Ligue 1: Lyon Slip To 7th Defeat Of The Season

Lyon miserable start continued as they suffered seventh defeat of the season at home to Lille Sunday night, leaving the one-time kings of French football rooted to the bottom of Ligue 1.

An opening goal from Canadian international Jonathan David and a stunning strike from Tiago Santos earned Lille a 2-0 victory at Lyon’s Groupama Stadium.

Lyon mounted a limited fightback in the second half but former Arsenal forward Alexandre Lacazette’s lack of cutting edge in front of goal summed up their season so far.

They have just seven points from 12 games and relegation is starting to seem a genuine prospect for the club that won seven consecutive titles between 2001 and 2008.

Lille’s three points secured fourth place, a point behind Monaco, who were thumped 5-2 by leaders Paris Saint-Germain in the capital on Friday.

Nice kept an eighth consecutive clean sheet in a 1-0 win over Toulouse on Sunday that keeps the Riviera outfit breathing down the necks of PSG.

Nice goalkeeper Marcin Bulka has not conceded a goal in Ligue 1 for 723 minutes, more than eight games ago and Nice have yet to fall behind in their 13 Ligue 1 matches this term, breaking the record of 12 held since the 1984-85 season by Bordeaux.

However, while they have only conceded a miserly four goals all season, they have only scored 14, which pales by comparison with Kylian Mbappe-fuelled PSG on 34.

Striker Terem Moffi scored the only goal of Sunday’s game at Nice’s Allianz Riviera, his fourth goal of the Ligue 1 season coming in the 54th minute with a simple tap-in after being set up by Morgan Sanson.