Monaco continued their pursuit of defending French champions Paris St-Germain by beating Guingamp to clinch a fifth successive victory.

Guingamp 0

Monaco 2

Martial 4′ Kurzawa 42′

FT 90 +3
HT 0-2

Monaco continued their pursuit of defending French champions Paris St-Germain by beating Guingamp to clinch a fifth successive victory.

Teenage striker Anthony Martial put Monaco, without injured striker Radamel Falcao, ahead by shooting high into the net from James Rodriguez's pass.
And they secured all three points when Rodriguez's corner was headed home by Layvin Kurzawa in the closing stages.
Claudio Ranieri's side are two points behind PSG, who also won on Saturday.
Thiago Motta, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Edinson Cavani scored as Laurent Blanc's side won 3-1 at Rennes.
Elsewhere, Nice, who narrowly missed out on qualifying for the Champions League last season, ended a seven-match losing streak with a 1-0 home success against bottom side Sochaux.
Nantes's hopes of Champions League qualification were hampered by a 2-1 home defeat against Toulouse. They are seven points behind third-placed Lille, who have a game in hand.

Lineup, Bookings (5) & Substitutions (6)

Guingamp

16 N'Dy Assembe
06 Pereira Dismissed after an earlier booking
25 Lemaître (Leveque - 21' )
18 Mathis
29 Kerbrat
15 Sorbon
08 Beauvue (Diallo - 27' )
12 Sankhare Booked
14 Douniama (Alioui - 77' )
13 Mandanne
26 Giresse

Substitutes

05 Diallo
07 Leveque
10 Fauré
17 Alioui
19 Cerdan
20 Dos Santos
30 Samassa

Monaco

01 Subasic Booked
24 Raggi
03 Kurzawa
28 Toulalan
06 Carvalho
22 Abidal
08 Moutinho (Kondogbia - 62' )
10 Rodríguez (Ocampos - 69' Booked )
29 Rivière (Germain - 85' )
23 Martial
19 Obbadi

Substitutes

02 Tavares
11 Ocampos
16 Romero
18 Germain
20 Isimat-Mirin
27 Kondogbia
32 Tisserand

Ref: Laurent Duhamel

Match Stats

Shots

10 17

On target

3 3

Corners

4 7

Fouls

11 13

Live Text Commentary

Full time

Full Time Match ends, Guingamp 0, Monaco 2.

90:00 +2:54 Full time

Full Time Second Half ends, Guingamp 0, Monaco 2.

90:00 +1:19 Foul by Mounir Obbadi (Monaco).
90:00 +1:19 Younousse Sankhare (Guingamp) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90:00 +0:52 Attempt saved. Rachid Alioui (Guingamp) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Christophe Mandanne with a headed pass.
89:36 Foul by Lucas Ocampos (Monaco).
89:36 Thibault Giresse (Guingamp) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88:56 Jérémy Toulalan (Monaco) wins a free kick on the right wing.
88:56 Foul by Younousse Sankhare (Guingamp).
86:17 Booking

Booking Lucas Ocampos (Monaco) is shown the yellow card.

85:15 Attempt saved. Layvin Kurzawa (Monaco) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
84:10 Substitution

Substitution Substitution, Monaco. Valere Germain replaces Emmanuel Rivière.

83:02 Booking

Booking Younousse Sankhare (Guingamp) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

82:52 Jérémy Toulalan (Monaco) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
82:52 Foul by Younousse Sankhare (Guingamp).
81:39 Danijel Subasic (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81:39 Foul by Christophe Mandanne (Guingamp).
81:34 Attempt saved. Rachid Alioui (Guingamp) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Younousse Sankhare.
80:50 Foul by Emmanuel Rivière (Monaco).
80:50 Lionel Mathis (Guingamp) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

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