Nice keep soaring, Roma and Villarreal stumble
Sunday, October 30, 2016
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Nice moved even further ahead in the Ligue 1 standings after a weekend for the UEFA Europa League teams that brought frustration for Roma, Inter, Manchester United and Villarreal.
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Nice recorded a sixth consecutive Ligue 1 victory on Sunday to keep morale levels sky high in the build-up to UEFA Europa League matchday four.
Wylan Cyprien scored twice, with Mario Balotelli and Alassane Pléa also on target, as Nice swept Nantes aside 4-1 to stretch their lead at the summit to six points – with fellow UEFA Europa League hopefuls St-Étienne doing them a favour by holding second-placed Monaco 1-1.
There was less to get excited about for Roma as they could only draw 0-0 away to Empoli following a superb display from goalkeeper Łukasz Skorupski – on loan from the Giallorossi. Also in Italy, Frank de Boer's Internazionale lost for the fourth time in five Serie A fixtures, succumbing 1-0 at Sampdoria.
Like Roma, Manchester United were also undone by a fine goalkeeping performance, Burnley's Tom Heaton helping claim a goalless stalemate at Old Trafford as United fell to eighth. Villarreal's unbeaten start to the Liga campaign was halted by Eibar, meanwhile, and recovering Schalke drew 0-0 at Dortmund.
Group A
Feyenoord 2-2 Heerenveen
Fenerbahçe 5-0 Karabükspor
Man. United 0-0 Burnley
Zorya 2-1 Zirka
Group B
AEK Larnaca 1-1 APOEL
Irtysh 0-0 Astana
Atromitos 0-1 Olympiacos
Young Boys 5-0 Vaduz
Group C
Waasland-Beveren 2-1 Anderlecht
Gabala 4-1 Neftçi
Mainz 2-0 Ingolstadt
St-Étienne 1-1 Monaco
Group D
Den Haag 0-1 AZ
Dundalk 4-1 Galway
Hapoel Beer-Sheva 2-0 Maccabi Tel-Aviv
Zenit 1-0 Tom
Group E
Dinamo Bucureşti 2-2 Astra
Austria Wien 2-0 Sturm
Empoli 0-0 Roma
Dukla 0-1 Viktoria Plzeň
Group F
Athletic 1-1 Osasuna
Genk 2-1 Westerlo
Admira 1-2 Rapid Wien
Lazio 2-1 Sassuolo
Group G
Ajax 1-0 Excelsior
Las Palmas 3-3 Celta
Panathinaikos 2-0 Iraklis
Oostende 3-1 Standard Liège
Group H
Braga 2-1 Belenenses
Mechelen 2-0 Gent
Bursaspor 2-0 Konyaspor
Shakhtar 2-0 Chornomorets Odesa
Group I
Anji 0-0 Krasnodar
Nice 4-1 Nantes
Salzburg 1-0 Ried
Dortmund 0-0 Schalke
Group J
Bologna 0-1 Fiorentina
PAOK 1-0 AEK Athens
Olimpik-Şüvälan 0-1 Qarabağ
Bohemians 2-1 Liberec
Group K
Hapoel Beer-Sheva 2-0 Maccabi Tel-Aviv
Sampdoria 1-0 Internazionale
Sparta Praha 4-0 Příbram
Southampton 0-2 Chelsea
Group L
Gaziantepspor 3-1 Osmanlıspor
Iaşi 0-2 Steaua
Eibar 2-1 Villarreal
Neuchâtel Xamax 1-3 Zürich (Challenge League)