Paris FC beat Nice 3-0 at the Stade Jean Bouin for their first win back in Ligue 1

Paris FC returned to Ligue 1 this month and opened with a goalless draw. Their second game brought the first win: 3-0 at home to Nice, and it was more comfortable than a one-goal half suggested.

Lassine Sinayoko converted a penalty at 21'. Samir Chergui made it two at 51'. Vincent Marchetti added a third at 89' after Nice had spent an hour with the ball and no way through.

Nice had the ball, Paris FC had the chances

Nice finished with 55% possession and an expected-goals total of 0.65. Paris FC's was 2.88. Kevin Trapp made four saves in the home goal; his opposite number made one.

It is a first Ligue 1 win for the club since promotion and a second game without conceding, for a side that has started the season better than its billing.

Match facts

• 21' — Lassine Sinayoko (Paris FC), penalty
• 51' — Samir Chergui (Paris FC)
• 89' — Vincent Marchetti (Paris FC)

What's next

The Ligue 1 table still reflects matchday 1, where both clubs sat mid-table on a point from a goalless draw — Nice 11th, Paris FC 12th. This result pushes Paris FC up. Next, on the weekend of 5-6 September, Paris FC host Marseille and Nice host Le Mans.

Paris FC: an unbeaten run that is still going

This win over Nice turned out to be the second result in a run that, five matchdays later, still has not produced a defeat. Paris FC followed it with a 3-2 win at the Vélodrome, where Lassine Sinayoko struck twice in the first 19 minutes and completed his hat-trick from the penalty spot in the 86th as Marseille's Amine Gouiri replied twice for the hosts. A second goalless draw came at home to Lyon in matchday 4, before Ismaël Kebbal and Paul Pagis scored either side of half-time in a 2-1 win over Strasbourg in matchday 5. Five matches into their return to the top flight, Paris FC are 3rd on 11 points with an 8-3 goal difference, level with second-placed Lyon on goal difference alone and two points off leaders Monaco — one of only three Ligue 1 clubs yet to lose this season.

Nice: a losing streak before the first win arrived

For Nice, the Stade Jean Bouin defeat sat at the start of a rough opening month. Elye Wahi finally got the club off the mark with an equaliser in a 1-1 draw at home to Le Mans in matchday 3 — the first Nice goal of the season after two goalless matches either side of this loss. A 0-1 defeat at bottom-of-the-table Auxerre followed in matchday 4, Nice's first loss of the campaign after two draws and this one defeat. The breakthrough came in matchday 5: a 2-1 win over a previously unbeaten Lille at the Allianz Riviera, the club's first of the season. Five matchdays in, Nice are 14th on 5 points — one win, two draws, two losses, three goals scored and six conceded — a single point above 16th-placed Troyes and the relegation play-off zone.

The gap between the two sides who met at the Stade Jean Bouin has only widened since. Paris FC's 3-0 win was the second result of an unbeaten run that now has them chasing the Champions League places; Nice's defeat was the first of two losses in a stretch that only ended when they finally beat Lille on matchday 5. It remains the only meeting between the two clubs this season, and on the balance of what followed, the scoreline that night looks less like an anomaly than the shape of both campaigns to come.