24.09.2014 21:22 h

Lille slump to first defeat of season

Lille slumped to their first Ligue 1 defeat of the season on Wednesday, shattering their hopes of moving into second place in the table behind leaders Marseille.

It was Lille's first away defeat since February when Nice also got the better of them, also by a single goal.

On Wednesday, it was their former player Mathieu Bodmer who secured Nice's third home win of the season with a 41st minute header from a corner.

Lille remain fourth in the table, four points off the lead, but they can be overtaken later in the evening when champions Paris Saint Germain go to Caen.

Lyon, the seven-time champions, were the night's biggest winners with a 4-0 home win against Lorient.

Nabil Fekir scored twice with Alexandre Lacazette and 21-year-old Clinton N'Jie also on target.

Highly-rated Cameroon star N'Jie had earlier signed a new five-year deal with Hubert Fournier's side and marked the occasion in style with his first goal for the club.

Monaco, last season's runners-up, recorded their third win in three games to shake off their early season slump which had seen them slip to bottom place.

After a Champions League win over Leverkusen and a 1-0 win against Guingamp, Monaco needed a stoppage time winner from substitute Valere Germain to beat Montpellier.

Monaco are now comfortably in mid-table with 10 points from seven games.

On Tuesday, Marseille picked up their fifth straight victory as top scorer Andre-Pierre Gignac claimed a brace in a 5-0 thrashing of Reims.

Gignac could even afford the luxury of a missed eighth-minute penalty, before scoring two first-half goals while Ghana international Andre Ayew also struck twice at the Stade Auguste Delaune.

The win took Marcelo Bielsa's side three points clear at the top of the French table ahead of Saint-Etienne and Bordeaux who meet on Thursday.

"It's very satisfying to get five wins in a row and we did it in style as well," said Gignac, who also scored twice in the 3-0 win over Rennes at the weekend.

"Obviously it's been a good day and now we can look forward to a big match against Saint-Etienne on Sunday."