Marseille moved a point clear at the top of Ligue 1 on Saturday night after beating Sochaux 2-1 at the Stade Velodrome.

Karim Ziani and Bakari Kone put the home side in control with Mevlut Erdinc's 73rd-minute strike nothing more than a consolation.

The win sees OM move on to 10 points, one more than Le Mans, Nice and Grenoble.

Defending champions Lyon can join Marseille on top if they beat St Etienne on Sunday.

Le Mans were emphatic 4-1 winners at managerless Nantes.

The home side have endured a difficult week with former boss Michel Der Zakarian leaving the club on Tuesday after Les Canaris had managed just one point from their opening three games.

Interim coach Christian Lariepe was tasked with leading the side at the Stade de la Beaujoire and saw them take the lead through Guirane N'Daw after 20 minutes.

Nantes' joy was short-lived with Thorstein Helstad equalising two minutes later before further goals from Modibo Maiga, Mathieu Coutadeur and Gervinho completed another miserable day for the hosts.

Nice had to wear down a dogged Valenciennes, who played with 10 men for an hour, before claiming their third consecutive win.

The key moment of the game arrived in the 32nd minute when Valenciennes defender Siaka Tiene was shown a straight red card for deliberate handball in the penalty area.

Loic Remy missed the resultant spot-kick but goals from Habib Bamogo and Remy saw the hosts home.

Daniel Moreira scored the only goal as Grenoble beat Monaco 1-0.

An early goal from Guillaume Hoarau enabled Paris St Germain to continue their encouraging start to the new Ligue 1 season with a 1-0 win at Caen while Ireneusz Jelen and Benoit Pedretti were on target in Auxerre's 2-0 victory at Lorient.

Andre Luiz's late strike sealed three points for Nancy as they came from a goal behind to beat Le Havre.

Luiz scored with four minutes remaining after Jonathan Brison's 70th minute equaliser cancelled out Cedric Faure's opener.