Friday 18 November 2016 22:38, UK
Monaco went top of the Ligue 1 table with a 3-0 win at bottom side Lorient on Friday evening.
With leaders Nice not playing until Sunday Leonardo Jardim's side moved ahead on goal difference against a side who have picked up just one point in their last six league fixtures.
Second-half goals from Radamel Falcao and Thomas Lemar, and a late Boschilia strike, secured back-to-back league wins and extended Lorient's miserable run as they remain with just seven points from 13 games so far this season.
Elsewhere, Lyon moved into fourth - seven points off Monaco and Nice - after a 1-0 win at 10-man Lille thanks to Maxwel Cornet's third-minute goal.
The struggling home side, who have now lost eight of the last 10, has Younousse Sankhare sent off in the 55th minute but almost snatched a point when Ibrahim Amadou hit the crossbar late on.
Nice could find themselves in third by the end of Saturday as Paris Saint-Germain host Nantes in the afternoon, with the French Riviera side not in action until Sunday evening against St Etienne.
