With Aussies Ellie Carpenter, Sarah Hunter and coach Joe Montemurro competing in the Première Ligue, Beyond 90 will be keeping readers up to date with how their teams are faring.

Montpellier HSC 1-0 FC Nantes
Montpellier secured the win victory over a direct rival as Ifeoma Onumonu scored the unique goal of the match, after good work from Léa Khélifi (1-0, 70′).

FC Fleury 2-0 Le Havre AC
Despite a tight start to the match, Le Havre found itself 10 against 11 after the send-off of Canadian Elizabeth Tsé in the 30th minute. The visitors resisted but Fleury showed himself to be more and more dangerous and cracked the opposing defense before half-time. Sarah Kassi intercepted the ball before launching Dominika Kopińska (1-0, 45′). Batcheba Louis widened the gap (2-0, 45+2′).

Stade de Reims 1-2 Paris Saint-Germain
Red lantern in the ranking, Reims almost created a surprise against the Parisiennes. Lucie Calba (1-0, 6’) opened the scoring but Marie-Antoinette Katoto scored a header-brace (38’, 68’, 1-2) to give her team victory – and secure their second place in the standings.
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Dijon FCO 4-0 EA Guingamp
Bad-form Guingamp was one player away from securing a draw in Dijon. But the exclusion of Agathe Ollivier (67′) was a gamechanger as Dijon scored 4 goals in 20 minutes from Meriame Terchoun (1-0, 71′), Océane Picard (2-0, 86′), Wu Chengshu (3-0, 90+4′) and, Nadia Krezyman (4-0, 90+6′).

RC Strasbourg 1-4 Paris FC
Paris FC won 4-1 on the Strasbourg pitch, launched by a superb lob from Gaëtane Thiney (0-1, 11′). The insatiable Clara Matéo (0-2, 34′) and Kaja Korosec (0-3, 39′) widened the gap before Mégane Hoeltzel reduced the score (1-3, 42′). In the second half, Julie Dufour sealed the victory for the Parisians (1-4, 86′). Our Australian Sarah Hunter was on the bench.

Olympique Lyonnais 11-0 AS Saint-Etienne
It’s been a long time since a team scored 10 goals or more in a match and Olympique Lyonnais did it in the derby against ASSE. OL left the Greens no chance. This offensive festival includes a quadru19plet from Lindsey Horan (12′, 14′, 25′, 67′), goals from Eugénie Le Sommer (48′), Amel Majri (52′), Tabitha Chawinga (79′), Daniëlle van de Donk (88′), Melchie Dumornay (90′) and a brace from Kadidiatou Diani at the very end of the match (90+2′, 90+7). Our Australian Ellie Carpenter adds an assist to her tally, originating a perfect cross for Lindsey Horan’s second goal.

 

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