Auxerre routs Sochaux 4-1 in French league

PARIS (AP)—Dennis Oliech scored a second-half hat trick to lead Auxerre to a 4-1 win over Sochaux in the French league on Sunday.

Sochaux forward Modibo Maiga collected a pass from Yassin Mikari to beat goalkeeper Olivier Sorin after only two minutes, but Alain Traore converted a low cross from Oliech to get his sixth goal this season and level for Auxerre in the 51st.

Oliech then took advantage of a mistake from goalkeeper Teddy Richert to slot into an empty net in the 52nd. The Kenya forward converted a rebound in the 63rd to make it 3-1 before completing the rout with another goal in the 67th.

In Brest, striker Nolan Roux put the hosts ahead with a close-range header in the 61st. But Ajaccio substitute Richard Socrier equalized with a chip in the 66th.

Argentine playmaker Javier Pastore scored twice on Saturday as Paris Saint-Germain thrashed Montpellier 3-0 to go joint top of the league with Lyon.

Lyon, PSG and Toulouse are level on 17 points from eight matches. PSG and Lyon have a better goal difference than Toulouse but PSG is ahead of Lyon in the fair-play standings based on the number of bookings.

Also Saturday, it was: Lyon 3, Bordeaux 1; Lille 1, Lorient 1; Valenciennes 1, Marseille 1; Toulouse 1, Nancy 0; Evian 2, Caen 4; and Nice 1, Dijon 1.

Rennes hosted Saint-Etienne late on Sunday and needed a victory to share the lead with PSG.