Lyon beats Rennes 3-1; Marseille visits Lorient

Promising forward Bradley Barcola, who netted the winner last Sunday against PSG, made it 3-1 in the 79th.

Lyon followed up its away win at Paris Saint-Germain with a 3-1 home win against Rennes in the French league on Sunday.

All of the scorers came through the club's famed youth academy — with former Lyon forward Amine Gouiri opening the scoring for Rennes in the 11th minute.

Midfielder Corentin Tolisso equalized in the 60th with a fine 20-meter strike, and striker Alexandre Lacazette volleyed home in the 68th with his 18th league goal of the season — moving him one behind top scorers Kylian Mbappé (PSG) and Jonathan David (Lille). Promising forward Bradley Barcola, who netted the winner last Sunday against PSG, made it 3-1 in the 79th. Seventh-place Lyon moved three points behind Rennes in sixth spot.

Later Sunday, third-place Marseille looked to equal its own league record with a ninth straight away win when it visited Lorient and fourth-place Monaco hosted Nantes.

OTHER MATCHES Striker Folarin Balogun scored an injury-time penalty for his 18th league goal to earn eighth-place Reims a 1-1 home draw with Brest.

Toulouse won 2-1 at Montpellier; Clermont won 2-1 at struggling Troyes and Auxerre's 3-0 win at relegation battler Ajaccio moved it away from the relegation zone.

On Saturday, Lionel Messi scored and assisted as leader PSG won 2-0 at Nice to maintain its six-point lead over Lens. PSG hosts Lens next Saturday in what could be Lens' last chance to challenge for the title.

(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)