Bastia 1 - 0 Lyonnais: Bastia give new coach Francois Ciccolini a winning start

Francois Ciccolini began life as Bastia coach with a valuable 1-0 win against Lyon.

After Ghislain Printant was given his marching orders in midweek, Brandao handed Ciccolini the perfect start with a second-half winner on Saturday.

Lyon went close inside 20 minutes but Maxime Gonalons' header from a corner glanced just wide of the post as Alexandre Lacazette failed to get a telling touch.

Following a largely uneventful opening 45 minutes, Sebastien Squillaci came to Bastia's rescue twice just after the break, keeping out Clement Grenier's delivery before blocking Corentin Tolisso's effort.

Lyon had the ball in the back of the net on the hour mark when Mathieu Valbuena teed up Rachid Ghezzal but the former was ruled out for offside.

Despite their dominance, though, Lyon found themselves a goal behind on 69 minutes after Brandao combined with Axel Ngando before sliding the ball beyond Anthony Lopes to hand the hosts the advantage.

A Lyon response came and Lacazette went close twice, firstly testing Jean-Louis Leca with a stinging effort before the France international shaved the post with a header.

Bastia were reduced to 10 men late on when Gilles Cioni was sent off for a two-footed tackle on Grenier by the hosts held out to claim an important three points in their fight against relegation.