Nantes captain Mickaël Landreau celebrated his 300th Ligue 1 match with a 2-0 win over Lens at the Stade Beaujoire on Saturday.

It took Nantes just seven minutes to settle the match as a contest against a Lens side clearly suffering the effects of their precious midweek Intertoto draw against the Germans of Wolfsburg.

Gilles Yapi Yapo opened the scoring just four minutes into the match with a grasscutter that went in with the aid of Lens ‘keeper Charles Itandje’s upright.

Three minutes later surprise selection Luigi Glombard repaid Nantes Coach Serge Le Dizet faith with a smart chip past Itandje after skipping clear of a flat-footed Lens defence.

Lens briefly fought back and Olivier Thomert almost ruined Landreau’s celebrations with a stunning left-foot volley, only to see his effort cannon down and away off the underside of the bar.

The second half saw Lens’ new Ivory Coast attacker Aruna Dindane try single-handedly to claw his side back into the match.

The former Anderlecht ace saw claims for a penalty turned down before twice drawing fine saves from the determined Landreau.

Nantes: Landreau (cap) - Savinaud, Cetto, Delhommeau, Guillon - Faé (Ca 88), Yapi Yapo, Toulalan, Mhadhbi (M. Diallo 62) - F. Da Rocha, Glombard (Bamogo 62)

Lens: Itandje - Barul (D. Cousin 78), A. Coulibaly, N. Gillet, Lachor (S. Keita 71) - J. Leroy, A. Diarra (Assou-Ekotto 71), J. Lacourt, Thomert - Jussiê, Dindane

Ref: B. Derrien