Play five "Ligue 1" championship matches. The first of them, the "Nice" footballers, who started the season poorly, hosted the defending champion "Monaco" at home. Despite the strong game of the opponents and a continued record-breaking series of victories, Mario Balotelli and Jean-Michael Seri returned to Lucien Favre's team, so it looked completely different. Balotelli already provoked Djibril Sidibe's mistake in the penalty area in the fifth minute and scored a penalty from 11 meters, and shortly afterwards the hosts doubled the lead through Alassane Plea. The "Monaco" players usually dominated in terms of ball control and pressed the opponents, but they also created effective attacks and the result could have been 3-0 before half-time, when Balotelli's shot after a corner was stopped by the goalkeeper. However, this was not the end, and the third goal for "Nice" was scored by the Italian in the 60th minute when he received a successful pass from Arnaud Souqet. Finally, at the very end, the impressive victory was confirmed by eighteen-year-old Ignatius Ganago. "The Monegasques" suffered their first defeat and let the last night's winner "Paris Saint-Germain" take the lead with all 15 points. A little later, Claudio Ranieri's "Nantes" managed to defeat "Montpellier" away. The only goal here was scored by Diego Carlos. In a match between newcomers against "Strasbourg," "Amiens" won with the same result, "Caen" defeated "Dijon" 2-1, and the clash between "Troyes" and "Toulouse" ended goalless. Results: "Nice" 4 - 0 "Monaco" [1-0] 6' Mario Balotelli (from the penalty spot) [2-0] 18' Alassane Plea [3-0] 60' Mario Balotelli [4-0] 85' Ignatius Knepe Ganago "Caen" 2 - 1 "Dijon" [1-0] 5' Ivan Santini (from the penalty spot) [1-1] 38' Jordan Marie 79' Adama Mbengue ("Caen") sent off [2-1] 81' Cedric Yambere (own goal) "Montpellier" 0 - 1 "Nantes" [0-1] 76' Diego Carlos 84' Giovanni Sio ("Montpellier") sent off "Strasbourg" 0 - 1 "Amiens" [0-1] 13' Gael Kakuta 78' Kenny Lala ("Strasbourg") sent off "Troyes" 0 - 0 "Toulouse"
