Ligue One Roundup, Feb. 20

Published Feb. 20, 2010 10:53 p.m. ET

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Two quickfire goals set Le Mans on their way to a vital 3-1 away victory against their Ligue 1 relegation rivals Boulogne on Saturday.

Mathieu Dossevi and Gregory Cerdan's efforts opened up a two-goal interval lead and the impressive Didier Ovono made several fine saves.

Mustapha Yatabare eventually found a way past the Gabon international to halve the deficit but Modibo Maiga's injury-time goal assured Le Mans of victory.

Goals from Issam Jemaa and Sebastien Roudet before the break and a penalty in the second half from Henri Bedimo earned Lens a 3-0 win over Monaco.

The home side showed no signs of weariness after being take to extra-time by Brest in the Coupe de France in midweek against their high-flying visitors.

Nice coach Didier Olle-Nicolle was granted a stay of execution as his team snatched their first victory in three months at home to Lorient.

Loic Remy grabbed the only goal of the game from the penalty spot in the 56th minute and, despite Lorient's plethora of chances, the visitors could not find the equaliser.

St Etienne striker Emmanuel Riviere struck the only goal 11 minutes from time to end high-flying Montpellier's run of five straight wins and Carlos Sanchez headed the first-half winner as Valenciennes jumped to eighth place in the table with a 1-0 victory away to Grenoble.

The match between Bordeaux and Auxerre was postponed with the home side due to be in Champions League action on Tuesday.

In the late game, Paris Saint-Germain climbed further away from the relegation zone as Guillaume Hoarau netted the only goal from the penalty spot in the 1-0 win over Toulouse, who had Albin Ebondo sent off for the challenge which led to the spot-kick.