Half-time substitute Miralem Pjanic put the hosts ahead three minutes after his introduction and Jeremy Pied, another replacement, made it 2-0 after 78 minutes, shortly after Montpellier had been reduced to 10 men following the dismissal of Younes Belhanda.

Henri Bedimo halved the deficit late on but Montpellier could not find an equaliser.

Auxerre claimed their first win of the season with a stylish display in the 4-1 victory against newly-promoted Ajaccio.

The home side dominated proceedings and the scoreboard reflected that with Alain Traore scoring twice, and Kamel Chafni and Anthony Le Tallec also on target.

Araujo Ilan netted a late consolation but it was not enough for Ajaccio, who have yet to win since their return to the top flight.

Valenciennes' poor start to the season continued as two goals in the last 10 minutes saw Bordeaux come from behind to snatch a 2-1 win - their first victory of the campaign.

VA looked set to pick up their first win when Mathieu Dossevi put them ahead in the first half at the Stade du Hainaut but two substitutes turned things around for Les Girondins, Abdou Traore equalising nine minutes from time and then Anthony Modeste prodding home in stoppage time.

Nice striker Xavier Pentecote had a second-half goal controversially ruled offside against Brest as the southern strugglers' wait for a win continued following Saturday night's 0-0 draw.

A last-minute goal from Yann Jouffre earned Lorient their second win of the season - 2-1 - at the expense of Nancy.

Djamal Bakar gave the visitors a first-half lead but Lorient piled on the pressure in the last 15 minutes and were rewarded with an equaliser from Arnold Mvuemba before Jouffre snatched the points, via a slight deflection off team-mate Kevin Monnet-Pacquet.

Substitute Brice Jovial scored the only goal as Dijon won a battle of two of newly-promoted sides at Evian.