Abdallah's redemption, Lille second, Lyon stall at Brest: four things from matchday 10

Marseille substitute Keyliane Abdallah, whose cameo against Le Havre two weeks ago angered his coach and earned him a spell with the reserves, scored the 82nd-minute winner as Marseille won 2-1 at Lens on Sunday night. It closed a Ligue 1 matchday 10 that ended with Paris Saint-Germain still top on 23 points, Lille second on 21 and Lyon out of the top four.

1. Abdallah answers Genesio

Amine Gouiri gave Marseille the lead in the second minute, and former Marseille player Florian Thauvin, now at Lens, levelled in the 20th from a pass by team-mate Florian Sotoca. Marseille coach Bruno Genesio said his side only reached half-time level thanks to an "exceptional" save from goalkeeper Jeff De Lange. Late in the game Genesio sent on Angel Gomes and Abdallah, a 20-year-old winger. Gomes released Marseille's Paixao, whose cross found Gouiri; the Algeria international miscued and Abdallah pushed the loose ball in.

After the 25 October win over Le Havre, Genesio had said he was "very disappointed" by the young players' cameo, and Abdallah spent the next weekend with the reserve side in National 2. "It means he understood that my decision was not a punishment, but to make him progress," Genesio told Ligue 1+. Marseille have now won five league games in a row and are fourth on 18 points, three behind Lille. "That's two matches in four days that we've won in the last quarter of an hour," Genesio added.

2. Lens still "sick" after Como

Four days after their 9-1 Champions League defeat by Como, Lens are 11th on 13 points: five defeats in ten league games. Head coach Yannick Cahuzac said his team had dropped their block deeper to take away the space behind it, but saw a side short of confidence on the ball. "We feel that we're sick. Wednesday's defeat left a few scars," he said, adding that "we pay cash for our slightest mistakes".

3. Lille win the top-five meeting in Rennes

Lille won 2-1 at Rennes and extended their unbeaten run to five games, according to La Provence. Soriba Diaoune, picked ahead of Dilane Bakwa, opened the scoring in the 24th minute with a low shot past Rennes goalkeeper Brice Samba. Boulaye Dia equalised in the 31st from close range at the far post, and Lille goalkeeper Berke Özer saved from Musa Al-Tamari midway through the second half. Moments later Diaoune tackled Rennes captain Valentin Rongier on the edge of the Rennes box and Lille defender Nathan Ngoy beat Samba with a low shot (68'). Davide Ancelotti's Lille have conceded seven goals in ten games, the fewest in the league; Franck Haise's Rennes fall to eighth on 16.

4. Lyon dominate the ball and lose at Brest

Lyon were third before kick-off and leave the weekend fifth on 17 after a 2-0 defeat at Brest, in what reports expect to be interim coach Jorge Maciel's last game in charge. Lyon had close to 70% of possession, according to La Provence, with captain Corentin Tolisso used as a false nine, but Noah Edjouma's first-time shot in the 22nd minute decided the game until Ludovic Ajorque's penalty in the fourth minute of stoppage time. Lyon thought they had a penalty of their own in the 62nd minute, but VAR overturned it and Lyon's Kaïl Boudache was booked for diving. "We didn't create chances in relation to the amount of possession we had," Maciel said. Spanish coach Carlos Vicens, 43, a former Pep Guardiola assistant at Manchester City, is expected to be officially named on Monday on a two-and-a-half-year contract, according to Flashscore and L'Équipe as reported by Sport365. Lyon go to Lille on 21 November.

Elsewhere

PSG beat Troyes 1-0 through Ilya Zabarnyi's 39th-minute goal, set up by team-mate Senny Mayulu, and Paris FC are third on 20 points after Lassine Sinayoko's 63rd-minute winner at Auxerre, his ninth league goal, the most in Ligue 1. Le Havre lost 2-0 at home to Lorient and are still without a win after ten games, on two points.