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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris Saint-Germain | 34 | 24 | 4 | 6 | +45 | 76 |
| Lens | 34 | 22 | 4 | 8 | +31 | 70 |
| Lille | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | +15 | 61 |
| Lyon | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | +13 | 60 |
| Marseille | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | +18 | 59 |
| Stade Rennais | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | +9 | 59 |
| AS Monaco | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | +6 | 54 |
| Strasbourg | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | +11 | 53 |
| Lorient | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | -3 | 45 |
| Toulouse | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | +1 | 44 |
| Paris FC | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 44 |
| Brest | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | -12 | 39 |
| Angers | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | -19 | 36 |
| Le Havre AC | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | -12 | 35 |
| AJ Auxerre | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 34 |
| Nice | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | -23 | 32 |
| Nantes | 33 | 5 | 8 | 20 | -23 | 23 |
| Metz | 34 | 3 | 8 | 23 | -44 | 17 |
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