Ligue 1 (Week 20) : Nice defeats Lorient 3-1
FRANCE, Jan. 10, 2015 (AMP) — Ligue 1 / Match day 20: After losing 2-0 to Lens on December 19, Nice returned to winning ways with a 3-1 victory over Lorient this Saturday.
Lorient forward Benjamin Jeannot opened the score in the 6th minute, before seeing Nice catch up in the 30th minute thanks to Éric Bauthéac penalty kick. 1-1 at half time. Nice eventually won the game in the second period with two more goals by Bosetti ('60) and Carlos Eduardo ('67).
OGC Nice remains in 12nd place with 25 points from 20 games, 2 points behind Lille.
View : Full Ligue 1 table (as of January 10, 2015) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marseille | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 19 | 20 | 41 |
| 2 | Lyon | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 17 | 23 | 39 |
| 3 | Saint-Etienne | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 39 |
| 4 | PSG | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 38 |
| 5 | Monaco | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | Bordeaux | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 27 | -1 | 31 |
| 7 | Nantes | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 30 |
| 8 | Montpellier | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 29 |
| 9 | Rennes | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 25 | -3 | 29 |
| 10 | Reims | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 32 | -6 | 28 |
| 11 | Lille | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 27 |
| 12 | Nice | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 27 | -3 | 25 |
| 13 | Guingamp | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 22 | 31 | -9 | 25 |
| 14 | Bastia | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 25 | -5 | 21 |
| 15 | Toulouse | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 29 | -7 | 21 |
| 16 | Lorient | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 29 | -7 | 20 |
| 17 | Evian | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 34 | -13 | 20 |
| 18 | Lens | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 26 | -6 | 19 |
| 19 | Metz | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 27 | -10 | 19 |
| 20 | Caen | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 33 | -11 | 15 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 1 2014-2015
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Overview
OGC Nice
- Position: 12
- Best performance of the season:Guingamp 2-7 Nice (26 Oct.)
- Previous game:Lens 2-0 Nice (19 Dec.)
- Next game:Bordeaux - Nice (16 Jan.)
Lorient
- Position: 16 -1
- Best performance of the season:Lorient 4-0 Guingamp (30 Aug.)
- Previous game:Lorient 1-2 Nantes (20 Dec.)
- Next game:Lorient - Lille (17 Jan.)
Nice
3:1
Lorient
3:1 (1:1)
- 10 January 2015
- 20:00
- Nice
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Marseille | 41 |
| 2 |  Lyon | 39 |
| 3 |  Saint-Etienne | 39 |
| 4 |  PSG | 38 |
| 5 |  Monaco | 32 |
Week 20 Results
| Friday 9 January 2015 | ||||
 | Montpellier | 2-1 | Marseille | |
| Saturday 10 January 2015 | ||||
 | Bastia | 4-2 | PSG | |
| Nice | 3-1 | Lorient | |
 | Reims | 1-2 | Saint-Etienne | |
 | Lille | 1-0 | Caen |  |
 | Guingamp | 2-0 | Lens |  |
 | Evian | 1-1 | Rennes |  |
| Sunday 11 January 2015 | ||||
 | Nantes | 17:00 | Metz |  |
| Lyon | 17:00 | Toulouse |  |
| Monaco | 21:00 | Bordeaux |  |