Wednesday 20 December 2017 23:47, UK
Edinson Cavani was on target again as Paris St Germain maintained their nine-point lead at the top of Ligue 1 with a 3-1 home win against Caen.
Cavani notched his 24th goal in 25 appearances in all competitions for PSG this season to give his side a half-time lead before Kylian Mbappe and Yuri Berchiche struck in the second period.
Unai Emery's side secured their 10th straight home league win this season and made it three on the bounce since their shock defeat at Strasbourg earlier this month, while Caen's winless league run was extended to five matches.
Monaco stay second after registering their fourth straight league win, 2-1 against Rennes.
Wahbi Khazri converted a second-half penalty for Rennes to cancel out Radamel Falcao's first-half opener, but Keita Balde fired home an 81st-minute winner to keep Monaco ahead of Lyon on goal difference.
Lyon also secured their fourth consecutive league success as they won 2-1 at Toulouse, where both teams scored in stoppage time.
Nabil Fekir's first-half penalty gave Lyon an interval lead and former Manchester United defender Rafael added their second in stoppage-time before Max Gradel converted a penalty for Toulouse in the sixth minute of time added on.
Marseille remain in fourth place after bouncing back from Sunday's defeat at Lyon with a 3-1 home victory against Troyes.
Bryan Pele's fine low shot from outside the penalty area gave Troyes a shock first-half lead, but Dimitri Payet rammed home an equaliser before the interval and Marseille struck twice more through Luiz Gustavo and Valere Germain.
Emiliano Sala's stoppage-time header clinched Nantes a 1-0 win at Amiens, while Nice were held to a 1-1 draw at Lille.
Bassem Srarfi fired Nice ahead before the break, but Anwar El Ghazi's close-range 67th-minute effort levelled it up.
Angers bounced back from Sunday's defeat at Nantes with a 2-1 home win against Dijon.
Karl Toko Ekambi cancelled out Naim Sliti's early opener for Dijon before half-time and then converted a 55th-minute penalty after he had been fouled by Xeka.
Visiting defender Adam Lang was sent off in the closing stages for a second yellow card offence.
Metz registered their first home league win of the season with a 3-0 victory against Strasbourg thanks to second-half goals from Florent Mollet, Nolan Roux and Emmanuel Riviere.
Bordeaux slipped to a fifth straight defeat in all competitions, losing 2-0 at home to Montpellier, for whom Jonathan Ikone and Isaac Mbenza were on target.
Jimmy Briand headed home for Guingamp in stoppage-time to ensure a 2-1 home victory against 10-man St Etienne.
Alexander Soderlund was shown a straight red card in the 24th minute for his foul on Lucas Deaux before Hernani fired the visitors into a second-half lead.
But Guingamp hit back through Nicolas Benezet three minutes later and Briand struck in the fifth minute of time added on.
