Marseille go top with Sochaux win

(GSM) – Marseille moved atop the French standings on Wednesday as Gabriel Heinze’s early goal sparked a 3-0 victory over Sochaux.

Heinze got in behind the defense to head home a Lucho González corner kick in the ninth minute, putting Sochaux on the backfoot early.

Then, in the 27th minute, Marseille won a penalty when Laurent Bonnart was brought down in the area by Yassin Mikari.

Hatem Ben Arfa deposited the resulting spot kick past Matthieu Dreyer to make it 2-0.

Lucho had his hand in Marseille’s third goal – two minutes into second-half stoppage time – when he slid in a pass for Bakary Koné, who expertly lobbed Dreyer.

Marseille are now two points up in the table on Lyon, Montpellier and Auxerre with a game in hand on all three.

Bordeaux are three points back with a further game in hand.