Paris Saint-Germain beat Lens (1-0) on Saturday and took a six-point lead after ten days at the top of Ligue 1 over Monaco, beaten the day before by Angers (1-0), and Brest lost at home against Nice (1-0).
Olympique de Marseille could return to the level of ASM (20 points) if they win in Nantes on Sunday for the last match of the day.
Thanks to a goal from Ousmane Dembélé, his fifth in Ligue 1 this season, PSG has 26 points out of 30 possible.
But Luis Enrique's team still suffered to win, lacking efficiency and conceding chances, even in numerical superiority, before welcoming Atlético Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday.
“We lacked efficiency but it was a good match. We did the job before the Champions League match,” commented striker Dembélé on Canal Plus.
Lens, who finished with ten men after the exclusion of Uzbek defender Abdukodir Khusanov on the hour mark for a tackle on Achraf Hakimi, fell to 8th place, pending the other matches of the 10th day.
Nice (5th) doubled the “Sang et Or” by winning in Brest thanks to Evann Guessand’s third goal in three matches. The Gym is doing better with this second victory in a row, after that in the derby against Monaco (2-1). Previously, Nice had three draws in the league and two defeats in the Europa League.
On the other hand, it is a setback for Brest, after a rebound in L1, seven points taken out of nine, magnified by its excellent start to the Champions League.
Saturday evening Saint-Étienne (16th) welcomes Strasbourg (9th), and on Sunday the last two, Le Havre (17th) and Montpellier (18th) face each other in Normandy.
