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Lille retained their Ligue 1 lead despite being held to a 1-1 home draw by St Etienne as all of the top teams failed to win on Wednesday.
Lille retained their Ligue 1 lead despite being held to a 1-1 home draw by St Etienne as all of the top teams failed to win on Wednesday.
The northerners, with a game in hand, have 32 points from 18 games and lead second-placed Paris St Germain, who lost 2-0 at AS Nancy, by one point as the French top flight heads into a three-week winter break. Third-placed Stade Rennes (31) slumped to a 1-0 defeat at lowly Caen while fourth-placed Olympique Lyon (31) were held 1-1 at home to Auxerre.
Champions Olympique Marseille failed to break the deadlock in a 0-0 stalemate at Brest and remained fifth, three points off the pace.