Sunday Night French League Results Summary: Monaco And Rennes Win, Marseille Vs PSG Are Equally Strong

Marseille vs PSG (Twitter @PSG_EN)

JAKARTA - AS Monaco and Rennes won over their respective opponents in a series of matches in the ninth week of the French League on Sunday evening local time. Meanwhile, in the late game, Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain drew 0-0.

The following is a summary of the seven matches of the ninth week which took place throughout Sunday night and Monday morning as reported by Antara from the official French League website:

OGC Nice 3 - Olympique Lyon 2

Lyon had to go home empty-handed from the trip to the Allianz Riviera after losing 2-3 to hosts Nice, despite having led 2-0 first.

Karl Toko Ekambi's close-range strike in the 35th minute and a shot from outside the box by Houssem Aouar in the 68th minute made Lyon look comfortable in the lead.

Nice could only score a reply in the 81st minute through Youcef Atal before the disaster for Lyon continued four minutes later because Tinotenda Kadewere was given a straight red card.

Not our day, but we'll come back stronger Saturday #OGCNOL 3-2 pic.twitter.com/s0ImLsq1df

— Olympique Lyonnais (@OL_English) October 24, 2021

Lyon's misfortune continued because Andy Delort then equalized through a penalty a minute before the dispersal of normal time, then in the second minute of injury time Evann Guessand completed a Nice comeback which turned to win the match 3-2.

RC Lens 4 - Metz 1

At the Felix Bollaert-Delelis Stadium, Lens was able to beat their visitors Metz with a score of 4-1, starting with Wesley Said's quick goal in the 14th minute.

Metz hit back through Nicolas de Preville in the 33rd minute but four minutes later Said scored his second with a close-range effort to restore Lens' lead.

Au terme d'un match engagé, le Racing signe une 6e victoire et reprend la 2e place du championnat. Les attaquants ont été la fête l'image de @Westar974 auteur de ses 2 premires réalisations domicile. Merci pour le festin offensive !@RCLens 4⃣-1⃣ @FCMetz#RCLFCM pic.twitter.com/rQU9ka4YM3

— Racing Club de Lens (@RCLens) October 24, 2021

Metz thought they had equalized in the 66th minute through Pape Sarr, but the goal was ruled out by VAR.

Then Lens completed their victory to 4-1 through Ignatius Ganago's goal in the 83rd minute which was followed by Przemyslaw Frankowski's goal at the end of normal time.

Lorient 1 - Bordeaux 1

Lorient and Bordeaux both failed to return to winning ways after only a 1-1 draw at the Moustoir Stadium.

Alberth Elis broke the deadlock first to give Bordeaux the lead early in the second half, but Lorient pulled one back with Julien Laporte's close-range header in the 76th minute.

Four minutes from normal dispersal, Bordeaux were forced to finish with 10 men when Jean Onana was shown a red card, but time was too short for Lorient to take advantage of the numbers advantage.

Lorient have now gone four games without a win, while Bordeaux have one more.

Reims 1 - Troyes 2

Troyes managed to bring home the full three points from the trip to the Auguste-Delaune II Stadium after rising to beat Reims 2-1.

Reims took the lead thanks to Yunis Abdelhamid's quick goal to head home Alexis Flips' free-kick in the sixth minute, but Troyes pulled it back four minutes before the break with Mama Balde's goal.

Troyes took the lead over the hosts in the 65th minute when Xavier Chavalerin's long-range shot slipped into the bottom left corner of the Reims goal and the score was kept 2-1 until the final whistle.

Rennes 1 - Strasbourg 0

Rennes managed to continue their positive trend of winning three in a row when they overcame Strasbourg 1-0 at Roazhon Park.

Rennes had to wait until the 82nd minute to break the deadlock through Nayef Aguerd's header from Lovro Majer's corner.

The result was Rennes' fourth win in a series of five games without losing.

AS Monaco 3 - Montpellier 1

Monaco returned to winning ways when they hosted Montpellier at the Louis II Stadium and beat their visitors 3-1.

Kevin Volland opened Monaco's lead with a close-range effort in the 12th minute, which Wissam Ben Yedder doubled five minutes later with a header.

@WissBenYedder pic.twitter.com/Z0HknMBUQf

— AS Monaco EN (@AS_Monaco_EN) October 24, 2021

Gelson Martins scored the hosts' third with a wild ball from Caio Henrique in the 61st minute and Montpellier could only reply with a Teji Savanier penalty in the 81st minute.

Marseille 0 - PSG 0

The Le Classique match between Marseille versus Paris Saint-Germain which took place later at the Velodrome Stadium, Monday morning WIB, ended as strong as 0-0.

This match was marked by two goals that were canceled by the referee and a red card received by Achraf Hakimi in the 57th minute after violating Cengiz Under.

A draw at the Velodrome in Le #Classique #OMPSG pic.twitter.com/GxVDocxQLb

— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) October 24, 2021

With this result, PSG still sits firmly at the top of the standings with 28 points. Meanwhile, Marseille is in fourth place with 18 points.