Early French Ligue 1 results on Saturday: Le Havre v Brest (1400), Nantes v Lyon, Lens v Angers, Toulouse v Montpellier (1615), Nice v Marseille (1945)

If Angers gets a breath of fresh air by jumping to 13th place, Le Havre and Montpellier, penultimate and bottom respectively, are starting to capitulate. These two bad students will have to find unsuspected resources during the return phase to get back on the road. Strasbourg and Toulouse are in the right car, if not in front.

Paris Saint-Germain received a favourable draw in the Coupe de France Round of 16. Luis Enrique’s side will face third-tier side Le Mans. With the likes of AS Monaco, Olympique de Marseille,

Marseille were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Strasbourg on Sunday, leaving Roberto De Zerbi's side nine points behind runaway Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain.Emanuel Emegha put in-form Strasbourg in front midway through the first period but Mason Greenwood hit back from the spot after the hour to level.Marseille sit second on 37 points, but lost further ground in the title race to champions PSG who secured a late 2-1 win at Lens on Saturday.The draw ended Strasbourg's impressive run of three successive league victories as they stay 10th on 24 points."At the end of the day, it's a good point for us," said Strasbourg coach Liam Rosenior."We had a magnificent first half, but in the end Marseille were better than us in the second."Sleepy Marseille defending allowed Emegha to sneak back onside near the halfway line before being sprung by an Andrey Santos through ball.The Dutch striker dinked a composed finish past the advancing Geronimo Rulli to silence the Velodrome on 23 minutes.The home side dominated the ball for the remainder of the half but failed to break through, with Luis Henrique coming closest through an effort that grazed the post seven minutes before the break.Shortly after the hour, Marseille were offered a lifeline when Santos scythed down 17-year-old debutant Robinio Vaz in the Strasbourg box.Former Manchester United forward Greenwood flashed his right-footed penalty past Chelsea loanee Djordje Petrovic in the 68th minute for his 12th league goal of the season.Minutes after Greenwood's leveller, Strasbourg came within a whisker of retaking the lead when Emegha threaded another cute finish past Rulli but this time his effort clipped the post.Elsewhere, Saint-Etienne rescued a late point at home to Nantes in the battle between 16th and 15th.Augustine Boakye's 86th-minute rocket cancelled out Moses Simon's first-half opener as the struggling sides drew 1-1.Les Verts are locked on 17 points with Nantes, but their significantly worse goal difference leaves them in the relegation play-off spot.Le Havre stayed four points behind Saint-Etienne in the automatic drop zone, following their 1-1 draw with 13th-placed Reims.Angers jumped to 12th place with a 2-0 home victory over 10-man Auxerre.Sinaly Diomande turned into his own goal with a bullet header from a corner on 18 minutes to give the hosts the lead, and things then got worse for Auxerre four minutes later when Gabriel Osho was shown red for a last-man challenge.Esteban Lepaul wrapped up the win for Angers two minutes into the second half with a cute first-time finish.bur-nf/dj/jc

Second-place Marseille lost further ground on leader PSG by drawing 1-1 with Strasbourg in the French league on Sunday.

Paris Saint-Germain remains unbeaten at the top of the French league after a narrow victory over Saint-Etienne, with Ousmane Dembélé scoring twice. Meanwhile, video-assisted refereeing decisions created drama across multiple matches.

Striving to claw back a nine-point gap to Paris Saint-Germain in the Ligue 1 title race, Marseille will travel to face Nice at Allianz Riviera on Sunday night. Le Gym were dumped out of Europe in sobering style earlier in the week, whilst Les Olympiens have been afforded a full week to dwell on a draw with Strasbourg last time out.

Viktor Gyokeres was the top scorer of 2024, ending the calendar year on an absolutely ridiculous 52 goals. Can he do it again?

Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Ligue 1 All competitions All competitions All ...

Furthermore, Arsenal have won eight of their 10 fixtures at Molineux during the Premier League era, as well as incredibly scoring in their last 34 fixtures against Wolves in all competitions. At the same time that Arsenal have scored 10 times from corners in this season's Premier League, Wolves have conceded 19 times from set pieces.

French Ligue 1 table after Saturday's early match (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):

Montpellier 2, Monaco 1 Advertisement Article continues below this ad Lille 2, Nice 1 Lens 1, PSG 2 Rennes 1, Brest 2 Advertisement Article continues below this ad Lyon 0, Toulouse 0