Lille warmed up for next week's trip to Liverpool in the Champions League by coming from behind to beat Nice 2-1 on Friday and climb up to third place in Ligue 1 as they capitalised on Monaco's surprise defeat earlier.

If Angers gets a breath of fresh air by jumping to 13th place, Le Havre and Montpellier, penultimate and bottom respectively, are starting to capitulate. These two bad students will have to find unsuspected resources during the return phase to get back on the road. Strasbourg and Toulouse are in the right car, if not in front.

French Ligue 1 results on Saturday: Saint-Etienne v Nantes (1400), Reims v Le Havre, Angers v Auxerre (both 1615), Marseille v Strasbourg (1945)

Paris Saint-Germain remains unbeaten at the top of the French league after a narrow victory over Saint-Etienne, with Ousmane Dembélé scoring twice. Meanwhile, video-assisted refereeing decisions created drama across multiple matches.

Heading into this weekend, the INEOS-owned club sit sixth in the Ligue 1 standings. It is to Haise and his players' immense credit that Nice have lost only three of their opening 16 games of 2024-25, despite almost never being able to field their best starting line-up.

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French Ligue 1 results on Friday: Lens v Paris Saint-Germain (1600), Rennes v Brest (1800), Lyon v Toulouse (2005)

Deiver Machado scored late as seventh-place Lens won 2-1 at struggling Le Havre in the French league on Sunday to move one point behind Lyon in sixth.The Colombia defender headed powerfully home from Poland winger Przemyslaw Frankowski's cross in the 77th minute.

The Parisians win against Lens, while De Zerbi's team draws at home against Racing Strasbourg. Now nine points separate the two teams

Brest 2, Lyon 1 Advertisement Article continues below this ad Reims 2, Nice 4 Rennes 1, Marseille 2 Le Havre 1, Lens 2 Advertisement Article continues below this ad Toulouse 1, Strasbourg 2

The race to sign Marseille centre-forward Elye Wahi (22) is heating up as Bournemouth are set to rival West Ham United and Eintracht Frankfurt, according to

Lille are currently eighth in the Champions League standings and are hoping to clinch a spot in the knockout phase when they visit Anfield.