Lyon beats Saint-Etienne, Rennes sinks against Toulouse, Montpellier reassures itself against Brest

Lyon won 1-0 against Saint-Étienne in this great derby of French football, Sunday November 10, during the eleventh day of Ligue 1. At the same time, Rennes sank to Toulouse 2-0 before the eyes by Jorge Sampaoli, strongly anticipated to take the lead of the Breton team and present at Roazhon Park.

At Groupama Stadium, Alexandre Lacazette, Lyon captain, gave his team the 125th derby against Saint-Étienne, scoring the only goal of the match in the first period (1-0, 29th). Ernest Nuamah, who entered at the end of the match, thought he would put Lyon away (81st), but his goal was invalidated by the VAR due to a preliminary handball from Georges Mikautadze.

This victory at the end of an open match, of a very good technical level, where the Greens had a few opportunities to come back in the second half despite Lyon’s domination, allows OL to occupy, with 18 points and before the international break, fifth place in Ligue 1. Saint-Étienne, who did not deserve anything, remains sixteenth, the play-off place, tied on points with Angers and Nantes (ten points each).

Earlier on Sunday, Stade Rennes, which parted ways with its coach Julien Stéphan on Thursday, failed to create an electric shock and collapsed against Toulouse under the eyes of Jorge Sampaoli, conceding two goals in the first half hour of play. The Argentinian, who could sign up with the Breton club at the start of the week, will have work to do: the Bretons are stuck in thirteenth place in Ligue 1, one point behind only from the relegation zone.

The TFC, thanks to its victory in Brittany, dislodged Strasbourg from tenth place in the ranking.

Homophobic chants in Le Havre

At the same time, in the middle of celebrating the club’s 50th anniversary, Montpellier reassured itself at home by beating Brest 3 to 1, but above all by putting an end to a series of five defeats in the championship. Montpellier, if still bottom, is getting closer to Le Havre, soundly beaten at home by Reims 3-0, who are only two points ahead of the Languedocians.

Brest, irresistible in the Champions League, is slipping in Ligue 1 where the Breton club only occupies twelfth place, with thirteen points.

Reims, which remained on three defeats, carried out a very good operation in the ranking by jumping three places. The Rémois are sixth, tied on points with Nice and Lens (17 each).

After the third Reims goal, the match was briefly interrupted in a moment of confusion where homophobic chants were sung from the stands of the Océane stadium.

At the start of the afternoon, Nice managed to snatch a point against Lille in a high-level match (2-2), thanks to a goal at the very end of added time from young newcomer Tom Louchet, at the Allianz Riviera .

With 19 points, Lille remains fourth, one length behind Marseille and the podium, while this late equalization allows the Aiglons to maintain their momentum, with seven games without defeat in Ligue 1, and to remain at least provisionally in fifth place with 17 points.

The twelfth day of Ligue 1 will be held after the international window which opens on Monday, with Monaco-Brest and PSG-Toulouse on November 22.