Lyon held

Kevin Mirallas gave the visitors the lead after 50 minutes only for Juninho to equalise three minutes later.

Frederic Piquionne was sent off a minute later for the defending champions who are one point ahead of Bordeaux.

Bordeaux had earlier briefly gone top after a battling 2-2 draw at home with Lille.

Bordeaux dominated the first half and opened the scoring through David Bellion's close-range effort in the 17th minute.

Seventh-placed Lille came back into the game after the break.

They levelled three minutes after the restart when Ludovic Obraniak fired a shot into the far corner and went up 2-1 through Adil Rami who slipped the ball under keeper Ulrich Rame.

Bordeaux secured a point on 65 minutes thanks to a powerful header by France playmaker Yoann Gourcuff.

Olympique Marseille's hopes of challenging for the title dimmed when they were defeated 1-0 at Sochaux.

The only goal was scored midway through the first half by Turkish striker Mevlut Erding who rounded France international goalkeeper Steve Mandanda and pushed the ball into an empty net.

Marseille are fourth on 38 points, one behind Paris St Germain who beat Caen 2-0 on Saturday.