Round 7 proved to be the most prolific of the Ligue 1 Uber Eats season so far, with no fewer than 35 goals across all ten matches. PSG's Kylian Mbappé was responsible for two of them as he bagged his 12th brace for the capital club, his trademark pace and cool finishing converting assists from debutant Rafinha and Pablo Sarabia in the deceptively easy 4-0 win over hard nuts Nîmes.

Rafinha: 'Important to get the win'

Alessandro Florenzi and Sarabia scored Paris's other two goals to seal the deal late and send Paris second - just in time for Tuesday's UEFA Champions League appointment at home to Manchester United.

"I'm very happy to have started the game, to have played my first minutes and that it has ended up with a win. It's fantastic," said the former Barcelona man, whose side took a while to take advantage after Nîmes stopper Loïck Landre saw red for a reckless challenge on the Brazilian midfielder. "I'm happy to have provided the assist for Kylian's goal. He made a good run, and I saw a space open up. We knew it would be a difficult game, and it was important to get the win to set ourselves up well for the game against Manchester United on Tuesday."

Thauvin steps it up

After Mbappé shone on Friday night, OM's Florian Thauvin wasn't to be outdone, confirming his return to form with a sublime trademark curler from an improbable distance  - and the assist for Jordan Amavi's header - as Marseille clinched a 3-1 win over Bordeaux, for whom Hatem Ben Arfa was making his debut.

"We needed this victory, yes, I hope it will give us that confidence," said OM boss André Villas-Boas ahead of Wednesday's Champions League trip to Olympiacos. "We were well committed, with good individual performances."

Depay doles out goals

Now sixth, OM have a two-point lead over Lyon, who had Dutch superstar Memphis Depay to thank in large part for their first win since the opening day of the season. The ubiquitous Depay bagged a hat-trick of assists in the 3-1 win over Strasbourg - one for Tino Kadewere's first in Ligue 1 Uber Eats and two for Karl Toko Ekambi.

"We were relaxed because we knew that we had been working well since the beginning of the season. We have had some bad luck, but on today we managed to score three goals and win this match, which brings us back up in the standings and augurs well for the season to come," said two-goal Toko Ekambi. "I think that today everyone could have scored because collectively we were good, we did things together. I was in the right place but it could have been someone else."

LOSC flatten Lens in derby steamroll

The big match of the round on Sunday night - the top-of-the-table Derby du Nord between LOSC and fierce rivals RC Lens at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy proved one-way traffic for Christophe Galtier's Dogues, who took the day 4-0 with a deft display of attacking football.

"Things went our way tonight. We opened the score quickly and got a second right after the break," explained Galtier ahead of Thursday's Europa League trip to Sparta Prague. "Then we were a man up [Lens ended the match with nine men] and the game became less difficult. This derby was important to give a good account of ourselves and win for the fans, who can't be there."

Rennes, Nice prepare for Europe

LOSC enjoy a two-point lead atop the table, having displaced a Rennes side who slipped from top spot as they faltered just days out from their Champions league debut at home to Krasnodar on Tuesday, drawing 1-1 with bottom club Dijon on Friday.

Montpellier slipped to seventh after drawing 1-1 in Monaco, Englishman Stephy Mavididi's tenacious solo effort not enough to clinch three points for his side - who lost playmaker Téji Savanier to a re card early on - as France Wissam Ben Yedder struck fro the spot late on.

Nice prepared for Thursday's Europa League trip to Leverkusen with a 3-1 beating of Saint-Etienne despite the absence of first-choice striker Kasper Dolberg, injured on international duty with Denmark (ankle).

Cassama screamer

Reims' Guinea-Bissau international Moreto Cassama announced his arrival in France in stunning fashion, looping in one of the goals of the round - the Champagne club's first goal at home this season - but it wasn't enough to get the better of visiting Lorient, who claimed a 3-1 win.

The win sees promoted Lorient open up a four-point gap over the still-winless bottom three of Strasbourg (18th), Reims (19th) and Dijon (20th). Christophe Pélissier's side now trail 15th-placed Nantes - who trumped Brest 3-1 despite a stunning free-kick from rising star Romain Faivre - by just a single point.

Les Canaris are level on eight points with FC Metz, who drew 1-1 with Angers.