Paris Saint Germain and Bordeaux continued their unbeaten starts in Ligue 1.
Paris Saint Germain and Bordeaux continued their unbeaten starts to the new Ligue 1 campaign with wins on Saturday.PSG remain top of the table on goal difference after Edouard Cisse's second half strike gave the French capital club a 1-0 victory at Sochaux.
Bordeaux followed suit with a 1-0 win of their own against promoted Nancy at Stade Chaban-Delmas.
Moroccan international Marouane Chamakh's early strike gave Les Girondins a second successive victory.
Nice recorded their first win of the new season after a 2-0 success at Toulouse, with Bakari Kone (17) and a Sammy Traore penalty (29) proving decisive at Stadium Municipal.
Jacques Santini's Auxerre also earned their first win with a 2-0 away result over ten-man Monaco.
Philippe Violeau gave the visitors the lead on 26 minutes before the home side had Patrice Evra sent off for serious foul play just before the break.
Auxerre secured the points in the Principality when Luigi Pieroni found the scoresheet in the latter stages.
Lille left it late to earn a 3-3 draw with Ajaccio in Corsica.
Romain Rocchi gave the home side the lead on 12 minutes before Lille levelled seven minutes later through Jean Makoun.
Waldir Lucas Pereira made it 2-1 for the home side on 27 minutes but Daniel Gygax made sure both sides were level at the break.
Ajaccio took the lead for the third time through Rafik Saifi on 65 minutes but Mathieu Debuchy earned the Northern French club a point with a last minute strike.
In the early Saturday kick-off, Lens recorded their first win of the new season after a 2-0 victory over winless Marseille at Stade Felix-Bollaert.
Seydou Keita gave the home side a half time lead before Brazilian defender Vitorino Hilton doubled their advantage just after the hour mark.
Promoted Troyes held St Etienne to a goalless draw at Stade de L'Aube, with both sides having made it two draws each to start the new season.
Finally, Le Mans earned their first point since winning promotion themselves after a goalless stalemate at Metz.
Click below for match summaries:
Lens 2-0 Marseille
Ajaccio 3-3 Lille
Bordeaux 1-0 Nancy
Metz 0-0 Le Mans
Monaco 0-2 Auxerre
Sochaux 0-1 PSG
Toulouse 0-2 Nice
Troyes 0-0 St Etienne
Click here for the Ligue 1 table.
