France's Ligue 1 is in full effect and its hottest team is Olympique Lyonnais. Brazilian playmaker Michel Bastos scored the game winner in Lyon's 1-0 home win against Lorient. Claude Puel's team have won 4 straight matches to move into 2nd place behind Bordeaux on goal differential. Lyon have been doing it with defense allowing only 1 goal during their winning streak.

Ligue 1's next hottest team is the surprise side of the league, Montpellier. Argentine midfielder Alberto Costa scored his team leading 3rd goal by converting a PK in the 39th minute to give Montpellier a 1-0 home win. La Paillade have won 3 straight shutting out their opponents in each of their victories as they have ascended into 3rd place.

Monaco ended PSG's 3 game winning streak with a 2-0 home win over the Parisians. The game was headed for a 0-0 score until the 85th minute when South Korean forward Park Chu-Young put Monaco in the lead and then 3 minutes later Nenê finished PSG with Monaco's 2nd goal. PSG fell to 5th place while Monaco climbed to 7th place in the standings.

Here are the results and standings from 5ème Journée:

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

Lyon 1 - 0 Lorient
LYO: Michel Bastos (72')

Montpellier 1 - 0 Lens
MON: Alberto Costa (pen 39')

Le Mans 1 - 2 Marseille
LMN: Modibo Maiga (61')
MAR: Mamadou Niang (14') & Brandao (69')

AS Nancy 0 - 0 Toulouse

Valenciennes 1 - 1 Boulogne
VAL: Grégory Pujol (75')
BOU: Daniel Moreira (83')

Lille 1 - 0 Sochaux
LIL: Pierre-Alain Frau (71')

Bordeaux 1 - 0 Grenoble
BOR: Yoan Gouffran (18')

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

AJ Auxerre 2 - 0 Nice
AUX: Cedric Hengbart (30') & Daniel Niculae (78')

Stade Rennes 1 - 0 St Etienne
REN: Sylvain Marveaux (62')

AS Monaco 2 - 0 Paris Saint-Germain
MON: Park Chu-Young (85') & Nenê (88')

STANDINGS