Lorient continues Ligue 1 climb

In-form Lorient powered to a fourth straight win to continue their march up the table with a 2-0 victory over Saint Etienne at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.

LIGUE 1 FIXTURES

 

Saturday, December 15
Home		Road
Toulouse	0-1	Marseille
Esperance	3-2	Ajaccio
Sochaux	1-2	Brestois
Montpellier	4-0	Bastia
Nice	3-2	Evian
Reims	1-1	Lille
Sunday, December 16
Home		Road
Nancy	1-1	Bordeaux
Saint Etienne	0-2	Lorient
PSG	1-0	Lyon
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Jeremie Aliadiere and Alain Traore were on target in the first half as Lorient maintained their impressive run which began with victory over Toulouse and continued apace against Marseille and Sochaux.

Christian Gourcuff's men have not conceded a goal in that sequence and are now up to fourth place having recovered superbly from a seven-game winless run earlier in the season.

In the other Sunday fixture, Nancy remain at the foot of the table after throwing away the lead to draw 1-1 with 10-man Bordeaux.

Djamel Bakar fired the home side in front and their position improved further when Andre Biyogo Poko saw red at the end of the first half.

But Nancy were unable to capitalise and Henri Saivet secured a fourth successive draw for Les Girondins.