Performance: Lyon
The championship is totally relaunched! After the victories of Lille and OM, Lyon did not fail and went to seek a precious success on the ground of Paris (1-0), in the shock of the 14th day. Without a solution in the midfield and handicapped by the absence of Marquinhos, the capital club already bowed for the 4th time this season.
Thanks to Tino Kadewere, the man who had already allowed them to reverse the trend in the derby, the Lyonnais have an 11th game in a row without defeat in Ligue 1 and are now at the top of the standings, preceded only by Lille.
The counter-performance: Saint-Etienne, the slow agony
Decidedly, the taste for victory is far from Forez. By drawing a draw on his lawn against Angers, Saint-Etienne sinks even further into doubt with an 11th game without a win (4 draws, 7 losses). This is the club’s worst top-flight streak in the 21st century.
Fifteenth with 13 points, just two units from the jump-off, there is an emergency for Claude Puel’s players. The trip to Bordeaux on Wednesday promises to be so important.
The player: Niang, a comeback
End of the disaster series. Rennes, which had not won for eight matches in all competitions, finally relaunched in Nice with the first goal this season from Mbaye Niang. On a loss of ball from the Nice defense, Adrien Truffert managed an interception and served Niang, who put in a shot from outside the area (28th).
The number: Marseille goes on
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Olympique de Marseille have won each of their last 6 matches in Ligue 1, the best current streak in the top flight. OM have not done better since August-October 2014 (8) with Marcelo Bielsa.
The sentence: Christophe Pélissier
It’s a perfect evening. It’s a relief because it was heavy not to score, not to be rewarded. You have to savor and recover well.
The Lorient coach was relieved this Sunday after his team’s success against Nîmes (3-0). His training finally scored and finally won, which had not happened to the Merlus since October 17 and a success on the lawn of Reims (3-1). There was therefore an emergency for the Breton club, which will travel to the PSG lawn for the next day.
Le but: le corner direct d’Arbër Zeneli
Despite the defeat of Stade de Reims (1-2), Arbër Zeneli distinguished himself on the Brest lawn by scoring on a corner… direct! Back in shape after a last season marred by injuries, the Kosovar right winger wound up a few minutes after coming into play (59th) a love of the right ball, which ended its race in the opposite window of the Breton goalkeeper Gautier Larsonneur, totally beaten (65th).
More info: Nantes supporters back up
Clashes broke out on Sunday near the Beaujoire stadium in Nantes between the police and 250 to 300 supporters who came to denounce the management of President Waldemar Kita. “FC Kita, we don’t want it,” chanted the fans, before cracking several smoke bombs at the entrance to the main car park. While around twenty CRS buses were mobilized, the police intervened to prevent them from entering the parking lot, with repeated shootings of tear gas, some of which landed on the neighboring ring road.
