Montpellier v Marseille
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lens | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | +19 | 43 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | +25 | 42 |
| Marseille | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | +22 | 35 |
| Lille | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | +8 | 32 |
| Stade Rennais | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | +5 | 31 |
| Lyon | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | +8 | 30 |
| Strasbourg | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | +6 | 27 |
| Toulouse | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | +6 | 26 |
| AS Monaco | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 23 |
| Brest | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 22 |
| Angers | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 22 |
| Lorient | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | -7 | 22 |
| Paris FC | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 19 |
| Le Havre AC | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | -8 | 19 |
| Nice | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -14 | 18 |
| Nantes | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -13 | 14 |
| AJ Auxerre | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -14 | 12 |
| Metz | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -21 | 12 |
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