Overview
- Lille moved into third on Sunday with a 4-0 win at Toulouse, edging one point above Marseille for a direct Champions League place as only the top three qualify automatically.
- The match flipped early in the second half when Toulouse’s Mark McKenzie was sent off for hauling down Matias Fernandez-Pardo, and Lille added goals from Romain Perraud, Fernandez-Pardo and a late Olivier Giroud penalty after Thomas Meunier’s opener.
- Lyon ended a nine-match winless run by beating Lorient 2-0 and climbed to fifth after coach Paulo Fonseca benched 19-year-old loanee Endrick before kickoff.
- Nice drew 1-1 with Le Havre, leaving both clubs hovering just above the drop zone as they try to avoid the 16th-place relegation playoff.
- Nantes’ 0-0 draw at Auxerre on Saturday left it 17th and five points behind 16th-place Auxerre, which faces a promotion-relegation playoff under Ligue 1’s format.