Record crowd sees Lyon triumph
 

A record Ligue 1 crowd of 77,850 watched Olympique Lyonnais stretch their lead to six points with a 1-0 win against LOSC Lille Métropole at Stade de France.

Fred winner
Lille were staging the game at the national stadium to mark its tenth anniversary and the crowd was more than 20,000 greater than the previous league best for Lyon's 2005 visit to Olympique de Marseille. With second-placed FC Girondins de Bordeaux not in action until Sunday at home to Paris Saint-Germain FC, Lyon had the chance to double their advantage as well as boost morale ahead of the midweek UEFA Champions League trip to Manchester United FC. And a goal from Fred on 32 minutes ensured they did just that, although Patrick Kluivert did hit the crossbar for Lille just before the hour mark.
OM rise
AS Nancy-Lorraine in third are now ten points behind Lyon after being held 0-0 at FC Lorient. That allowed Marseille to move to within three points of Nancy thanks to a 2-1 win against AJ Auxerre with early goals from Lorik Cana and Djibril Cissé decisive, and the result also took OM into fourth place as Le Mans UC 72 lost 1-0 at home to RC Strasbourg, Wason Renteria claiming the winner in the 22nd minute. OGC Nice will attempt to overtake Le Mans themselves when they face AS Saint-Etienne on Sunday.
Metz victory
Strasbourg climbed four places to eleventh with their result, but only one other side in the bottom half won. They were basement team FC Metz, who defeated SM Caen 2-1. They are now 13 points adrift of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, who drew 0-0 with Stade Rennais FC. Toulouse FC remain in the bottom three following a 1-1 result at RC Lens, who like Lille are three points clear of the drop zone, and one ahead of PSG. In Saturday's other game, AS Monaco FC held on to seventh position after a 0-0 draw with Valenciennes FC.

Source: UEFA