The day after the victories of the two championship co-leaders, against Brest for PSG (1-0) and against Lille for OM (2-1), several teams were struggling on Sunday afternoon to try to extricate themselves from the red zone or get closer to the European places.
Here are the main results while waiting for the poster for the 7th day of Ligue 1 between Monaco and Lyon in the evening.
Lorient at the foot of the podium
The Hakes remain the sensation of this beginning of the season.
While they narrowly stayed in the top flight last season, a few months later they made an almost perfect start to the season with only one defeat and one draw for five wins.
After correcting Lyon on Wednesday (3-1), Lorient chained a third consecutive success by beating Nantes at home (3-2).
The Canaries had opened the scoring shortly before the quarter hour mark through Ignatius Ganago.
Dango Ouattara equalized in stride before Yoann Cathline gave the Bretons the lead on the hour mark. Two minutes after coming on, Ibrahima Koné widened the gap with a shot from the left.
The reduction of the score of Moses Daddy Simon in the last minutes will not change the outcome of the match.
The Lorient people are provisionally fourth in the standings, just one point from the podium, while waiting for the Lyonnais match.
Despite a great victory against Olympiakos in the Europa League on Thursday, the Nantes people are in a disappointing 15th place.
No pass of three for Montpellier
After his demonstration against Brest (7-0) followed by a victory against Ajaccio, the Montpellier residents failed to confirm their renewed form at the start of the season.
Everything had started well on the lawn of Angers thanks to an opener from Arnaud Nordin in the 7th minute of play. But the Angevins immediately reacted through Adrien Hunou.
Back from the locker room, the inevitable Sofiane Boufal gave the advantage to the locals on penalty.
Penultimate in the standings, the latter absolutely had to record a first success in the league this season.
For its part, Montpellier missed the opportunity to integrate the top 6 of Ligue 1.
Nice revives in pain
That this trip to Corsica was complicated for the Aiglons.
Opposed to the red lantern Ajaccio, the Niçois had to rely on a superb inspiration from their striker Andy Delort to bring back the three points.
On a corner taken from the head by Khéphren Thuram, Andy Delort controls the chest and continues with an acrobatic scissor which lob the doorman Benjamin Leroy.
In the standings, Lucien Faivre's men move up to 12th place.
Strasbourg has harvested too much
Julien Stéphan's men continue to experience difficulties at the start of the season, they who had failed at the foot of the qualifying places for Europe at the end of the previous exercise.
Faced with a surprising Clermont team since the start of the championship, the Strasbourg residents have failed to score (0-0) despite big situations in front of goal like this strike from Kevin Gameiro repelled by captain Johan Gastien on his line.
Worse, they were almost taken by surprise in the last minutes of the match, which they finished at ten after the exclusion of Maxime Le Marchand.
The Alsatians are now in 17th place in the standings with five small points, tied with the barrage Brest.
Toulouse offers a breath of fresh air
Close to the relegation zone at kick-off, the graduates jumped several places in the standings by winning at home against Reims.
It was Toulouse right winger Zakaria Aboukhlal who opened the scoring half an hour into the game after a superb collective movement initiated by Thijs Dallinga and extended by Farès Chaïbi.
The TFC was able to manage its end of the match more calmly after the exclusion of Rémois Alexis Filips in the second half.