With 23 points, Nice is guaranteed to remain in second place in the standings at the end of this day of the championship, thanks to its opportunistic victory on the ground of Angers.
The other good operation of the day, comes from the bottom of the standings and the Girondins de Bordeaux who turned the tide against Stade de Reims.
The good thing: the Aiglons fly to Angers
Paris has a new runner-up. Already stunning against Lyon (3-2) last weekend, Nice has done it again on the lawn of Angers (1-2). And snatch his seventh point after falling behind in Ligue 1 this season - only PSG have won more (12). While the Aiglons were led following the penalty obtained and transformed by Sofiane Boufal (29th), Christophe Galtier's players finally went to snatch the victory thanks to their new strong man, Andy Delort, author of a double. The first goal with a little success on a counter strike (57th), then the second with class of a pure volley in the finish (90th + 1).
Second, the Aiglons confirm their status as new strong players in the championship, they who have lost only 2 of their last 12 Ligue 1 games (7 wins, 3 draws).
Angers (8th) was not unworthy, but was overthrown by stronger.
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Cardboard: Strasbourg makes the Meinau vibrate
The Strasbourg residents have made their stadium an enclosure that is difficult to take since the start of the season. So, when the Lorientais presented themselves who remained in 21 games without the slightest away victory (11 draws, 10 defeats), the longest running series and the worst away series in its history, the outcome of the meeting left little room for doubt.
And who other than Ludovic Ajorque, with a well-felt lobed head, to open the scoring at Meinau (28th)?
The home scorer registered his 5th achievement, before Habib Diallo split a double (39th, 45th + 2) against Hake in the juice.
The 5th and 6th achievements of the Senegalese striker, Strasbourg's best scorer this season.
Attractive, Julien Stéphan's men win 4-0 and switch to the first part of the table (7th).
After an unsuccessful fifth game, Lorient fell to thirteenth place.
The number: 37
Montpellier HĂ©rault's last 37 goals had all been scored by regular players.
Scorer eleven minutes after entering the place of ValĂšre Germain, Elye Wahi, 18, put an end to this strangeness during the Montpellier victory against Nantes (2-0).
Montpellier (11th) took the opportunity to pick up on his opponent of the day, now tenth and who is marking time after three games without setback (2 wins, 1 draw).
The match: Briand-Ekitike, duel of generations
19 years old, and already 4 goals in Ligue 1. This one will not be the most beautiful, scored from the knee against the goal (37th), but the revelation of Reims Hugo Ekitike has again demonstrated his qualities despite the defeat of Reims in Bordeaux (3-2). The slender striker is involved in 35% of Reims' goals in Ligue 1 this season (5/14, 4 goals, 1 assist), more than any other player born in the 21st century.
But while the Girondins were led 0-2 on their lawn, it was a player almost twice his age, Jimmy Briand, 36, who allowed Bordeaux to snatch an unexpected victory (78th, 90th + 2) .
Ekitike still has a long way to go to reach Briand's record of 102 goals in Ligue 1, who may have saved the head of his coach Vladimir Petkovic, criticized while the Bordelais flirted with the red zone (16th).
Thanks to their first success of the season at home, they pass Reims in the race to maintain.
Despite a two-goal deficit, the Girondins won against Reims!
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- FC Girondins de Bordeaux (@girondins) October 31, 2021
The player: Adil Rami is still there
At 35, Adil Rami started with Troyes for the second time in a row, three even if we consider his early entry against Nice (1-0). The tricolor world champion finds a second youth in the Aube, where he stabilized the defense and is perhaps no stranger to the good pass of the Trojans, never beaten when Rami is on the lawn after their draw against Rennes yet in good shape (2-2), and who were riding a series of five consecutive victories in all competitions. It was he who equalized with a header (38th) to 1-1 in an exciting match, for his first goal in the French Championship since November 11, 2018 with OM. The former French international was important during this good draw obtained against fifth in the championship, and Troyes continues to rise in the standings (14th).
