- Andy Delort (45', 49')
- Hatem Ben Arfa (5')
- Benjamin Bourigeaud (71' Pen)
Thauvin treble sees Marseille home in on Ligue 1 top four
PARIS, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Olympique Marseille closed in on the Ligue 1 top four with a Florian Thauvin hat-trick earning them a 3-1 win at struggling Amiens on Sunday while Montpellier and Lille both slipped up.The win lifted Marseille two places up to fifth on 25 points from 14 games, one behind third-placed Lille and fourth-placed Montpellier.Lille were beaten 2-0 at Nice while Montpellier were held to a 2-2 home draw by Rennes, allowing Olympique Lyonnais to stay second on 27 points -- 15 behind champions and leaders Paris St Germain, who have won all their 14 games.Thauvin carved out his memorable treble for Marseille after Bakaye Dibassy had given 16th-placed Amiens an early lead.He put the visitors level in the 26th minute after good work by Morgan Sanson, fired them ahead in the 80th minute from a free kick and then sealed the win in stoppage time after team mate Dimitri Payet had missed a penalty.Two goals by Montpellier's Andy Delort cancelled out Hatem Ben Arfa's fifth-minute opener for Rennes but the visitors salvaged a point thanks to a 71st-minute penalty from Benjamin Bourigeaud.Mario Balotelli set up Wylan Cyprien to fire Nice ahead against Lille in the 25th minute and Allan Saint-Maximin wrapped up the contest with a clinical finish in the closing stages. (Writing by Zoran Milosavljevic; Editing by Ian Chadband)
Game Information
French Ligue 1 Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paris Saint-Germain | 31 | 20 | 10 | 1 | +47 | 70 |
AS Monaco | 31 | 17 | 7 | 7 | +17 | 58 |
Brest | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | +16 | 56 |
Lille | 31 | 15 | 10 | 6 | +18 | 55 |
Nice | 31 | 14 | 9 | 8 | +11 | 51 |
Lens | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | +6 | 46 |
Marseille | 31 | 11 | 11 | 9 | +9 | 44 |
Lyon | 31 | 13 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 44 |
Stade Rennais | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | +7 | 42 |
Toulouse | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 40 |
Stade de Reims | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 40 |
Montpellier | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | -4 | 37 |
Strasbourg | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | -10 | 36 |
Nantes | 31 | 9 | 5 | 17 | -20 | 32 |
Le Havre AC | 31 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -11 | 29 |
Metz | 31 | 8 | 5 | 18 | -19 | 29 |
Lorient | 31 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -24 | 26 |
Clermont Foot | 31 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -25 | 25 |