Adverse weather conditions had an impact upon action in France's Ligue 1 on Saturday, with the meeting of Marseille and Valenciennes at the Stade Velodrome postponed.

The game was scheduled to kick off at 1700 local time (1600 GMT) but heavy rain forced its postponement just a quarter of an hour before the start following a third pitch inspection.

The match will now be staged at an unspecified later date, while there were also doubts surrounding the meeting of Nice and Ajaccio further along France's Mediterranean coast.

On Friday, Saint-Etienne moved to within three points of the Champions League places by defeating third-placed Lille 2-0, Brandao and Franck Tabanou netting for Les Verts while Florent Balmont was sent off for Lille.

Leaders Paris Saint-Germain and second-placed Monaco are both in action on Sunday, taking on Nantes and Toulouse respectively.