Adrien Rabiot scored a second-half winner as Marseille beat Rennes 2-1 in Brittany on Saturday to move within four points of Ligue 1 pace-setters Paris Saint-Germain.

French Ligue 1 results on Friday: Lens v Paris Saint-Germain (1600), Rennes v Brest (1800), Lyon v Toulouse (2005)

Courtesy of a first-half blitz with Camara and Ludovic Ajorque both scoring, Brest secured an important home win against Lyon. The visitors' passiveness was

French striker Ousmane Dembele scored a brace for Paris club. And Georgian forward Zuriko Davitashvili netted the guests' goal. PSG lead the current Ligue 1 standings, with 43 points, and are 7 points ahead of Marseille, which are in second place. Saint-Etienne are sixteenth, with 16 points.

Two relegation candidates meet in Ligue 1 on Sunday, as St-Etienne host Nantes in a six-pointer near the bottom of the table. Heading into the weekend, the visitors sit just above their hosts on goal difference in the standings, leaving everything to play for at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.

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Mason Greenwood scored and set up a goal for Adrien Rabiot as Marseille won at Rennes 2-1 to move four points behind Ligue 1 leader Paris Saint-Germain on Saturday. Greenwood's 11th league goal came moments before halftime and he then curled a cross onto the head of Rabiot early into the second half.

Mason Greenwood has scored and set up a goal for Adrien Rabiot as Marseille won at Rennes 2-1 to move four points behind Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain. A fourth win in five league games also moved second-placed Marseille five points ahead of third-placed Monaco after 17 rounds.

The year is starting very well for Angers. Fallers in 2025 of Brest and Montpellier, the SCO continued this Sunday

French Ligue 1 table after Sunday's matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):

Second-placed Marseille lost further ground on leader Paris Saint-Germain by drawing 1-1 with Strasbourg in the French league on Sunday. Facing a well-organized and lively visiting side, Marseille struggled to develop its attacking moves in the first half and relied on a penalty converted by Mason Greenwood after the interval to secure a point.

Nantes 1 (Simon 14) Reims 1 (Munetsi 26) Le Havre 1 (Sangante 67) Angers 2 (Diomande 18-og, Lepaul 47) Auxerre 0 Marseille 1 (Greenwood 68-pen) Strasbourg 1 (Emegha 23) Played Saturday Lens 1 (Nzola 36) Paris Saint-Germain 2 (Ruiz 59,