Lyon won against Nice on Saturday at the 14th day of Ligue 1, and goes up in the first part of the ranking. Angers temporarily dislodges Marseille from 2nd place after his victory against Nîmes.

Lyon played Nice (2-1) on Saturday in the 14th matchday of Ligue 1, to move up in the first part of the standings, while Angers beat Nimes 1-0 and temporarily dislodged Marseille from the place of dolphin of Paris SG.

Long reduced to ten during this 14th day, OL was close to being joined against Nice. But the Gones have held on to move up from 14th to 7th place provisional. At Parc OL, where the game had to be interrupted a dozen minutes because of smoke, the team of Rudi Garcia did everything well during the first half hour: Jeff Queen Adelaide (10th), author of his first goal in the jersey of Lyon, then Moussa Dembélé penalty (28th) took advantage of two rude mistakes of the defense Nice. But Marçal, in a defensive gesture poorly controlled, sent his foot in the face of an opponent (34th) and collected a red card that changed everything.

At ten against eleven, Lyon fell back, and without video arbitration (VAR), Kasper Dolberg could have reduced the score in the 49th minute. The Dane did not succeed until the 78th minute, too late for Nicois too clumsy and finally reduced to ten after the exclusion of Patrick Burner for a second warning (85th).

Angers clings to the podium

Despite a blow in October, Angers continues to cling to the podium of the Ligue 1 and even went back to second provisional place (24th pts) ahead Marseille (3rd, 22 pts), traveling to Toulouse Sunday night. At home, the team of Stéphane Moulin signed a short victory but precious (1-0) against Nimes, on a goal of Thomas Mangani on the hour of play.

Nantes and Reims, who both hoped to get on the podium, were held in check respectively at Brest (1-1) and Metz (1-1). At the Francis-Le Blé stadium, Nantes striker Kalifa Coulibaly put an end to two months of scoreless offense by scoring an acrobatic recovery and a little lucky (31st). But the Brestois have maintained the doubt in the minds of the players of Christian Gourcuff, who have not won in Ligue 1 since October 5: Irving Cardona scored a scoundrel goal, an angle shot close to the post (68th).

Even frustration for Reims, who led through his central defender Axel Disasi (7th): Adama Traore has brought Metz high and private the Champenois third place provisional!

Strasbourg and Dijon breathe

For the first time this season, Strasbourg finally won away in the league and it was Amiens who paid the price, in painful proportions: victory 4-0 Alsatians at the stage of the Unicorn.

On the side of Dijon, we start to specialize in surprises against big budgets: after the 2-1 win against Paris SG early November, the Burgundians this time overturned (2-1) Rennes, who had opened the scoring.