OM, who have not won at home in the league since November 28, are now two points behind Nice (2nd), winner of Nantes (2-1) on Friday. Losc remains 10th.
Facing the reigning French champion, the Olympians were surprised by a goal from the head of Sven Botman, forgotten by the Marseille defense on a corner (15th).
After the exclusion of Lille midfielder Benjamin André (32nd) for two yellow cards in two minutes, Jorge Sampaoli‘s team equalized through Cengiz Ünder, hero of the victory in Bordeaux last weekend (1-0). The Turk has rolled up his strike (75th).
OM pushed but failed to turn the game around and saw Rennes (4th) come back to three points.
After three consecutive defeats, Stade Rennes regained the three points by outclassing Bordeaux 6-0, reduced to 10 in the second period and now eligible for relegation (19th).
Before the exclusion of Bordeaux Issou Sissokho (50th), the Rennais had already scored two goals, by Martin Terrier (33rd), his tenth of the season, and Benjamin Bourigeaud, on a magnificent free kick (43rd). Gaëtan Laborde (61st), Adrien Truffert (69th) and Serhou Guirassy, author of a double (89th, 90 + 2) then deceived Benoît Costil.
With its many cases of Covid recently, its captain Laurent Koscielny sidelined and on the start and 50 goals conceded in L1, Bordeaux does not see the end of the tunnel.
OL wake up
The Lyonnais, who had not won in Ligue 1 for five matches, finally returned to success by winning at Troyes (1-0).
If OL stagnates in the standings (11th), Peter Bosz’s team is recovering in confidence five days before the derby at home against Saint-Etienne, more than ever after their defeat against Lens (2-1), Saturday at Geoffroy-Guichard.
In Aube, Lyon won thanks to a penalty after a handball from Erik Palmer-Brown in the box. Moussa Dembélé, who hadn’t scored since September, was responsible for transforming him (33rd).
But the Lyonnais suffered at the end of the match when Renaud Ripart almost equalized on a return, finally diverted on the line by defender Léo Dubois. With this defeat, Troyes is getting closer to the red zone (17th).
The most successful team with Nice in recent weeks, Montpellier fell in Strasbourg, after leading 1-0 thanks to Florent Mollet.
But Elye Wahi’s rather severe direct red card turned the game upside down. At 11 against 10, the Alsatians took the upper hand thanks to Majeed Waris (77th), Adrien Thomasson (83rd) and Kevin Gameiro (86th). Strasbourg (7th) passes in front of his opponent of the day (8th).
Monaco fifth
Monaco offered a wide 4-0 success and fifth place to its new coach Philippe Clement for his first at the Louis-II stadium.
After Sofiane Diop’s opener, it was above all the entry of Wissam Ben Yedder who gave ASM a boost. By scoring twice, he joins Jonathan David at the top of the scoring charts (12 goals). Caio Henrique completed the Monegasque success.
Despite many players leaving for the CAN, Metz won in Reims (1-0) thanks to Ibrahima Niane and came out of the red zone.
Held in check by Angers at Moustoir (0-0), Lorient remains the barrage. The Bretons have however long evolved in numerical superiority after the red card of Souleyman Doumbia (14th). They remain on 14 games without a win in all competitions and have not won since September 22.
On Saturday, Paris SG consolidated its leading position by beating Brest 2-0 at the Parc des Princes.
