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.

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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,

Saint-Etienne and Nantes remain stuck near the bottom of the French league after their 1-1 draw. Both Saint-Etienne and Nantes are part of French soccer aristocracy, having respectively won 10 and and eight league titles.

Brest 2, Lyon 1 Advertisement Article continues below this ad Reims 2, Nice 4 Rennes 1, Marseille 2 Le Havre 1, Lens 2 Advertisement Article continues below this ad Toulouse 1, Strasbourg 2

Days after their shock exit from the Coupe de France, Lyon aim to get back on track when they host Toulouse in Ligue 1 action on Saturday at Groupama Stadium. OL currently sit sixth in the table following a 2-1 defeat versus Brest last weekend, and Toulouse are four points behind them in eighth, losing by that same score against Strasbourg.