Ligue 1 (Week 16) : Monaco beats Lens 2-0
FRANCE, Dec. 2, 2014 (AMP) — Ligue 1 / Match day 16: After losing 2-0 to Rennes on November 29, Monaco bounced back with a 2-0 victory over Lens this Tuesday.
Both teams held off against each other during the first 45 minutes of the game. 0-0 at half time. Everything was decided in the second period with goals by Berbatov ('64 on penalty) and Ferreira-Carrasco ('90).
AS Monaco climbed to 8th place with 23 points from 16 games, only one point behind Nantes.
View : Full Ligue 1 table (as of December 2, 2014) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marseille | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 14 | 19 | 35 |
| 2 | PSG | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 19 | 33 |
| 3 | Lyon | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 27 |
| 4 | Bordeaux | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 27 |
| 5 | Saint-Etienne | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | Rennes | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | Nantes | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 24 |
| 8 | Monaco | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 23 |
| 9 | Reims | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 22 | -6 | 22 |
| 10 | Montpellier | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| 11 | Toulouse | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 23 | -2 | 20 |
| 12 | Nice | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 20 | -3 | 18 |
| 13 | Metz | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -5 | 18 |
| 14 | Lorient | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 20 | -5 | 17 |
| 15 | Lille | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 16 |
| 16 | Evian | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 16 |
| 17 | Caen | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 20 | -2 | 14 |
| 18 | Lens | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 14 |
| 19 | Bastia | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 14 |
| 20 | Guingamp | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 27 | -17 | 12 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 1 2014-2015
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Overview
AS Monaco
- Position: 8 +2
- Best performance of the season:Bastia 1-3 Monaco (25 Oct.)
- Previous game:Rennes 2-0 Monaco (29 Nov.)
- Next game:Toulouse - Monaco (5 Dec.)
Lens
- Position: 18
- Best performance of the season:Lens 4-2 Reims (30 Aug.)
- Previous game:Lens 2-0 Metz (29 Nov.)
- Next game:Lens - Lille (7 Dec.)
Monaco
2:0
Lens
2:0 (0:0)
- 2 December 2014
- 21:00
- Monaco
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Marseille | 35 |
| 2 |  PSG | 33 |
| 3 |  Lyon | 27 |
| 4 |  Bordeaux | 27 |
| 5 |  Saint-Etienne | 26 |
Week 16 Results
| Tuesday 2 December 2014 | ||||
 | Nantes | 1-2 | Toulouse |  |
 | Lorient | 1-1 | Marseille | |
| Monaco | 2-0 | Lens | |
| Wednesday 3 December 2014 | ||||
 | Guingamp | 19:00 | Caen |  |
 | Metz | 19:00 | Bordeaux | |
 | Bastia | 19:00 | Evian |  |
 | Nice | 19:00 | Rennes |  |
 | Montpellier | 19:00 | Saint-Etienne | |
 | Lille | 21:00 | PSG | |
| Thursday 4 December 2014 | ||||
| Lyon | 21:00 | Reims |  |