Rennes recorded a fourth win in five games on Sunday with a 2-0 victory over Angers to keep the pressure on the clubs above them in the race for Champions League football.
Benjamin Bourigeaud and Gaetan Laborde scored at Roazhon Park as Bruno Genesio's team moved to within a point of third-placed Marseille, who host Monaco in Sunday's late match in Ligue 1.
Nice are two points better off in second following Saturday's 1-0 win over runaway leaders Paris Saint-Germain.
Strasbourg's push for a top-three finish has been stalled by three successive draws, the latest a 1-1 stalemate after Sweden's Jens-Lye Cajuste grabbed a late equaliser for Reims to cancel out a goal from Jean-Ricner Bellegarde.
Nantes followed up their midweek French Cup semifinal win over Monaco on penalties by beating Montpellier 2-0 through goals from Randal Kolo Muani and Willem Geubbels.
Lille thumped Clermont 4-0 with Jonathan David among the scorers, while Saint-Etienne climbed out of the relegation places thanks to Denis Bouanga's strike in a 1-0 win over Metz.
Bottom club Bordeaux lost 2-0 at home to Troyes to leave them three points from safety and without a win in five games.