Sunday 5 November 2017 23:01, UK
Mario Balotelli scored the winner and was later sent off as Nice beat Dijon 1-0 in Ligue 1 on Sunday.
The Italian striker converted a penalty in the 40th minute after a foul on Alassane Plea in the area, for his sixth league goal of the campaign.
He was then dismissed for the third time in Ligue 1 since moving to Nice at the start of last season, receiving a straight red card for chopping down Dijon defender Cedric Yambere from behind with a minute left.
Balotelli remonstrated with the fourth official as he went off but Nice held on to end a run of four successive league defeats and six consecutive losses in all competitions.
They climb back up to 15th, one point and one place above Dijon.
Later in the day, Florian Thauvin scored twice as Marseille extended their unbeaten league run to seven matches by thrashing Caen 5-0.
Brazilian midfielder Luiz Gustavo fired home the first before former Newcastle man Thauvin doubled the advantage early in the second period with a simple finish.
Midfielder Morgan Sanson quickly made it three with a deflected strike before Greece striker Kostas Mitroglou and France international Thauvin completed the rout.
Elsewhere, struggling Lille recorded just their second victory of the campaign by beating bottom club Metz 3-0.
Ivory Coast forward Nicolas Pepe scored twice for the visitors - a penalty and a placed finish - either side of a drilled shot from midfielder Fares Bahlouli.
Ugly scenes marred the end of Lyon's 5-0 derby destruction of bitter rivals St Etienne as angry home fans temporarily delayed the match by invading the pitch.
Supporters spilled on to the field in the 85th minute at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard after Lyon captain Nabil Fekir celebrated the visitors' fifth goal of the evening by controversially taking off his shirt and raising it in front of them.
Play was suspended for around 20 minutes before both teams returned to the field to complete the Ligue 1 match.
It was an evening to forget for the home side from the moment Holland international forward Memphis Depay calmly rolled in the away side's 10th-minute opener, before Fekir drove home the second from the edge of the box 15 minutes
later.
The hosts' uphill task became even more difficult when defender Leo Lacroix was sent off for scything down Fekir on the touchline two minutes into the second half and they were made to pay as Mariano Diaz and Bertrand Traore added further goals.
France international midfielder Fekir further compounded their misery by tucking in a late fifth, sparking the unsavoury scenes with his provocative behaviour.
