PSG vs Lyon player ratings — Mayulu, Godts score as Paris Saint-Germain moves to top of Ligue 1 standings

Paris Saint-Germain's Mika Godts scored his first goal for the club since his arrival from Ajax Amsterdam this season. | Photo Credit: REUTERS

Substitutes Senny Mayulu and Mika Godts scored superb second-half goals as ​Paris Saint-Germain moved to the top of ‌Ligue 1 2026-27 with a hard-fought 2-0 ​home win over Olympique Lyonnais on ⁠Monday.

PSG has 17 points from eight games, one more than second-placed Rennes, while Lyon is in fifth ‌with 14 points, having missed the chance to top the table itself.

PSG ‌has now won its last eight ‌games ⁠in all competitions and fifth in ⁠Ligue 1, showing ominous form.

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Mayulu struck 18 minutes from the end as he was fed on the edge ‌of the box by Godts, took ​a touch and drilled his shot low into the left-hand corner of ⁠the net.

Godts made sure of the points with his first goal for the club since his arrival from Ajax Amsterdam this season as he latched onto a long ‌pass and fired home from the edge of the ​box.

PSG vs Lyon player ratings

PSG

Safonov (8.2), Hakimi (7.9), Zabarnyi (7.5), Pacho (7.9), Zaire-Emery (7.5), Neves (7.4), Vítinha (8.0), Ruiz (8.0), Akliouche (7.6), Ferran (6.9), Doue (7.5)

Substitutes: Godts (8.4), Hernandez (6.3), Mayulu (7.7)

Lyon

Duranville (6.1), Merah (6.0), Nuamah (6.7), Tolisso (6.2), Morton (6.3), Tessmann (6.1), Abner (5.6), Niakhate (6.1), Bacher (6.3), Athekame (6.3), Greif (6.6)