Striker Othmane Maamma came off the bench to score the decisive goal as Montpellier won 2-1 at Toulouse to move off the bottom of the French league on Sunday. The 19-year-old Maamma headed in a pinpoint cross from creative midfielder Téji Savanier in the 83rd minute.

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

Striker Evann Guessand scored one goal and set up Mohamed-Ali Cho as Nice handed Marseille a 2-0 defeat to move up to fourth place in the French league on Sunday. The loss also dented second-placed Marseille's flagging bid to catch Ligue 1 leader Paris Saint-Germain,

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Nantes 1 (Mohamed 90) Lyon 1 (Nuamah 10) Lens 1 (Frankowski 49) Angers 0 Toulouse 1 (Casseres 59) Montpellier 2 (Sagnan 62, Maamma 83) Nice 2 (Guessand 7, Cho 51) Marseille 0 Played Saturday Monaco 3 (Akliouche 15,

Parisians are stopped at home by Reims, but Marseille lose the Côte d'Azur derby against Nice and fail to capitalise

Athletic Bilbao lost ground on the top two, slipping to fourth place after being held to a goalless draw at Leganes.

Nice ends Marseille's unbeaten streak and dreams of Champions League. Evann Guessand shone with a goal and an assist as Nice defeated Olympique de Marseille 2-0, ending their seven-match unbeaten run.

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.

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