On Sunday, three more matches of the ninth round were played in France.
The opportunity to catch up with the "Monaco" team was missed by the "Marseille" team, who failed to defeat the last-placed "Strasbourg" team away and played a 3-3 draw. Despite leading twice in the match, it could have ended even worse for Marseille, as they had to chase their opponents and score the equalizer in the 89th minute.
After these draws, "Marseille" along with "St Etienne" and "Nantes" teams have 17 points each and share the 3rd to 5th positions.
In other matches, the season continues to be unsuccessful for the "Nice" team. This time they lost 0-2 away to "Montpellier" and are currently in the fourteenth position in the "Ligue 1" championship.
On Sunday, the match between the "Bordeaux" and "Nantes" clubs ended in a 1-1 draw.
Results:
"Bordeaux" 1 : 1 "Nantes" 45+2' [0 : 1] P. Nakoulma 47' [1 : 1] Malcolm
"Montpellier" 2 : 0 "Nice" 55' [1:0] S. Sessegson 74' [2:0] I. Mbenza
"Strasbourg" 3 : 3 "Marseille" 6' [0:1] D. Payet 32' [1:1] J. Aholou 48' [1:2] B. Kone (own goal) 60' [2:2] B. Kone 75' [3:2] D. Lienard 89' [3:3] K. Mitroglou
Standings: