Marseille soundly defeat Bastia; Rennes remain perfect with win over Nantes
Marseille got their stuttering start to the new Ligue 1 season back on track with a thumping 4-1 defeat of Bastia at the Stade Velodrome.
Defender Benjamin Mendy set the tone early when his 15 minute thunderbolt flew past Jesper Hansen to set the hosts on their way. Romain Alessandrini bundled his way in to the area just after the restart to add his side's second, before adding a Marseille third 20 minutes later, steering the ball into the bottom corner from inside the area.
Michy Batshuayi netted a fourth for the hosts from close range on 70 minutes before Brandao grabbed a Bastia consolation against his former employers late on.
Nantes 0, Rennes 2
Rennes made it four successive Ligue 1 wins with a 2-0 victory over nine-man Nantes.
Paul Georges Ntep's notched for the first time the season, on his first start, to open the scoring and Giovanni Sio's late effort secured victory against a dogged Nantes side. The hosts were reduced to 10 men when Adryan was given his marching orders early in the second half.
Ntep took full advantage of the hosts' disadvantage when he pounced on Sio's blocked shot to poke home midway through the second half. And any slim chances of a Les Canaris comeback diminished when Kolbeinn Sigthorsson was given his marching orders before Sio wrapped up the points late on, breaking free of the Nantes defence before beating Maxime Dupe.
