Ligue 1: Bertrand Traore ends Lyon's six-match winless run with 1-0 victory over Caen
Sunday 11 March 2018 23:00, UK
Lyon ended their six-match winless run in Ligue 1 with a 1-0 win victory over Caen on Sunday thanks to Bertrand Traore's strike.
Traore scored the only goal of the game in the 63rd minute with a left-footed finish from close range.
Ferland Mendy had earlier hit the post for the home side, who had not tasted victory in the league since beating Paris Saint-Germain on January 21.
In the day's early kick-off, Alassane Plea celebrated his birthday with four goals as Nice defeated Guingamp 5-2 at Stade de Roudourou.
The hosts went ahead after nine minutes through Clement Grenier's penalty before Plea hit three unanswered goals.
The French forward, who turned 25 on Saturday, equalised after 24 minutes when he rounded off a swift counter attack and scored again two minutes into the second half with a tidy, low finish. He completed his hat-trick just before the hour mark.
Marlon Santos' own goal looked like it might give Guingamp a route back into the match with seven minutes remaining but Bassem Srarfi's header soon restored Nice's two-goal cushion before Plea struck again in injury time.
It saw Nice win back-to-back Ligue 1 games for the first time since December, while Guingamp are without a home win in over two months.
Kostas Mitroglou scored the decisive goal in Marseille's 2-1 victory at Toulouse on Sunday evening.
Lucas Ocampos was on target as he forced home a 10th-minute opener. But Toulouse, who are just a point above the relegation play-off place, equalised through Firmin Mubele's first goal for the club following his arrival on loan from Rennes in January.
But the introduction of Dimitri Payet, and then Mitroglou, swung the match in Marseille's favour as the pair linked up brilliantly within seconds of the Greek striker's entrance.
A clever dummy from Payet allowed the ball to run through to Mitroglou before a slick exchange between the two finished with the latter slamming in a volley via the underside of the crossbar.
