- Téji Savanier (90'+1' Pen)
- Nuno Tavares (47')
- Maxime Estève (61' OG)
- Nuno Tavares (87')
Marseille beat Montpellier to preserve top-three spot
A well-placed goal from Nuno Tavares and an own goal from Maxime Esteve handed Olympique de Marseille a 2-1 win over Montpellier, ensuring they stayed third in Ligue 1 on Monday.
The result allowed Igor Tudor's side to narrow the gap with leaders Paris Saint-Germain to eight points. They have 36 points from 17 games, four behind Lens in second place.
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Lens beat PSG 3-1 on Sunday to hand the champions their first league loss of the season.
Montpellier keeper Jonas Omlin denied Jordan Veretout a goal two minutes after the break but Tavares was quick to pounce and he fired the rebound into the top-right corner to break the deadlock.
Esteve then sealed the win for the visitors in the 61st minute when he headed the ball into his own net after a set piece.
Tavares was shown a straight red card three minutes from time after a severe late challenge on Arnaud Souquet.
Teji Savanier converted a penalty in stoppage time for Montpellier but they could not prevent Marseille from bagging all three points.
Game Information
- Referees:
- Ruddy Buquet
French Ligue 1 Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paris Saint-Germain | 29 | 19 | 9 | 1 | +44 | 66 |
AS Monaco | 29 | 16 | 7 | 6 | +17 | 55 |
Brest | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | +15 | 53 |
Lille | 29 | 14 | 10 | 5 | +18 | 52 |
Nice | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | +9 | 47 |
Lens | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | +7 | 46 |
Stade Rennais | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | +8 | 42 |
Lyon | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | -10 | 41 |
Marseille | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | +8 | 40 |
Stade de Reims | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 40 |
Toulouse | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | -3 | 37 |
Montpellier | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 36 |
Strasbourg | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | -8 | 36 |
Nantes | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | -20 | 31 |
Metz | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | -18 | 29 |
Le Havre AC | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -11 | 28 |
Lorient | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -20 | 26 |
Clermont Foot | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -28 | 22 |