French league table ahead of the weekend's matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):
Bordeaux 12 8 1 3 20 9 25
Lyon 12 7 3 2 22 16 24
Auxerre 12 7 2 3 13 10 23
Monaco 12 7 1 4 16 11 22
Lorient 12 6 3 3 20 11 21
Montpellier 12 6 3 3 19 16 21
Valenciennes 12 6 2 4 23 16 20
Marseille 11 5 4 2 22 15 19
Toulouse 12 5 3 4 14 10 18
Nancy 12 5 2 5 17 17 17
Nice 12 5 2 5 15 21 17
Paris SG 11 4 4 3 17 12 16
Rennes 12 4 4 4 17 12 16
Lille 12 4 4 4 14 14 16
Sochaux 12 5 0 7 13 19 15
Saint-Etienne 12 4 1 7 10 15 13
Lens 12 3 3 6 11 20 12
Boulogne 12 2 3 7 9 22 9
Le Mans 12 2 2 8 10 18 8
Grenoble 12 0 1 11 5 23 1
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