Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille both dropped points, Lorient won again to climb up to second and LOSC took the derby spoils against Lens. Check out the action from Round 10 of Ligue 1 Uber Eats here!
Reims hold ten-man PSG
Reims battled to a goalless draw against reigning champions Paris Saint-Germain at the Stade Auguste Delaune. PSG defender Sergio Ramos was dismissed late in the first half for two bookable offenses but the capital club held on to preserve their unbeaten record.
“I thought it was a nervy match," said PSG coach Christophe Galtier who saw his side drop points for the second time in the league this season.
"Even though we created the first chance in the first half, we struggled after that because our opponents played with a lot of intensity. There were times where they went too far but that was our opponent's intention. I’m not sure whether we can say we deserved to win, I think we had some big chances, one on ones, but in the end it was a fair result.”
Ajaccio stun Marseille
Ajaccio pulled off arguably the shock result of the season so far when they beat Marseille 2-1 at the Orange Velodrome.
Dimitri Payet fired Marseille in front from the penalty spot (15') but an equaliser from Bevic Moussiti-Oko ten-minutes later followed by Leonardo Balerdi's own-goal (47') handed the Corsican side an unlikely victory.
"I have trouble explaining this defeat," said a disappointed Marseille boss Igor Tudor. "In fact, we only played for 15 minutes. After the goal, we changed our approach and even more so after the equaliser. I got the impression that we didn't really want to win. We have to move on from this quickly."
LOSC take bragging rights
A first-half penalty from Jonathan David gave LOSC the Derby du Nord bragging rights after a 1-0 win at home to Lens.
David made no mistake from the spot after Benjamin Andre was impeded in the area. The result ensured LOSC put an end to their bitter rivals' unbeaten start to the season and climbed up to seventh in the table.
Rennes moved up to sixth in the table with a 3-0 win at home to Nantes.
Amine Gouiri opened the scoring (26') before Martin Terrier continued his good form in front of goal (79'). Teenage star Désiré Doué brilliantly added a third six-minutes from time to hand Rennes their fifth win of the season.
Lorient on cloud nine
Lorient climbed to second in the table after coming from behind to beat Brest 2-1 at the Stade Francis le Blé.
Romain Del Castillo put the hosts in front in the 17th minute but two goals from the in-form Terem Moffi (24' & 53') handed Lorient their eighth win of the season, leapfrogging Marseille into second place in the table.
Five on the spin for Monaco
Monaco beat Montpellier 2-0 at the Stade de la Mosson to stretch their winning run to five league games.
Breel Embolo fired in the opener on the stroke of half time to put the principality side in front before Myron Boadu finished off the hosts ten-minutes from time.
Toulouse hold Lyon
A second-half strike from Rafael Ratao earned Toulouse a 1-1 draw against Lyon at the Groupama Stadium.
Les Gones took an early lead when Tete found the net (2') but Toulouse chipped away and got their reward when Ratao levelled up for the visitors in the 67th minute. Lyon are now without a win in five outings, costing Peter Bosz his job as Lyon head coach.
Nice make hard work of Troyes
Nice had to hold on in the final moment to claim three points after a 3-2 win at home to Troyes. Mattia Viti headed Nice in front in the 2nd minute before Andy Delort's penalty (37') and Nicolas Pépé's cool finish (50') looked to have finished off the visitors.
But goals from Xavier Chavalerin (82') and Abdu Conté (90') made it an anxious final few minutes for Lucien Favre whose side held on for maximum points.
Strasbourg snatch first win
Strasbourg finally registered their first win of the season after a hard-fought 3-2 win at Angers.
Kevin Gameiro's seventh-minute opener for Strasbourg was quickly cancelled out by Adrien Hunou (11') but Julien Stéphan's men raced away with the lead when Miha Blazic put through his own net (33') and Habib Diallo added another (58').
Blazic then got in on the act at the right end (87') to pull one back for Angers but Strasbourg held on for the victory.
Clermont hold on for the points
Clermont continued their superb start to the season by beating Auxerre 2-1 at the Stade Gabriel Montpied.
Goals from Saif-Eddine Khaoui (55') and Grejohn Kyei three-minutes later were too much for the League's new-boys to overcome, who pulled one back in added time through Jubal.
