by johntheclaret » Mon Sep 21, 2009 3:24 am
Sat 19th Sep
Results
Boulogne 0 - 2 Bordeaux
Grenoble 0 - 4 Rennes
Nice 1 - 3 Monaco
St Etienne 1 - 1 Auxerre
Lorient 3 - 1 AS Nancy
Sochaux 2 - 5 Valenciennes
Sundays fixtures
16:00 Lens vs Lille
16:00 Toulouse vs Le Mans
20:00 PSG vs Lyon
Table (top Ten)
Pos Team P Pts
1 Bordeaux 6 16
2 Marseille 6 14
3 Lyon 5 13
4 Rennes 6 12
5 Monaco 6 12
6 Montpellier 6 11
7 Paris St Germain 5 10
8 Lorient 6 10
9 Boulogne 6 8
10 Nancy 6 7
Review of Saturdays games
Ligue 1 pace-setters Bordeaux maintained their unbeaten start to the campaign with a comfortable 2-0 victory at Boulogne on Saturday.
Bordeaux controlled the game at Boulogne for long stretches and could have scored many more than the two goals, which came in either half from Yoan Gouffran and an own goal from Yoann Lachor.
Gouffran opened the scoring in the 35th minute when heading home David Bellion's corner.
The champions then doubled their lead on 68 minutes when the unfortunate Lachor diverted Yoann Gourcuff's free-kick into his own net.
Marseille went second in the table, two points behind Bordeaux, with a 4-2 victory over Montpellier.
The home side went four goals up thanks to efforts from Lucho Gonzalez (31), Mamadou Niang (34), Edouard Cisse (39) and Souleymane Diawara (51), before the visitors got late consolations from Younes Belhanda and a Souleymane Camara penalty.
Rennes moved up into fourth in the table with a convincing 4-0 win at rock-bottom Grenoble, although crowd trouble marred the match.
Asamoah Gyan scored twice, the first after only 27 seconds, with Kader Mangane and Sylvain Marveaux also on target.
Monaco went fifth with a 3-1 derby success at third-from-bottom Nice, whose coach Didier Olle-Nicolle will be feeling the pressure even more after seeing his side slip to their fourth defeat on the trot.
A penalty from Nene and Alejandro Alonso's strike meant the visitors were 2-0 up with less than 12 minutes on the clock.
Loic Remy pulled one back for Nice three minutes from the break but Alonso restored his side's two-goal cushion in the 72nd minute.
Meanwhile, a dominant performance saw Lorient see off Nancy 3-1 and leapfrog their opponents in the table.
Sinamary Diarra, who was at the heart of much of Lorient's attacking play, opened the scoring two minutes before the break and Kevin Gameiro made it 2-0 on the hour mark.
Paul Alo'o pulled one back in stoppage time for Nancy but there was still time for Lorient to add a third through Olivier Monterrubio's penalty.
Valenciennes put in a five star performance at Sochaux to claim only their second win of the Ligue 1 season.
The visitors twice came from behind to win 5-2 thanks to a Gregory Pujol brace and goals from Carlos Sanchez, Johan Audel and Fahid Ben Khalfallah, while Jeremie Brechet and Ryad Boudebouz were on target for the hosts.
The home side's miserable evening was completed with the dismissal of Vaclav Sverkos eight minutes from time.
St Etienne remain in the Ligue 1 relegation zone after a draw against Auxerre at the Stade Geoffroy Guichard.
Alain Perrin's side forged ahead through Gonzalo Bergessio's 14th-minute goal but Auxerre snatched a point after 75 minutes thanks to Kevin Lejeune's volley.
Former champions Lyon now sit third in the table but Claude Puel's side can draw level on points with Bordeaux at the top with victory at Paris St Germain on Sunday.