Senegal's Mbaye Niang outshone Morocco's Rachid Alioui as his brace powered Rennes to a 2-1 win over Angers.
Niang scored a goal in each of the encounter to stretch his Ligue 1 tally to seven goals after 16 games this season.
The 24-year-old striker opened the scoring at the Roazhon Park in the 24th minute, thanks to Raphinha's assist and he later gave the hosts a two-goal lead with his effort in the 80th minute.
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Towards the end of the encounter, Alioui grabbed a stoppage-time goal for Angers but it stood as a consolation for his side who bowed to their seventh league loss of the season.