"Marseille and Lyon's 'Olympique' Footballers Score Points for the Second Weekend in a Row (VIDEO)" © EuroFootball.com

Over the weekend, the matches of the French "Ligue 1" championship were played, in which the favorites scattered points.

On Saturday, the defending champions "Montpellier" suffered a humiliating defeat away to "Saint-Etienne"

Despite the snow, the hosts broke through in the 13th minute after Brandao's goal, and almost half an hour Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang doubled the lead.

At the beginning of the second half, Yohan Mollo turned the lead into a landslide. Just a minute later, Montpellier defender Remy Cabella softened the score.

The author of the last goal of the match was Mathieu Bodmer, borrowed from PSG to "Saint-Etienne". After this match, the hosts rose to the 4th place in the tournament table, while the champions dropped to the 9th place.

The "Bordeaux" team also had to admit defeat to "Ajaccio" away. The winning goal of the match was scored by midfielder Ricardo Faty.

In the match on Sunday, Marseille's "Olympique" played a draw with "Evian" club, who are in 17th place.

At the beginning of the second half, "Marseille" first broke through after Andre-Pierre Gignac's goal, but soon the result became equal, as the guests' defender Kassim Abdallah earned a red card and a penalty kick, which was successfully converted by Evian's forward Yannick Sagbo.

Interestingly, after appearing on the field in the 73rd minute, "Marseille" defender Jordan Ayew was on the field for less than 2 minutes, during which he received two yellow cards and a ticket to the locker room.

Marseille's lag behind PSG club is 8 points with 14 rounds left to play.

The "Lyon" players, who are in second place, at home lost to the last season's champions "Lille".

The guests broke through in the first half with a two-goal lead after Aurelien Chedjou and Florent Balmont's goals, and at the beginning of the second half, Salomon Kalou scored a penalty, increasing the lead to a huge margin.

The score was softened by Lyon striker Lisandro Lopez. Lyon team is behind the leading club by 6 points.

In fifth place, the "Rennes" players defeated the leader "Toulouse" at the end of the match, missing Moussa Sissoko.

Romain Alessandrini and Mevlut Erding scored in the 79th and 84th minutes respectively.

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