Paris Saint-Germain clinched the top of the French League on Sunday with a 5-point win against Marseille, avenging its loss in the first leg, and strengthening its string of successive victories to jump to the lead, two points ahead of Lens in the title race.
Published on: 02/09/2026 - 04:49
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Paris Saint-Germain defeated its guest and traditional rival Marseille 5-0 on Sunday at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, at the end of the twenty-first stage of the French Football League, to once again seize the top spot in the standings.
Paris Saint-Germain's goals were scored by Ousmane Dembélé (12 and 37), Argentinian Facundo Medina (64 by mistake in his team's goal), Georgian Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (66), and South Korean Kang-In Lee (74), so that the team compensated for its first loss this season in the league against Marseille 0-1 on September 22nd in the fifth stage, a match it played in the absence of its star Dembele. Desiree Doue, Portuguese Joao Neves and Bradley Barcola due to injury.
Paris Saint-Germain continued to outperform its Mediterranean rival after defeating it last month on penalties in the local Champions Cup final in Kuwait.
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The Parisian club's score was strengthened by its seventh successive victory in the league and the sixteenth this season, raising its tally to 51 points, returning to the top by two points over Lens, which beat Rennes 3-1 on Saturday, while Marseille suffered its sixth loss this season and froze at 39 points in fourth place.
The first half witnessed an early resolution to the confrontation through a double by international striker Dembélé, the best player in the world last year, after he shot twice strongly from inside the area. The first after a pass from Portuguese international Nuno Mendes (12), and the second after a pass from the promising Ceni Maiolo (37).
The Parisian pressure continued in the second half, with the third goal coming through defender Medina, who headed a falling ball from the other Portuguese, Neves, into his team's goal (64).
It was then the turn of international substitute Kvaratskhelia, who had just returned from injury, to add the fourth goal four minutes after he came on as a substitute for his colleague Desiree Doue, using an assist from Dembélé (66).
Second substitute Kang-In Lee concluded Saint-Germain's attacking display, scoring the fifth goal six minutes after replacing Bradley Barkola, with a powerful shot from inside the area following a new pass from Maiolo (74).
France 24/AFP
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