Lille defeat newly promoted Lens to top the Ligue 1 table

The 4-0 defeat at the hands of Lille ended France's northern derby where the nine-man Lens team struggled against Lille when two players were shown the red card during the game. The newly-promoted club had its defensive weakness completely exposed as Lille beat defending champions PSG by two points at the table. Within 11 minutes in Stade Metropole Burak Yilmaz’s low shot put Lille ahead and later Jonathan Bamba scored the second as well while Lens who was struggling to hold back Lille’s attack when Jonathan Gradit and Clement Michelin were handed red cards. That was all Lille needed when Jonathan Ikone and Yusuf Yazici later scored the third and fourth goal which gave Lille their lead. On the other hand, three assists by Memphis Depay give Lyon a 3-2 win over Strasbourg. Patrick Vieira's Nice won by 3-1 at Saint-Etienne. Angers drew at 1-1 with Metz as well as AS Monaco drew with 1-1 Montpellier while Nantes won by 3-1 Brest.