Ligue 1 (Week 16) : Nantes beats Valenciennes 2-1
FRANCE, Dec. 3, 2013 (AMP) — Ligue 1 / Match day 16: After losing 0-1 to Monaco on November 30 and 1-0 to Guingamp on November 30, Nantes returned to winning ways with a 2-1 victory over Valenciennes this Tuesday.
Nantes climbed to 6th place with 24 points from 16 games, tie on points with Saint-Etienne, which has a game in hand.
View : Full Ligue 1 table (as of December 3, 2013) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PSG | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 26 | 37 |
| 2 | Lille | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 36 |
| 3 | Monaco | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 32 |
| 4 | Marseille | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | Saint-Etienne | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 24 |
| 6 | Nantes | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 24 |
| 7 | Bastia | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 23 |
| 8 | Guingamp | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 22 |
| 9 | Bordeaux | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 21 |
| 10 | Lyon | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | -1 | 19 |
| 11 | Reims | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -4 | 19 |
| 12 | Toulouse | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | Rennes | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 18 |
| 14 | Lorient | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 23 | -5 | 17 |
| 15 | Nice | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 17 |
| 16 | Evian | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 27 | -12 | 16 |
| 17 | Montpellier | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 15 |
| 18 | Valenciennes | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 24 | -11 | 10 |
| 19 | Ajaccio | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 26 | -16 | 8 |
| 20 | Sochaux | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 30 | -17 | 8 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 1 2013-2014
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Overview
Nantes
- Position: 6 +2
- Best performance of the season:Bordeaux 0-3 Nantes (10 Nov.)
- Previous game:Guingamp 1-0 Nantes (30 Nov.)
- Next game:Marseille - Nantes (6 Dec.)
Valenciennes FC
- Position: 18
- Best performance of the season:Valenciennes 3-0 Toulouse (10 Aug.)
- Previous game:Valenciennes 0-1 Lille (30 Nov.)
- Next game:Valenciennes - Guingamp (7 Dec.)
Nantes
2:1
Valenciennes
2:1 (0:0)
- 3 December 2013
- 19:00
- Nantes
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  PSG | 37 |
| 2 |  Lille | 36 |
| 3 |  Monaco | 32 |
| 4 |  Marseille | 27 |
| 5 |  Saint-Etienne | 24 |
Week 16 Results
| Tuesday 3 December 2013 | ||||
| Lille | 1-0 | Marseille | |
| Nantes | 2-1 | Valenciennes | |
 | Nice | 21:00 | Monaco | |
| Wednesday 4 December 2013 | ||||
 | Rennes | 19:00 | Saint-Etienne | |
 | Montpellier | 19:00 | Lorient |  |
 | Guingamp | 19:00 | Bordeaux |  |
 | Ajaccio | 19:00 | Bastia |  |
 | Sochaux | 19:00 | Reims |  |
 | Evian | 21:00 | PSG | |
| Thursday 5 December 2013 | ||||
 | Lyon | 21:00 | Toulouse |  |