"Lyon" rises to first place in the French championship (ALL MATCHES VIDEO) © EuroFootball.com

On Saturday, five matches of the XX round of the French "Ligue 1" championship were played.

The "Lyon" club struggled to victory away against "Troyes" and managed to rise to the first place in the tournament table, as the PSG team lost points in a match against "Ajaccio". The victory was determined by goals from Maxime Gonalons and Samuel Umtiti for the "Olympique" team.

In other matches, the title defenders "Montpellier" managed to overcome the resistance of "Lorient". Gaetan Charbonnier, who scored a brace in this match, led the champions to victory.

"Bordeaux" settled the matters in the away match against "Rennes" within 10 minutes, as Yoan Gouffran and Henri Saivet scored two goals for the visitors.

On Sunday, six teams from the first division of France, including the "Marseille" team, will play their round matches.

Results / Table / Video:

TROYES 1-2 LYON

MONTPELLIER 2-0 LORIENT

RENNES 0-2 BORDEAUX

NANCY 2-2 LILLE

EVIAN 0-2 BREST