In the French championship, Montpellier became the leader (VIDEO) © EuroFootball.com

Seven matches were played in the French championship.

At the top of the table is the Montpellier club, who narrowly defeated Nice 1-0. Olivier Giroud scored the only goal in the 83rd minute.

In the standings, Montpellier lead with 24 points, one point ahead of PSG and Rennes. However, the leader could be caught by the Lille team, who have a match against Monaco on Sunday.

PSG also celebrated victory this evening, beating Caen 2-1, while former leader Brest lost 1-2 to Rennes.

Results:

"Nancy" 2 - 0 "Valenciennes" 29' [1 - 0] S.A.Luiz 74' [2 - 0] M.Vahirua

PSG 2 - 1 "Caen" 40' [1 - 0] G.Hoarau 50' [2 - 0] M.Erdinc

"Rennes" 2 - 1 "Brest" 39' [1 - 0] J.Ekoko 82' [2 - 0] J.Leroy 90' [2 - 1] B.Grougi (from penalty)

"Saint Etienne" 1 - 1 "Auxerre" 28' [0 - 1] J.P.Mignot 53' [1 - 1] L.Perrin

"Sochaux" 2 - 0 "Lorient" 43' [1 - 0] M.Maiga 59' [2 - 0] B.Ideye

"Toulouse" 0 - 1 "Marseille" 88' [0 - 1] A.Ayew

55' T.Taiwo ("Marseille") missed a penalty from 11 meters

"Nice" 0 - 1 "Montpellier" 83' [0 - 1] O.Giroud