PARIS: Strasbourg beat Olympique Lyonnais 3-1 to end the visitors’ seven-match winning streak in Ligue 1 on Sunday, a result that dampens their outside shot at the title.

Lyon had won 13 straight games in all competitions but couldn’t equal the club record set in 2006.

Lyon remained third on 45 points and nine back of league leaders and European champions Paris St-Germain. RC Lens are two points off the pace.

Strasbourg struck first when Martial Godo fired in late in the first half and Diego Moreira doubled that lead on 52 minutes. Corentin Tolisso pulled one back for Lyon on the hour, but Strasbourg put the match to bed with Joaquin Panichelli’s penalty seven minutes from time.

“It’s a shame. We knew we had a huge opportunity tonight if we won. But we can’t afford to play like that if we want to win games, especially here,” Tolisso told broadcaster Ligue 1+.

Earlier, veteran Olivier Giroud’s penalty gave Lille a 1-0 win at Angers which put them fifth and snapped a six-match winless streak in Ligue 1.

A first win of 2026 sent Lille to within three points of Olympique de Marseille and eight behind Lyon in third.

Elsewhere, fellow European hopefuls Rennes followed their 3-1 defeat of leaders Paris Saint-Germain last week with a 3-0 victory at Auxerre to stay level on points with Lille. Nantes eased their relegation fears with a 2-0 home win over Le Havre, and Nice drew 3-3 with Lorient.

Published in Dawn, February 24th, 2026