Hakimi’s hat trick leads PSG’s rout over Le Havre. Elversberg continues strong run in Bundesliga

LILLE, France (AP)– Right-back Achraf Hakimi scored a hat technique and included 2 helps as Paris Saint-Germain made a 6th straight league win with a 5-1 success over Le Havre on Friday.

Elye Wahi likewise netted a hat technique in a 5-2 win for Nice over Rennes, while Olivier Giroud’s late winner offered second-place Lille a 1-0 triumph over Lens.

In Spain, having a hard time Espanyol beat Villarreal 1-0 with an objective from captain Leandro Cabrera, while Bundesliga beginner Elversberg continued its excellent start by scoring 3 objectives in a commanding very first half on its method to a 4-1 win over Mainz that raises it into the leading 5.

PSG remains leading, Lille and Nice win

Josh Maja’s 3rd objective in 2 video games put Le Havre ahead in the 18th minute however PSG struck back with 2 fast objectives from Mika Godts and Hakimi to take a 2-1 halftime lead.

Hakimi extended the lead by curling home a complimentary kick in the 55th and after that established Senny Mayulu for the 4th before finishing his hat technique in the 69th– raising 3 fingers to the cam as he commemorated– as PSG extended its winning streak to 9 video games in all competitors.

PSG has 20 points, 2 ahead of Lille and 4 clear of Rennes.

In Nice, Wahi transformed 2 charges in the 12th and 34th minutes, either side of Sebastian Szymanski’s equalizer.

Jonathan Clauss took a pass from Wahi and included a 3rd for Nice in first-half blockage time and Mohamed Amoura made it 4-1 early in the 2nd half.

Boulaye Dia’s charge brought Rennes back into contention after 58 minutes however Wahi’s 3rd topped an exceptional night for the Ivory Coast worldwide.

The 23-year-old forward, who is on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt, now has 5 objectives and 2 helps in his last 3 video games for Nice, which climbed up into seventh.

In Lille, Giroud changed Ethan Mbappe with 17 minutes staying and the veteran striker acted on the rebound in the 86th to net the winner after goalkeeper Robin Risser had actually spilled Nabil Bentaleb’s long-range shot.

Elversberg overruns Mainz in very first half

Elversberg’s previous 3 video games included 13 objectives and the Saarland side began in the exact same vein, scoring 3 without reply in a scintillating very first half.

Felix Keidel curled a totally free kick around the Mainz wall to put the home side ahead in the seventh minute and after that Francis Onyeka held back the attentions of the Mainz defense to fire home a 2nd after 26 minutes. Bayern Munich loanee Maurice Krattenmacher made it 3-0 on the stroke of halftime.

United States global Cole Campbell made it 4-0 with a volley in blockage time before Benedict Hollerbach scored an alleviation for Mainz, which had Stefan Posch dispatched at the end.

The outcomes raises Elversberg into 5th area with 13 points, the like Freiberg and Bayer Leverkusen, who are above it on objective distinction and have a video game in hand.

Mainz fell one location to 8th.

Espanyol stops grim go to take 3 points at Villarreal

Uruguayan Cabrera scored after an hour to offer Sergio García a remarkable night as interim coach.

Garcia changed Manolo González today after Espanyol was knocked out of the Copa del Rey by fourth-tier side Sestao however his replacement Eder Sarabia missed out on Friday’s match through suspension.

Cabrera scored the winner by smacking home a low cross from the left on the hour mark.

It was just Espanyol’s 3rd win of the season and raised it 6 locations into 12th. Villarreal remains in 10th.

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