Sunday’s Ligue 1 Round-Up: Marseille, Lille Claim Away Wins as Le Mans Stun Monaco

Marseille won 2-1 at Lens, Lille beat Rennes by the same score, and there were clean sheets for Brest, Lorient and Nice. Le Mans rescued a point against Monaco in stoppage time.

Marseille beat Lens 2-1 at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis. Amine Gouiri scored in the 2nd minute, and Florian Thauvin levelled for Lens in the 20th with a header from a Florian Sotoca cross. Substitute Keyliane Abdallah scored the winner in the 82nd minute, four minutes after coming on. Lens missed four big chances, while Marseille keeper Jeffrey De Lange made five saves and was named Player of the Match.

Lille won 2-1 at Rennes. Soriba Diaoune put Lille ahead in the 24th minute, and Boulaye Dia levelled for Rennes in the 31st from a corner. Nathan Ngoy scored the winner in the 68th minute with a left-footed shot into the low corner. Rennes had 56% of the ball and 15 shots to Lille’s 11, but only two of them were on target. Lille made 36 clearances to hold on.

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Brest beat Lyon 2-0. Noah Edjouma scored in the 22nd minute after neat work from Kamory Doumbia. Ludovic Ajorque added a penalty in the 90th minute after Bradley Locko won the spot kick. Lyon had 69% of the ball but created little, and Brest had the better chances.

Lorient won 2-0 at Le Havre. Isaak Touré scored in the 18th minute with a left-footed finish after a pass from Arsène Kouassi, and Jean Victor Makengo sealed it on the break in the 90+5 minute. Le Havre had 21 shots, but only five were on target and nine were blocked. Lorient keeper Yvon Mvogo made five saves.

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Nice beat Angers 2-0. Sofiane Diop scored in the 2nd minute from a Mohamed Amoura assist, and Jonathan Clauss made it 2-0 in the 78th minute. Angers missed three big chances, and Nice keeper Yehvann Diouf stopped everything that mattered.

Le Mans drew 1-1 with Monaco. Mamadou Coulibaly put Monaco ahead in the 40th minute, and substitute Erwan Colas levelled for Le Mans in the 90th minute from a corner. Le Mans had 19 shots to Monaco’s 5, but keeper Lukáš Hrádecký made four saves.