Nice, Lille and Paris St-Germain were the big winners of a weekend full of derbies in France.

Evann Guessand’s goal gave Nice a 2-1 victory in the Côte d’Azur derby as second-placed Monaco suffered their first defeat of the campaign, while Lille secured a dramatic victory 2 -0 in Lens thanks to goals from Jonathan David and Mohamed Bayo. in the eighth and eleventh minutes of added time.

But leaders PSG remain three points clear after a 3-0 win over third-placed Marseille which had Amine Harit sent off in the 20th minute. Joao Neves opened the scoring, before a Leonardo Balerdi own goal and Bradley Barcola effort sealed the victory at half-time.

Furthermore, Sporting continued its 100% start to the season in Portugal with a 3-0 victory over Famalicao.

Thanks to a midweek brace in the Europa League, Swedish striker Viktor Gyokeres was again on the scoresheet to take his tally this season to 12 in nine league matches.

Third-placed Benfica also claimed three points thanks to Muhammed Kerem Akturkoglu’s hat-trick in a 5-0 win over Rio Ave.

In the Netherlands, PSV extended their lead to eight points with a resounding 6-0 victory over PEC Zwolle.

Closest challengers Utrecht were further adrift after losing 2-0 at home to Feyenoord, while Ajax are third after a routine 1-0 home win over Willem II.