Lille warmed up for next week's trip to Liverpool in the Champions League by coming from behind to beat Nice 2-1 on Friday and climb up to third place in Ligue 1 as they capitalised on Monaco's surprise defeat earlier.
Paris Saint-Germain received a favourable draw in the Coupe de France Round of 16. Luis Enrique's side will face third-tier side Le Mans.
AS Monaco have secured the signing of Ivorian prospect Valy Konaté (18). The defender will join up with the club's academy side.
Ousmane Dembélé has scored a stoppage-time winner as Paris Saint-Germain beat Monaco 1-0 to win the Champions Trophy. The France winger was unmarked at the back post to meet a low cross from the left by Fabian Ruiz in the second minute of added time.
Ousmane Dembele struck in stoppage time for Paris Saint-Germain to snatch a 1-0 win over Monaco and lift the Trophee des Champions in Qatar.
Credit: AP/Hussein Sayed Monaco improved after the break and hit the post through ... Angers beat Brest 2-0, and Strasbourg rallied to win 3-1 at home to Auxerre and move into 10th spot. Esteban Lepaul scored early on for Angers and fellow striker Ibrahima ...
Lille are currently eighth in the Champions League standings and are hoping to clinch a spot in the knockout phase when they visit Anfield.
French Ligue 1 results on Friday: Lens v Paris Saint-Germain (1600), Rennes v Brest (1800), Lyon v Toulouse (2005)
PARIS (AP) - Results from French football: Lille vs. Nice, 3:05 p.m. Lens vs. PSG, 11 a.m. Rennes vs. Brest, 1 p.m. Lyon vs. Toulouse, 3:05 p.m. Saint-Etienne vs. Nantes, 9 a.m. Reims vs. Le Havre, 11:15 a.m. Angers vs. Auxerre, 11:15 a.m.
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Deiver Machado scores late as seventh-place Lens wins 2-1 at struggling Le Havre in the French league to move one point behind Lyon in sixth.
French Ligue 1 table after Friday's early match (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):