PARIS , France -- Goals from Juninho and Sidney Govou gave Lyon a 2-0 home win over Valenciennes and enabled the six-time champions to stay four points ahead at the top of the French league . Juninho opened the scoring for Lyon five minutes before the break . Brazilian midfielder Juninho nudged in a Karim Benzema cross five minutes before the break and Govou lobbed in the second three minutes from time . Lyon , who are at home to German champions VfB Stuttgart in the Champions League group stage on Wednesday , have 31 points from 13 matches . Second-placed Nancy celebrated their 40th anniversary with a 1-0 win over Girondins Bordeaux . Nancy , who have a game in hand , scored in the 29th minute when midfielder Chris Malonga headed in a cross from Youssouf Hadji . Bordeaux stay fourth with 22 points from 13 games after their first away defeat of the season . Third-placed Stade Rennes slumped to a 1-0 home defeat against Monaco , who had only picked up a point from their six previous league outings . Frederic Piquionne headed home from a Nene corner kick for the visitors two minutes into the second half . Troubled Paris St Germain clinched a 2-1 victory at Racing Strasbourg thanks to a Rodrigo own goal and 20-year-old midfielder Loris Arnaud 's effort after 19 minutes . Olympique Marseille were held to an embarrassing goalless draw by Lorient and remain third from bottom . Coach Eric Gerets said : '' The public have a right to be unhappy as the level of play in the second half was n't worthy of Marseille . `` Taking the match as a whole you can have a harsh judgement . We made a few chances in the first half but we had a problem constructing moves from the back . `` In the second half we should have lost the match with the counter-attacks . `` We have to look at ourselves in the mirror , fight and work . '' E-mail to a friend .
Lyon beat Valenciennes 2-0 to stay four points clear on top of the French table . Nancy stay second by beating Bordeaux 1-0 . Third-placed Rennes flop to a 1-0 home defeat against struggling Monaco .