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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)

French Ligue 1 results on Friday: Lens v Paris Saint-Germain (1600), Rennes v Brest (1800), Lyon v Toulouse (2005)

After a humiliating elimination in the Coupe de France and a worrying defeat in Brest, Lyon returns to the championship

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

Striker Evann Guessand scores one goal and sets up Mohamed-Ali Cho as Nice hands Marseille a 2-0 defeat to move up to fourth place in the French league.

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,

Dembélé’s hat trick in a 4-1 victory over Stuttgart on Wednesday took him to 16 goals overall, which is already a career best. He has taken 25 games to reach that mark, a far better ratio than his previous best of 14 in 42 for Barcelona in 2018-19.

But for every top team underperforming, there's an underdog seizing their moment and taking their place. And during this phase, Aston Villa, Lille, Brest, Celtic and Club Brugge certainly rose to the occasion as they all secured unexpected placings in the next round.

French side Brest have making wave through the 2024-25 season, rising from recent obscurity and becoming a tricky out for some of the world's biggest clubs.

Despite no European pedigree and limited resources, the French club are above Real Madrid, Man City and PSG in the table with one game to go

Brest's incredible rise to the Champions League, the Boniface/Duran transfer saga, and the very rare Lasso trading