Abdoulaye Toure of Nantes controls the ball during the French League One soccer match between Nantes and Montpellier at the La Beaujoire Stadium in Nantes, western France, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/David Vincent)
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PARIS (AP) - Lyon missed the chance to go top of the French league on goal difference after drawing 1-1 at home to Bordeaux on Saturday.
Having started the season emphatically with two wins and nine goals, Lyon has picked up only one point in two games after losing 1-0 at Montpellier on Tuesday.
Netherlands forward Memphis Depay put Lyon ahead in the 32nd minute, confidently beating goalkeeper Benoit Costil for his fourth goal in four games this season.
But Lyon midfielder Thiago Mendes was sent off in the 62nd for a second yellow card and former Lyon forward Jimmy Briand equalized five minutes later.
Lyon is in fourth place and Bordeaux is ninth.
Angers took advantage to beat last-place Dijon 2-0 and leapfrog Lyon into third spot with nine points. Also Saturday, midfielder Abdoulaye Toure scored an 85th-minute winner as Nantes beat Montpellier 1-0 to go fifth with seven points, trailing Lyon on goal difference.
In other matches, sixth-place Toulouse won 2-0 at home to lowly Amiens and Nimes beat Brest 3-0.
On Sunday Rennes needs only to draw at home to Nice to overtake Paris Saint-Germain in top spot, and it's Marseille vs. Saint-Etienne as two storied French teams meet.
PSG won 2-0 at Metz on Friday.
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Abdoul Kader Bamba of Nantes challenges for the ball with Jordan Ferri of Montpellier during the French League One soccer match between Nantes and Montpellier at the La Beaujoire Stadium in Nantes, western France, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019.Nantes won 1-0. (AP Photo/David Vincent)
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Nimes fans hold up a banner that reads "with us no homophobia" before the start of the French League One soccer match between Nimes and Brest at the Stade des Costières in Nimes, southern France, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. A French league game between Nice and Marseille on Friday was halted for several minutes during the first half after Nice fans unfurled banners with homophobic messages. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
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Nimes' Haris Duljevic, left, and Brest's Brendan Chardonnet butt heads during the French League One soccer match between Nimes and Brest at the Stade des Costières in Nimes, southern France, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
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Brest's Jean-Charles Castellettto is given a yellow card during the French League One soccer match between Nimes and Brest at the Stade des Costières in Nimes, southern France, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
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Abdoulaye Toure of Nantes dribbles Daniel Congre of Montpellier during the French League One soccer match between Nantes and Montpellier at the La Beaujoire Stadium in Nantes, western France, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. Nantes won 1-0. (AP Photo/David Vincent)
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