On-loan Bournemouth striker Hamed Traorè's eighth goal of the season for Auxerre was not enough as lowly Saint-Etienne grabbed a first-half equalizer and shared the spoils in Ligue 1 on Friday.

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

Second-placed Marseille have lost more ground on ladder-leading PSG after having to settle for a 1-1 draw with Strasbourg in the French league.

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.

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia made his Paris Saint-Germain debut on Saturday and set up a goal for Ousmane Dembele, but the Ligue 1 leaders were held to a 1-1 draw by Reims.

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

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)

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

Runner-up to Paris Saint-Germain after a very encouraging first part of the season, theMarseille Olympic don't plan to stop there.

Marseille has a five-point lead over third ... A nightmarish start leads to a loss Auxerre was in control against Angers when Sinaly Diomandé beat his own goalkeeper with a powerful header ...

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