Lyon, coached by the Portuguese Paulo Fonseca, beat Saint-Cyr Collonges (3-0) at home, in the round of 32 of the French Cup, and moved on, while the first division Le Havre was surprised by Amiens, from Ligue 2. With Mathys de Carvalho and Afonso Moreira in the starting eleven, the Portuguese coach's team had difficulty breaking the score, only achieving it in the second half, with Abner Vinícius opening the scoring, in the 52nd minute. Sulc's double, in the 85th and 90th minutes, the latter from Afonso Moreira's pass, allowed Lyon to progress to the next round. In a duel between Ligue 1 teams, a double from Biereth allowed Monaco to win at Auxerre (2-1), while Marseille defeated Bourg en Bresse 6-0. Playing at home, Le Havre fell to Amiens (2-0), from a lower division, while Nice, against Saint-Étienne (2-1), Nantes, at Concarneau (5-3), Strasbourg, against Dunkerque (2-1), and Rennes, against Les Sables (3-0), went ahead.