Reims down Lorient, Rennes roll on
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Reims and Rennes moved alongside idle Paris Saint-Germain on nine points at the top of France's Ligue 1 on Saturday.
Champagne-region Reims, who won the last of their six French titles in 1962, were too strong for winless Lorient as they triumphed 4-1, while Rennes scored two second-half goals thanks to Sylvain Armand and Giovanni Sio to defeat Toulouse 3-1. Reims top the table on goals scored ahead of PSG with Rennes just behind on goal difference.
Earlier, French international Nabil Fekir scored a hat-trick as Lyon rumbled to a 4-0 win at Caen and climbed to a tie for fifth with Bastia and Nantes. In other matches Saturday, promoted Angers maintained their unbeaten start to the season with a 1-1 draw at home to Nice and lie fourth while Troyes and Montpellier finished scoreless.
In the only other match of the day, former Zambia and Côte d'Ivoire handler Herve Renard enjoyed his first win as Lille coach where a 23rd minute goal from Sofiane Boufal was enough to see off Gazelec-Ajaccio 1-0 in the north of the country.