest a ‘1-0’ victory to Lens.
A ‘1-0’ victory at home over Metz got Saint-Etienne back to picking up points after their defeat in Paris in the last round.
Troyes’s 2-0 win against Bordeaux was their first victory in six matches while extending Bordeaux to five matches without a win.
It took about 70 minutes for a goal but Nantes got a 2-0 win against Montpellier to double their celebration for reaching the Coupe de France finals. The result also made Nantes unbeaten in the last 4 league games {3 wins that include a 3-1 victory over Paris St. Germain}.
Reims held Strasbourg to a point.
Three goals in the final 20 minutes were added to Jonathan Bamba’s match-winning goal in the third minute for Lille to follow their victory at Lyon with a comfortable 4-0 win at home against Clermont.
To be fair to Clermont, they played with a numerical disadvantage in the final 22 minutes after Abdul Samed picked up a second yellow in the 68th minute.
Gelson Martins scored the only goal of the game in the 58th minute allowing Monaco to the three points in Marseille.
Monaco’s first win in fear league games. Marseille goes three matches without a league victory.
