Nîmes lost to Olympique de Marseille in the first match of the thirteenth day of Ligue 1. The Marseille club won 2-0 thanks to goals from Dario Benedetto and Valère Germain.
OM thus temporarily pass second in the championship, just behind Paris Saint-Germain.
Marseille won a fifth straight league victory in Nîmes (2-0) with goals from Dario Benedetto (57th) and Valère Germain (84th), Friday in the advanced match of the 13th day of Ligue 1. The club thus passes provisionally 2nd in the ranking.
OM, despite two games late, is only one point behind the leader, Paris Saint-Germain, who travels to Montpellier (6th at 2 pts) on Saturday.
Nîmes (16th) conceded its eighth defeat of the season, the fourth in a row at home.
Results of the 13th day of Ligue 1 football:
Friday 4 December
Nîmes - Marseille 0 - 2
Saturday 5 December
(5 p.m.) Rennes - Lens
(9
p.m.
) Montpellier - Paris SG
Sunday December 6
(1:00 p.m.) Lille - Monaco
(3:00 p.m.) Angers - Lorient
Bordeaux - Brest
Nantes - Strasbourg
Dijon - Saint-Etienne
(5:00 p.m.) Reims - Nice
(9:00
p.m.
) Metz - Lyon
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