Sochaux News

Lens moved out of the Ligue 1 relegation zone as keeper Vedran Runje starred in their 2-1 win at Sochaux.

PSG v Nice. Click here to bet. Paris St Germain defender Sammy Traore has described Saturday's Ligue 1 clash with Nice as a must-win game.

Lens boss Jean-Guy Wallemme has played down the significance of Sochaux's 4-1 drubbing at Paris St Germain ahead of the trip to Stade Auguste Bonal.

Paris St Germain coasted to victory at Sochaux to leapfrog their rivals into 10th in Ligue 1. The visitors were 1-0 up at the break thanks to Jeremy Clement's 35th-minute opener; Clement Chantome doubled the lead with a fine individual goal 10 minutes into the second half, and Mevlut Erdinc made it three with a 74th-minute header.

Paris St Germain grabbed their first Ligue 1 win in two months when they thrashed their hosts Sochaux 4-1 on Sunday .

The fall-out of Paris St Germain and Marseille's match last weekend continues to spread and nowhere are the effects being felt more keenly than in Montbeliard.

Montpellier Herault SC took advantage of defeats for Olympique Lyonnais and FC Girondins de Bordeaux to move level on points with Les Gones at the Ligue 1 summit.

Bordeaux's hopes of landing a second successive French title suffered a blow on Saturday when they slid to a surprise loss at Auxerre, while the side they deposed as champions, Lyon, went down at home to Sochaux.

Lyon suffered a shock first defeat of the season in any competition as Jacques Faty and Sloan Privat gave Sochaux victory.

A goal in each half by defender Jacques Faty and forward Sloan Privat gave Sochaux the points but Lyon, who visit Liverpool in the Champions League on Tuesday, stayed a point ahead of champions Girondins Bordeaux , who lost 1-0 at Auxerre .

Marvin Martin popped up with a vital late goal as Sochaux defeated fellow strugglers Le Mans in Saturday night's Ligue 1 clash.

Le Mans midfielder Badara Sene has lashed out at Sochaux coach Francis Gillot as he prepares to return to the Stade Auguste Bonal a month after his departure.

Youssouf Hadji's first-half double gave Nancy their first win in four Ligue 1 matches as they beat Sochaux 2-1. The Moroccan scored an early penalty and doubled the advantage before half-time to put the hosts on course for victory.

Valenciennes claimed just their second win of the Ligue 1 season with an emphatic 5-2 success at Sochaux.

Pierre-Alain Frau scored the only goal after 70 minutes as Lille dominated the second half of their Ligue 1 clash with Sochaux.

Monaco could give debuts to Eidur Gudjohnsen and Mathieu Coutadeur in Sunday's Ligue 1 match against Paris St Germain.

A survey of Premiership clubs this week revealed that Newcastle supporters spend more following their team than anyone else.

Lyon continue to close on a historic fifth consecutive Ligue 1 title but needed a late Tiago goal to beat lowly Troyes 1-0. The late header from the Portuguese international and former Chelsea player lifted Lyon 12 points clear of second-placed Bordeaux, who were due play Paris St-Germain later last night.

Montpellier coach Rene Girard is refusing to get carried away despite been left "pleasantly surprised" by his promoted team's start to the new Ligue 1 season.

Vaclav Sverkos' first-half penalty was enough to earn Sochaux their second Ligue 1 victory of the season on Saturday evening as they beat Monaco 1-0 on Saturday.