AS Monaco secured a sedate 1-0 win over Aston Villa in the UEFA Champions League to move to 13 points in the league phase, and very likely ensure that France has at leas

Three out of the four Ligue 1 clubs involved in the Champions League have secured their spot for the latter stages of the competition. Lille, Brest and Monaco

Lyon missed an opportunity to draw level on points with third-placed Monaco in Ligue 1 on Saturday with a 2-1 loss at Brest.

Adrien Rabiot scored a second-half winner as Marseille beat Rennes 2-1 in Brittany on Saturday to move within four points of Ligue 1 pace-setters Paris Saint-Germain.

Aston Villa need other results to go their way after hopes of finishing in the top eight of the Champions League were dented after a 1-0 defeat to Monaco.

Pierre Lees-Melou remains absent for Stade Brestois as they host Olympique Lyonnais on Saturday evening. The Frenchman has not featured since coming off

Brest has been the surprise package of the revamped Champions League and even considered moving its home games in Europe’s premier club competition to the Stade de France.

Ligue 1 teams competing in the Champions League on Tuesday night experienced contrasting fortunes in the penultimate games of the group stages .

Both European giants have struggled in the revamped Champions League and both need to win when they meet in Paris tonight

Germain came back from 2-0 down and the brink of elimination from the Champions League on Wednesday night to destroy Manchester City 4-2 at a rain-swept Parc des Princes.

Celtic and Aston Villa could have both been safely through before next week's clash but the Premier League side lost to AS Monaco last night.

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