Toulouse 1-0 Boulogne
Lille 4-0 Valenciennes
Sochaux 1-0 Nice
Lorient 2-2 Grenoble
PSG 1-0 Auxerre
Lens 1-0 Marseille
Nancy 0-3 Bordeaux
Le Mans 1-1 St Etienne
Lyon 1-1 Rennes
Monaco P-P Montpellier
Boulogne 2-5 PSG
Playing twice in the week, it turned out to be a decent time for PSG with six points to show for it. That propels them up the table and back in the running for Europe as the rest of the top half dozen trip over themselves. They started by beating the new league leaders Auxerre at Parc des Princes thanks to a Jeremy Clément header half-way through the second half. That ended a very brief stay at the top for AJA who were, as they will be for a few weeks yet, their talisman, Ireneusz Jelen. The rearranged game with Boulogne followed, and they trailed at the break thanks to a thunderous strike from range from Guillaume Ducatel, but a second-half goal glut saw the Parisians romp to victory. Clément Chantome got round the back to volley in from a tight angle on the hour to square things up and they were in front two minutes later with a Pegguy Luyindula penalty. Mevlut Erding's double capped a great ten minutes for PSG, one a free header on the penalty spot, the second swept in left-footed from the edge of the box. Johan Ramare pulled one back with a penalty, but Jean-Eude Maurice embarrassed Jean-Francois Bedenik in the Boulogne goal who fumbled a tame shot over the line.
Auxerre's slip gave Bordeaux the chance to return to the top and they took it, comfortably beating Nancy with Yoann Gouffran the star. He set up Fernando for the first and grabbed the third himself with Wendel getting the second after a weaving run through the Nancy rearguard. A point for Lyon was enough to see them back up to second, Lisandro Lopez equalising just before half-time after Asamoah Gyan had put Rennes ahead early on. Lorient missed the chance to improve their position further, though it could have been worse as they had to rely on a last-minute equaliser from Kevin Gameiro to snatch a point off improving Grenoble. Daisuke Matsui and Jimmy Juan had put Grenoble in front after Bostjan Cesar's penalty had initially handed Lorient the lead, but Gameiro denied Grenoble a first win of the season, stealing in after the keeper had come and got nowhere.
A point for St Etienne means that the point for Grenoble still leaves them 11 adrift of safety. Aruajo Ilan put Les Verts ahead in Le Mans, but Anthony Le Tallec denied them a much-needed win. Lens won against Marseille - a huge result - thanks to a late, late goal from Eduardo dos Santos which pulls them away from immediate danger. Improving Lille were the big winners of the weekend, sticking four past Valenciennes, Gervinho with two of them. Toulouse snuck past Boulogne, making it a bad week for the north-coast side. Mohamed Fofana headed in midway through the first half to keep Les Violets moving in the right direction. Nice's recent revival was halted by a refreshed and rejuvenated Sochaux, Yassin Mikari with a neat first-half finish getting the only goal of the game.
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