The Lensois leave the Rennais the place of provisional dolphin of Paris SG and are now under threat from Nice (4th), which goes to Clermont (5pm), and Marseille (5th), traveling to Lyon (8:45 pm).

Four goals scored against Troyes in Bollaert, four goals conceded in Brest.

In the space of an international truce, Franck Haise's team has gone from one extreme to the other and is now 13 points behind the Parisian leader, who won Nantes 3-1 on Saturday at the Parc des Princes.

The Lensois conceded two goals after set pieces, by Steve Mounié (3rd) and Brendan Chardonnet (13th) and two superb strikes from Romain Faivre (33rd) and Jérémy Le Douaron (69th).

The Sang et Or finished the match at 10 after the exclusion of Arnaud Kalimuendo (73rd).

The Brestois extend their good series with a third consecutive victory and go back to 13th place.

The poorly classified rebel

The Angevins, them, had not won since the beginning of October.

Thanks to a penalty from Thomas Mangani (67th), the SCO won 1-0 at the Raymond Kopa stadium against Lorient (14th) and temporarily climbed to 6th place.

Angers is followed by Strasbourg (7th) who saved the point from a draw at La Meinau after having long been led by Reims (15th).

The Rémois opened the scoring with Hugo Ekitike (22nd), before being joined in added time with a superb free kick from Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (90 + 7).

The Angevins dominated FC Lorient thanks to a penalty transformed by Thomas Mangani (left) at the Raymond-Kopa stadium on November 21, 2021.

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After his first success in the league against Clermont at the beginning of November (3-2), Saint-Etienne confirmed his revival by going to win in Troyes 1-0 thanks to a distant strike of any beauty from Miguel Trauco (61st).

The Greens remain penultimate in the standings but temporarily return to one point from the play-off place.

The red lantern Metz had a crazy home game against Bordeaux.

Led 2-0, the Garnets finally snatched the 3-3 draw thanks in particular to a double from Opa Nguette and being reduced to 10. Rémi Oudin scored a double for the Bordelais who nevertheless left their place of play-off with this draw (17th).

The Messins remain last but have not lost for three matches.

On Friday, the reigning French champion Lille had conceded a draw in Monaco (2-2) after leading 2-0.

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