- Mostafa Mohamed (39')
- Bastien Meupiyou (9')
- Ismaïla Sarr (4')
Marseille held as 10-man Nantes recover from early setbacks
Marseille were held to a 1-1 draw at Nantes in Ligue 1 as the hosts staged a recovery after conceding a goal and having a player sent off inside 10 minutes on Friday.
Marseille moved provisionally top of the table with eight points from four games but several sides have a chance to go above them this weekend. Nantes are 15th with two points.
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New Marseille arrival Ismailia Sarr, signed from Watford, scored in successive games with a volley after four minutes.
Nantes' woes were compounded when 17-year-old debutant Bastien Meupiyou was sent off five minutes later for pulling back Sarr who was free on goal after a poor Pedro Chirivella back pass.
However, Nantes' Egyptian striker Mostafa Mohamed scored a stunning equaliser, turning and hammering home in the 39th minute.
After that the home side, roared on by a boisterous crowd at the Stade de la Beaujoire, clung on tenaciously for a share of the spoils despite being a man down.
Former Chelsea striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who had made little impression, almost secured a win for Marseille in stoppage time but his effort went wide.
Game Information
- Referees:
- Ruddy Buquet
French Ligue 1 Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paris Saint-Germain | 31 | 20 | 10 | 1 | +47 | 70 |
AS Monaco | 31 | 17 | 7 | 7 | +17 | 58 |
Brest | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | +16 | 56 |
Lille | 31 | 15 | 10 | 6 | +18 | 55 |
Nice | 31 | 14 | 9 | 8 | +11 | 51 |
Lens | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | +6 | 46 |
Marseille | 31 | 11 | 11 | 9 | +9 | 44 |
Lyon | 31 | 13 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 44 |
Stade Rennais | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | +7 | 42 |
Toulouse | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 40 |
Stade de Reims | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 40 |
Montpellier | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | -4 | 37 |
Strasbourg | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | -10 | 36 |
Nantes | 31 | 9 | 5 | 17 | -20 | 32 |
Le Havre AC | 31 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -11 | 29 |
Metz | 31 | 8 | 5 | 18 | -19 | 29 |
Lorient | 31 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -24 | 26 |
Clermont Foot | 31 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -25 | 25 |