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French Ligue 1 Wrap - Round 4

Posted by Anonymous 8.31.2009

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The 4th matchday of France highest level of club football featured a matchup of the top two teams from last season. Last season's runner-up Olympique Marseille hosted champions Girondins Bordeaux. It was a back and forth affair that ended up in a 0-0 draw at Marseille's Stade Velodrome. Both sides remained unbeaten on the season as Bordeaux stayed on top of the standings.

PSG moved into 2nd place with their 3-0 home win against Lille. Jeremy Clement scored his 1st goal of the season as PSG extended their winning streak to 3 games and sent last season's 5th place team down into the relegation zone.

Lyon remained unbeaten on the season as they notched their 3rd straight win with a 3-1 home win against AS Nancy. Lyon's new 3 headed attacking force of Bafetimbi Gomis, Lisandro Lopez, and Michel Bastos each scored to give Lyon its 2nd straight match of 3 goals scored and a 3rd place position in the standings.

The surprise of Ligue 1 so far has been newly promoted Montpellier. Last season's Ligue 2 runners-up are in 4th place after their 3-0 road win against Nice. Geoffrey Dernis, Victor Hugo Montano, Lilian Compan each scored their 1st goals of the season as Montpellier stayed unbeaten and have yet to be shutout this season.

Here are the results & standings from 4eme Journée:

SATURDAY, AUGUST 29

Lens 2 - 2 Stade Rennes
LEN: Yohan Demont (pen 21') & Issam Jemaa (72')
STR: Ismael Bangoura (4') & Asamoah Gyan (90'+2')

Sochaux 1 - 0 AS Monaco
SOC: Vaclav Sverkos (pen 20')

Lorient 1 - 0 Le Mans
LOR: Marama Vahirua (63')

St Etienne 1 - 0 Grenoble
STE: Christophe Landrin (23')

Nice 0 - 3 Montpellier
MON: Geoffrey Dernis (4'), Victor Hugo Montano (49'), Lilian Compan (77')

Boulogne 0 - 0 AJ Auxerre

Lyon 3 - 1 AS Nancy
LYO: Bafetimbi Gomis (37'), Lisandro (49'), Michel Bastos (67')
NAN: Youssouf Hadji (57')

SUNDAY, AUGUST 30
Paris Saint-Germain 3 - 0 Lille
PSG: Jeremy Clement (27'), Pegguy Luyindula (78'), Christophe Jallet (90'+1')

Toulouse 0 - 1 Valenciennes
VAL: Mamadou Samassa (87')

Marseille 0 - 0 Bordeaux

STANDINGS

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