Guest teams performed better in the French championship © EuroFootball.com

On Saturday, six matches of the XXVI round of the French "Ligue 1" championship were played.

Last year's champions "Lille" defeated "Ajaccio" with a score of 3 - 1 in an away game. The team was led to victory by Dimitri Payet, who scored a brace.

"Saint-Etienne", currently in fifth place, crushed league outsiders "Nancy" with a dry scoreline. Two goals for the visitors were scored by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who is being hunted by English clubs.

The defending champions "Montpellier" scored a winning goal against "Evian" club only at the end of the match. The team's leader Younes Belhanda scored the decisive goal.

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