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Brest's remarkable march towards the Champions League goes on, with a 1-0 home win against Le Havre moving them four points clear in second place with 10 rounds remaining.
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Influential midfielder Pierre Lees-Melou's 34th-minute goal was enough to settle a close match as Brest took advantage of third-placed Monaco drawing 0-0 at home to Paris Saint-Germain on Friday.
Defending champions PSG are nine points clear at the top of the table, but Brest's focus is on qualifying for Europe's elite club competition for the first time - despite having one of the league's smallest budgets and never previously finishing higher than eighth.
Nice missed the chance to reclaim fourth spot, losing 2-1 at Toulouse.
Nigeria striker Terem Moffi put Nice ahead early, but Toulouse forwards Thijs Dallinga and Yann Gboho scored in quick succession midway through the second half to secure the points.
Lens won 3-0 at Lyon to move up to sixth, thanks to goals from Florian Sotoca, Elye Wahi and Kevin Danso.
Lyon finished with 10 players when right-back Ainsley Maitland-Niles was sent off in the 85th minute.
Rennes lost 2-1 at home to struggling Lorient in the Brittany derby.
Striker Mohamed Bamba scored early in the second half and 17-year-old substitute Eli Junior Kroupi added a late goal as Lorient climbed to 13th place.
Algeria forward Amine Gouiri scored an injury-time consolation for eighth-place Rennes.
Arnaud Nordin scored both goals for Montpellier in a 2-2 home draw with Strasbourg, while Metz picked up a valuable 2-0 win at Nantes.
Australian Associated Press