In France - Another Failure for "Lyon" © EuroFootball.com

On Saturday in France, there were seven matches of the seventh round of the country's championship.

"Lyon" club continues to struggle, as they suffered another defeat in this round, losing 0-1 at home to the new league leaders "St. Etienne".

Although practically throughout the match the hosts controlled the game, creating chances one after another, the only goal was scored by the visitor's forward Dimitri Payet.

Defending champions "Marseille" claimed another victory, defeating "Sochaux" 2-1 at home.

Results:

"Lyon" 0 - 1 "Saint-Etienne"
75' [0 - 1] Dimitri Payet

"Auxerre" 2 - 2 "Nancy"
1' [1 - 0] Dennis Oliech
11' [2 - 0] Dennis Oliech
17' [2 - 1] Alexandre Cuvillier
35' [2 - 2] Marama Vahirua

"Caen" 0 - 0 "Bordeaux"

"Lorient" 2 - 1 "Monaco"
5' [1 - 0] Kevin Gameiro
26' [1 - 1] Dieumerci Mbokani
89' [2 - 0] Lynel Kitambala
45' Sebastien Puygrenier sent off ("Monaco")

"Marseille" 2 - 1 "Sochaux"
19' [1 - 0] Taye Taiwo
61' [2 - 0] Lucho Gonzalez
76' [2 - 1] Nicolas Maurice-Belay

"Montpellier" 3 - 1 "Arles-Avignon"
42' [1 - 0] Olivier Giroud
48' [2 - 0] Olivier Giroud (from penalty spot)
61' [2 - 1] Yann Kermorgant
83' [3 - 1] Souleymane Camara
53' Xavier Collin sent off ("Montpellier")

"Nice" 1 - 2 "Rennes"
7' [0 - 1] Stephane Dalmat
26' [1 - 1] Danijel Ljuboja
77' [1 - 2] Victor Hugo Montano