Rennes top Ligue 1 on 16 points, but the PSG-Lyon winner will pass them tonight

Rennes lead Ligue 1 after matchday 8, but perhaps only until Monday night. Their 3-0 win over Strasbourg on Sunday took Franck Haise's side to 16 points, one ahead of Lille and Monaco. Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon, both on 14 with a game in hand, meet at the Parc des Princes at 20:30, and the winner goes top alone on 17.

Six clubs within two points

The top of the table is Rennes 16, Lille 15, Monaco 15, Lyon 14, PSG 14 and Paris FC 14, with Lens seventh on 13. A draw tonight would keep Rennes in first place, with PSG and Lyon both moving to 15. Lille and Monaco drew 1-1 against each other on Sunday, which let Rennes past both.

How Rennes went top

Rennes' Boulaye Dia opened the scoring on 34 minutes with a goal that stood although it looked offside, and Sebastian Szymanski doubled the lead seven minutes later, finishing a cross at the back post. Szymanski made it 3-0 on 61 minutes, curling a left-footed shot into the top corner. Strasbourg came close on 75 minutes, when Rennes' Charlie Cresswell cleared off the line. Strasbourg drop to 16th, the relegation play-off place, on 7 points.

Rennes are unbeaten at home (four wins, one draw, 13 goals scored) but have won only one of their three away games. Their 18 goals are the joint-most in the league with Marseille, yet their 14 conceded are the most of the top eight.

PSG and Lyon short of players

PSG are without Ousmane Dembélé, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Marquinhos and Nuno Mendes. Lyon are missing Loïs Openda, Mohamed Ouédraogo, Nicolas Tagliafico, Steeve Kango and Pavel Sulc, and Keito Nakamura is suspended. The match was moved from Sunday to Monday by prefectural order.

PSG coach Luis Enrique was clear about the stakes: "From Monday, we can be leaders. It is important for us to be as high as possible." Lyon have the league's best defence, with 5 goals conceded in seven games, and their only league defeat came at Lens (2-1) on matchday 6. They also won 2-1 at the Parc des Princes on 19 April last season. Lyon coach Paulo Fonseca called PSG "the best team in the world" and said his side must be "perfect, mainly defensively, because we know we will not have much of the ball".

Matchday 9

PSG open the next round on Friday at bottom side Le Havre, who have 2 points and no win, while Lille host Lens the same night. Rennes visit Nice on Saturday, when Lyon host Angers. Paris FC welcome Monaco on Sunday.