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Saint-Etienne and Monaco, who remained on a loss in the league, have returned to success by winning respectively against Nice (4-1) and Toulouse (2-1), Wednesday at the 16th day of Ligue 1.
In the evening, PSG (1st, 33 points) will try to consolidate its leading position against Nantes (9th, 23 pts) in front of its public, three days after its express return to Monaco for a meeting finally postponed due to bad weather .
. Welcome rebound for Sainté and ASM
Three days after his defeat in extremis in Rennes, Saint-Etienne immediately bounced back. By outclassing Nice (4-1) at Geoffroy-Guichard, Claude Puel's players moved up to 5th place, at Lille (4th, 25 pts), and one point off the podium.
The Greens made the difference thanks to a double of Denis Bouanga, first author of a goal on penalty (11th) before doubling the bet of a crossed head (58th). Kasper Dolberg had equalized for the Nice (15th) before seeing his team sink defensively ...
Freaked in the second part of the table, the formation of Patrick Vieira connects a sixth defeat away away.
In Toulouse, Monaco (13th, 21 pts) did not suffer from lack of competition to give air to the rankings. Forced to see his match against Paris, initially scheduled Sunday but postponed due to bad weather, the ASM snatched a valuable success (2-1).
. Rennes confirms, Montpellier tramples
In the eye of the cyclone of its leaders, Leonardo Jardim saw the inevitable Wissam Ben Yedder open the scoring quickly on penalty (5th), then Yaya Sanogo equalize. His coaching with Gelson Martins' start was rewarded with the goal of the win at the very end of the game (84th).
After defeating Saint-Etienne on Sunday with a header from his captain Damien Da Silva in the last minute of extra time (90th +3), Rennes confirmed his good form by winning against Metz (1-0).
It was Adrien Hunou who scored the only goal of the game (39th), allowing the Rennais to rank 7th (24 pts).
Montpellier (6th, 24 pts) thought he had done the hardest by leading 2-1 against Dijon until the 73rd minute. But Mavididi snatched the draw late in the game (2-2), depriving teammates Andy Delort a second consecutive success and a place at the foot of the podium.
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