On-loan Bournemouth striker Hamed Traorè's eighth goal of the season for Auxerre was not enough as lowly Saint-Etienne grabbed a first-half equalizer and shared the spoils in Ligue 1 on Friday.

Second-placed Marseille have lost more ground on ladder-leading PSG after having to settle for a 1-1 draw with Strasbourg in the French league.

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Marseille has a five-point lead over third-place Lille in ... Moses Simon had opened the scoring for Nantes in the 14th minute. Auxerre was in control against Angers when Sinaly Diomandé beat his own goalkeeper with a powerful header as he tried to ...

French Ligue 1 result on Friday: Le Havre v Brest (1400), Nantes v Lyon, Lens v Angers, Toulouse v Montpellier (1615), Nice v Marseille (1945)

French Ligue 1 leading scorers after the weekend's matches:

French Ligue 1 results on Saturday: Le Havre v Brest (1400), Nantes v Lyon, Lens v Angers, Toulouse v Montpellier (1615), Nice v Marseille (1945)

Striving to claw back a nine-point gap to Paris Saint-Germain in the Ligue 1 title race, Marseille will travel to face Nice at Allianz Riviera on Sunday night. Le Gym were dumped out of Europe in sobering style earlier in the week, whilst Les Olympiens have been afforded a full week to dwell on a draw with Strasbourg last time out.

Marseille, bidding for a 10th French title ... Monaco's draw at Nantes and Lille's stalemate with Auxerre on Friday gave Lyon a chance to climb from fifth into the third and final automatic ...

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Parisians are stopped at home by Reims, but Marseille lose the Côte d'Azur derby against Nice and fail to capitalise

While four French clubs secured progress to the knockout phase of the Champions League this week, another was busy firing a popular coach as Lyon parted company with Pierre Sage and lined up Paulo Fonseca as his replacement.