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Ligue 1 Review: Lille, Saint-Etienne extend winning runs

Lille and Saint-Etienne closed in on the top four in Ligue 1 as they continued their winning runs on Saturday.

A hat-trick from Sofiane Boufal guided Lille to a 4-2 win over Gazelec Ajaccio for what was their sixth consecutive victory.

Boufal's 19th-minute opener was cancelled out by Gregory Pujol for the relegation-threatened hosts.

Boufal struck twice after the sending off before Alassane Toure pulled one back, but a Pablo Martinez own goal sealed Lille's win.

With their victory, Lille moved into sixth – two points adrift of fourth-placed Nice and Saint-Etienne.

Pascal Dupraz's Toulouse had won three of their previous four matches heading in and took the lead through Wissam Ben Yedder, only to concede a 91st-minute equaliser as Zargo Toure struck.