CROATIAN defender Duje Caleta-Car played the full match as French giants Lyon beat Lorient 2-0 to continue their ascent up the Ligue 1 table.

The 27 year old has been a key part of the Lyon defence in recent weeks - playing 90 minutes in each of the last six league fixtures.

Pierre Sage's side are up to 10th in the table having sat at the foot of the table back in gameweek 15. 

Frustratingly for Saints fans, midfielder Charly Alcaraz has been ruled out for the coming weeks after suffering a hamstring injury in training.

The Argentine, who joined Juventus on loan in January, suffered the injury last Wednesday with Juventus confirming he will be evaluated in 10-15 days to determine the extent of the problem.

The Serie A side drew 2-2 with Atalanta in Alcaraz's absence and are now 17 points behind league leaders Inter Milan.

Polish goalkeeper Mateusz Lis kept his 16th clean sheet of the season as Goztepe beat Sanliurfa 1-0 in the Turkish second tier.

Lis has played 25 games this season for the Sport Republic-owned side and the positive result keeps them second in the table.

It was just a brief outing for Armel Bella-Kotchap as his PSV Eindhoven side beat Go Ahead Eagles 1-0 in the Eredivisie.

PSV, while leading 1-0, went down to 10 players when centre-back Armando Obispo was sent off after 88 minutes.

Bella-Kotchap was brought on four minutes later and helped the Dutch side see the game out to remain 10 points clear of Feyenoord at the top of the division.

Domestically, Lewis Payne and Derrick Abu played the full games but were both beaten in League Two.

Payne was booked as his Newport County side were edged out 1-0 by second-placed Stockport County.

Abu's Harrogate Town lost 2-1 to Crawley Town on a disappointing afternoon for the right-back. Both Newport and Harrogate are tied on 49 points in League Two.

Left-back Romain Perraud, who is yet to start a Ligue 1 match for OGC Nice this season, was an unused substitute again as his side lost 2-1 at Montpellier.

Nigerian international Paul Onuachu remains out due to an injury he suffered in Trabzonspor's 1-0 win against Istanbul Basaksehir last month. He is expected to be out until late April.