Ligue 1: Paris FC beat Rennes 4-3 after a seven-goal game and go second behind PSG

Lassine Sinayoko won the stoppage-time penalty, waited for the video review, then sent Brice Samba the wrong way: 4-3 to Paris FC in the 97th minute at Stade Jean-Bouin on Sunday. The home side never trailed. Rennes came back three times, each time from an Estéban Lepaul penalty (29th, 74th, 88th); Maxime Lopez (14th, 45th+4) and then Sinayoko (76th) gave Paris FC the lead again, and the fourth penalty of the match, converted by Sinayoko, settled it.

Four penalties, a first since 1992

Ligue 1 had not seen four penalties scored in one match since Toulon-Nancy in 1992. The three Paris FC fouls had different causes: a challenge from Pierre Lees-Melou, contact from Samir Chergui on Mousa Al-Tamari, a handball from Otávio. The rest of the game lived up to it: a Sebastian Szymański goal ruled out for a foul by Djaoui Cissé in the build-up, an acrobatic overhead kick from Sinayoko for the 3-2, and a finish with ten men for Rennes after Lepaul went off with an ankle sprain. “You cannot hope to win a game when you concede four goals. We come back every time, then they score again,” Charlie Cresswell told Ligue 1+, on the club website.

Second behind PSG, Monaco dethroned

Paris FC climb to second on 14 points, level on goal difference with Lille in third. Monaco, beaten 1-0 at Lorient by a Noah Cadiou penalty, lost for the first time this season and handed top spot to PSG. Rennes (13 points) drop to fifth before the trip to Turin on Thursday; Lepaul, on seven goals this season, remains the league’s top scorer. According to franceinfo, it was a first: Paris FC had never beaten Rennes in the top flight. Paris FC travel to Lens on Saturday; the next day, Rennes host Strasbourg.

What the match changes for the bettor

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