Strasbourg and Lens part good friends, Reims pushes Montpellier

This Sunday, the Ligue 1 multiplex offered us three matches that were worth watching. In a Meinau which brought him luck last week against Marseille (1-0), Strasbourg met Lens. An enticing meeting between two teams in form while the Sang et Or are still undefeated in Ligue 1 this season. In full swing, it was the latter who opened the scoring after five minutes of play. Launched behind the defense by Adrien Thomasson, M’Bala Nzola stole his ball to deceive Petrovic (0-1, 5th) . The Alsatian reaction was not long in coming and after a first alert from Emegha (14th), Abakar Sylla allowed RCSA to equalize from a corner (1-1, 18th). The Lensoise response came from Andy Diouf. Already dangerous ten minutes before (33rd), the Artesian midfielder sent RC Lens ahead just before the break with mischief (1-2, 45th).

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Returning from the locker room, the match was as spectacular as in the first half. Eager to get back to the score, Liam Rosenior’s men pressed and were threatening around the Lens area. While Guela Doué (49th) and Emanuel Emegha (55th) alerted Brice Samba, Andrey Santos caused a penalty after being surrounded by Chavez in the Artesian area. Habib Diarra, like a good captain, did not tremble to equalize (2-2, 60th). Ultimately, the match no longer evolved despite a host of opportunities which could have given victory to each of the two teams. With this spectacular draw, Lens remains sixth while Strasbourg is hot on their heels in seventh place in the standings.

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Brest takes on Le Havre, Reims climbs to fourth place

Building on a resounding victory against RB Salzburg on Tuesday in the Champions League (4-0), Stade Brestois was to continue in Ligue 1 this Sunday. And facing Le Havre, the Ty-Zefs accomplished their mission. Despite Le Havre’s domination in the first period, SB29 created the best opportunities and quickly opened the scoring thanks to a superb inspiration from Ludovic Ajorque (1-0, 12th). And while the oldest club was outnumbered at the start of the second period with the expulsion of Etienne Youté Kinkoué (49th), Massadio Haïdara was also sent off by Benoît Millot after collecting a second yellow card (73rd). Facts of play which did not upset the match and which did not prevent Brest from pocketing the three points and moving back into the standings with Ibrahim Salah’s first goal at the end of the match.

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In the last meeting at 5 p.m., Reims confirmed that they had to be counted on this season. Authors of a superb start to the season with two draws against Marseille (2-2) and Paris (1-1), Luka Elsner’s men have dominated a struggling Montpellier since the start of the season. On a cross from Diakité, Marshall Munetsi opened the scoring very early in the match (1-0, 6th). Keito Nakamura, in great form since the start of this vintage, doubled the lead in the 25th minute (2-0). And despite Nordin’s powerful strike to reduce the gap (37th), Reims did not tremble and took off thanks to a precise Oumar Diakité after a caviar from Nakamura. And even if Nordin revived the idea of ​​a crazy end to the match, Teddy Teuma completed the Champagne success from the penalty spot in added time. Reims climbs to 4th place and returns to level with OM in the ranking. Montpellier is 17th.

Reims 4-2 Montpellier : Munetsi (6th), Nakamura (25th), Diakité (57th); Teuma (90+3e) / Nordin (37e, 90+1e)
Strasbourg 2-2 Lens: Sylla (18th), Diarra (60th) / Nzola (5th), Diouf (45th)
Brest 2-0 Le Havre: Ajorque (12th), Salah (90+3rd)