Angel Di Maria scored twice and Moise Kean grabbed his fifth goal in five games as Paris St-Germain moved five points clear at the top of Ligue 1 with victory over third-place Rennes.
However, the win came at a further cost for injury-hit PSG as Kean, defender Thilo Kehrer and midfielder Idrissa Gueye all had to come off prematurely.
Kean’s low strike put PSG ahead before Di Maria clipped home the second.
The Argentina winger made it 3-0 with a low deflected shot in the 75th minute.
Julien Stephan’s side, making their Champions League debut this season, regularly threatened in the PSG area, but goalkeeper Keylor Navas was called into action only on a couple of occasions.
PSG coach Thomas Tuchel will be thankful for the upcoming international break.
The German was again without his two injured star strikers Kylian Mbappe and Neymar, with Juan Bernat, Mauro Icardi, Presnel Kimpembe, Julian Draxler, Pablo Sarabia and Marco Verratti also sidelined.
He then had to replace Gueye and Kehrer in the first half before Kean limped off after the break.
Full-back Alessandro Florenzi failed to re-appear after half-time, although it was unclear whether he had also picked up an injury.
Line-ups
PSG
- 1Navas
- 4KehrerSubstituted forBakkerat 36′minutes
- 5Marquinhos
- 22Diallo
- 20KurzawaBooked at 86mins
- 21HerreraBooked at 4mins
- 8Paredes
- 27GueyeSubstituted forRafinhaat 13′minutes
- 24FlorenziSubstituted forDagbaat 45′minutesBooked at 49mins
- 18KeanSubstituted forDaniloat 61′minutes
- 11Di María
Substitutes
- 12Rafinha
- 15Danilo
- 16Rico
- 25Bakker
- 30Letellier
- 31Dagba
- 32Pembele
- 36Ruiz-Atil
- 37Fadiga
Rennes
- 16Gomis
- 27Traoré
- 3Da Silva
- 6Aguerd
- 31Truffert
- 15Nzonzi
- 19GbohoSubstituted forTerrierat 56′minutes
- 12Lea SilikiSubstituted forGrenierat 56′minutes
- 14BourigeaudSubstituted forHunouat 67′minutes
- 18DokuSubstituted forDel Castilloat 79′minutes
- 9Guirassy
Substitutes
- 1Salin
- 4Nyamsi
- 5Chagas Estevao
- 7Terrier
- 8Grenier
- 20Tait
- 22Del Castillo
- 23Hunou
- 33Assignon
Live Text
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Match ends, Paris Saint Germain 3, Rennes 0.
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Second Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 3, Rennes 0.
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Attempt saved. Damien Da Silva (Rennes) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Clément Grenier with a cross.
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Corner, Rennes. Conceded by Abdou Diallo.
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Attempt blocked. Adrien Hunou (Rennes) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked.
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Attempt missed. Martin Terrier (Rennes) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Adrien Truffert with a cross.
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Corner, Rennes. Conceded by Layvin Kurzawa.
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Layvin Kurzawa (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Layvin Kurzawa (Paris Saint Germain).
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Romain Del Castillo (Rennes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Rafinha (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Clément Grenier (Rennes).
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Rafinha (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Clément Grenier (Rennes).
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Attempt saved. Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a cross.
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Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Alfred Gomis.
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Attempt saved. Rafinha (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Colin Dagba.
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Foul by Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain).
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Serhou Guirassy (Rennes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Substitution, Rennes. Romain Del Castillo replaces Jéremy Doku.
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