The title race is getting tighter among three teams; Lyon, Paris St. Germain, and Lille.
Lyon’s lead at the top is narrowed to a point after dropping points at Rennes.
Paris St.Germain moved up a position and equal Lille on points.
Lille dropped points and in positions.
Monaco enters the ‘top four’ with a win against Angers.
Monaco replaced a Rennes side that blew a 2-goal lead in the final minutes against Lyon.
A goalless draw with Dijon dropped Marseille down a position to 6th.
The draw made Dijon the only side in the bottom three that picked up a point.
Leading goalscorers.
Boulaye Dia (Reims) – 12 goals
Kylian Mbappé (Paris St. Germain) – 12 goals
Memphis Depay (Lyon) – 11 goals
BORDEAUX 2-1 LORIENT
Goal Scorers – Bordeaux – Rémi Oudin 13′ 43′
Goal Scorers – Lorient – Terem Moffi 23′
DIJON 0-0 MARSEILLE
LENS 0-1 STRASBOURG
Goal Scorers – Strasbourg – Habibou Diallo 21
METZ 1-1 NICE
Goal Scorers – Metz – John Boye 79′
Goal Scorers – Nice – Amine Gouiri 18′(pen)
MONACO 3-0 ANGERS
Goal Scorers – Monaco – Guillermo Maripan 40′ Kevin Volland 72′ Stevan Jovetic 81′
MONTPELLIER 1-1 NANTES
Goal Scorers – Montpellier – Ambroise Bitolo 7′
Goal Scorers – Nantes – Imran Louza 61′
NIMES 0-1 LILLE
Goal Scorers – Lille – Burak Yilmaz 29′
PARIS ST. GERMAIN 3-0 BREST
Goal Scorers – Paris St. Germain – Moise Kean 16′ Mauro Icardi 81′ Pablo Sarabia 83′
REIMS 3-1 SAINT-ETIENNE
Goal Scorers – Reims – Boulaye Dia 12′ 37′ Mathieu Cafaro 58′
Goal Scorers – Saint-Etienne – Charles Abi 72′
RENNES 2-2 LYON
Goal Scorers – Rennes – Clément Grenier 20′ Benjamin Bourigeaud 55′
Goal Scorers – Lyon – Memphis Depay 79′ Jason Denayer 82′
Remi Oudin scored the winning goal at the end of the first half to restore the league he had given Bordeaux in the 13th-minute. Bordeaux wil 2-1 at home to Lorient.
The best Marseille could do at Dijon was a point from a goalless draw.
Strasbourg used a 1-0 away victory against Lens to cut the point gap between the two teams down to 7 points.
Jon Boye’s goal saved Metz a point against Nice. Metz maintained the 2-point gap between the two teams in the standings.
Monaco have bounced back from 3 straight defeats with a 4-game unbeaten run; that is made up of three wins a draw.
Kevin Volland scored the insurance goal and assisted the opening and closing goal of the match for Monaco to get the three points from a comfortable 3-0 win against Angers.
Montpellier and Nantes split the points after a 1-1 draw in an evenly contested fixture.
Lille bounced back from their defeat in the last round with a narrow 1-0 win at Nimes.
A comfortable 3-0 win at home over Brest was how Paris St. Germain won their first game under Mauricio Pochentino.
Boulaya Dia contributed a first half brace in Reims win against Saint-Etienne.
Two late goals allowed Lyon to escape Rennes with a point. Not what Lyon needed to keep the point gap they had at the top of the league standings, but coming from behind to avoid defeat is always better than not.
