Ligue 1 (Week 17) : Toulouse beats Lorient 3-2
FRANCE, Dec. 10, 2016 (AMP) — Ligue 1 / Match day 17: After losing 3-0 to Nice on December 4, Toulouse bounced back with a 3-2 victory over Lorient this Saturday.
Ola Toivonen scored tripple goals
Toulouse dominated the first half thanks to goals from Toivonen ('8, '20). Leading 2-1 at the break, Toulouse players further widened their lead in the second period with another goal by Toivonen in the 60th minute.
Toulouse climbed to 7th place with 25 points from 17 games, tie on points with Olympique Lyonnais, which has two games in hand.
View : Full Ligue 1 table (as of December 10, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 53 | 16 | 37 | 39 |
| 2 | Nice | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 20 | 39 |
| 3 | PSG | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 11 | 19 | 35 |
| 4 | Rennes | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | -1 | 27 |
| 5 | Guingamp | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 26 |
| 6 | Lyon | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 25 |
| 7 | Toulouse | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 25 |
| 8 | Marseille | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | Bordeaux | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 22 | -2 | 24 |
| 10 | Saint-Etienne | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 22 |
| 11 | Lille | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 22 | -5 | 20 |
| 12 | Angers | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 20 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | Montpellier | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 30 | -6 | 19 |
| 14 | Nancy | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 22 | -8 | 19 |
| 15 | Metz | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 31 | -15 | 18 |
| 16 | Bastia | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 17 |
| 17 | Dijon | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 27 | -4 | 16 |
| 18 | Caen | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 30 | -14 | 15 |
| 19 | Nantes | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 26 | -17 | 13 |
| 20 | Lorient | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 32 | -14 | 12 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 1 2016-2017
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Overview
Toulouse
- Position: 7 +1
- Best performance of the season:Toulouse 4-1 Bordeaux (20 Aug.)
- Previous game:Nice 3-0 Toulouse (4 Dec.)
- Next game:Toulouse - Nancy (17 Dec.)
Lorient
- Position: 20
- Best performance of the season:Lorient 2-1 Rennes (29 Nov.)
- Previous game:Angers 2-2 Lorient (3 Dec.)
- Next game:Lorient - Saint-Etienne (17 Dec.)
Toulouse
3:2
Lorient
3:2 (2:1)
- 10 December 2016
- 20:00
- Toulouse
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Monaco | 39 |
| 2 |  Nice | 39 |
| 3 |  PSG | 35 |
| 4 |  Rennes | 27 |
| 5 |  Guingamp | 26 |
Week 17 Results
| Saturday 10 December 2016 | ||||
 | Dijon | 1-2 | Marseille |  |
 | Bordeaux | 0-4 | Monaco | |
 | Nancy | 2-0 | Angers |  |
| Toulouse | 3-2 | Lorient | |
 | Bastia | 2-0 | Metz |  |
 | Lille | 2-1 | Montpellier |  |
| Sunday 11 December 2016 | ||||
 | Lyon | 15:00 | Rennes | |
 | Saint-Etienne | 17:00 | Guingamp | |
| PSG | 20:45 | Nice | |
| Wednesday 18 January 2017 | ||||
 | Nantes | 20:00 | Caen |  |