Brittany club Nantes sent third-placed Caen to their fourth defeat of the season with a 2-0 win in Normandy in Ligue 1 action on Friday.
The Canaries climbed to eighth in the table, thanks to their fifth win in ten matches with goals from Moroccan Yacine Bammou on 23 minutes and from Frenchman Adrien Thomasson on the hour mark.
Caen remain in third on 21 points and behind promoted Angers on goal difference.
Paris Saint-Germain are five points clear at the top with eight wins and two draws in ten outings.
Angers are at home to Guingamp on Saturday while PSG host Saint-Etienne at the Parc des Princes in the final match of the weekend 24 hours later.
In Friday’s second match, Lyon, bruised by their 3-1 Champions League defeat in Russia at the hands of Zenit St Petersburg, await Toulouse at their Stade Gerland.