Deiver Machado scored late as seventh-place Lens won 2-1 at struggling Le Havre in the French league on Sunday to move one point behind Lyon in sixth.The Colombia defender headed powerfully home from Poland winger Przemyslaw Frankowski's cross in the 77th minute.

French Ligue 1 results on Saturday: Saint-Etienne v Nantes (1400), Reims v Le Havre, Angers v Auxerre (both 1615), Marseille v Strasbourg (1945)

Brest 2, Lyon 1 Advertisement Article continues below this ad Reims 2, Nice 4 Rennes 1, Marseille 2 Le Havre 1, Lens 2 Advertisement Article continues below this ad Toulouse 1, Strasbourg 2

If Angers gets a breath of fresh air by jumping to 13th place, Le Havre and Montpellier, penultimate and bottom respectively, are starting to capitulate. These two bad students will have to find unsuspected resources during the return phase to get back on the road. Strasbourg and Toulouse are in the right car, if not in front.

After clinching the Trophee des Champions last Sunday, Paris Saint-Germain return to Ligue 1 action this weekend as they welcome Saint-Etienne to the Parc des Princes. Having secured the domestic double in 2023-24, the Parisians faced last season's league runners-up Monaco in the French Super Cup, winning the trophy for the 11th time in 12 years.

French Ligue 1 results on Friday: Lens v Paris Saint-Germain (1600), Rennes v Brest (1800), Lyon v Toulouse (2005)

Deiver Machado scored a late goal as Lens defeated Le Havre 2-1 in the French league. The victory places Lens just one point behind sixth-place Lyon. Lens' Abdukodir Khusanov missed the match amid transfer rumors to Manchester City.

Le Havre has lost five straight league games and is in 17th spot. Elsewhere, improving Strasbourg climbed into ninth place with a 2-1 win at Toulouse in a match where video reviews affected both ...

Le Havre has lost five straight league games and is in 17th spot. Elsewhere, improving Strasbourg climbed into ninth place with a 2-1 win at Toulouse in a match where video reviews affected both ...