Marseille draws 1-1 at Toulouse in French league

PARIS (AP) Marseille snatched a point with a late equalizer for 1-1 at Toulouse in the French league on Saturday.

Bottom of the table with just two points, Toulouse seemed to be heading for its first win of the season after Wissam Ben Yedder's 66th-minute strike.

However, Lucas Mendes evaded his marker Uros Spajic to head home Mathieu Valbuena's free kick three minutes from time as Marseille avoided a second successive defeat.

Marseille, the runner-up last season, moved level with third-place Monaco, which hosts Lorient on Sunday. The two teams are a point behind Paris Saint-Germain, which beat Bordeaux 2-0 on Friday.

Saint-Etienne moved provisionally into top spot after cruising to a 3-1 win at Valenciennes.

Benjamin Corgnet scored in each half, either side of Romain Hamouma's fine strike. Mevlut Erding also headed off the post for the visitors.

Valenciennes grabbed one back 12 minutes from time after Moustapha Bayal was harshly adjudged to have handled the ball in the area and Maor Melikson converted the resulting penalty.

Reims drew 0-0 at Montpellier, and Evian won its second successive match, but almost let a comfortable lead slip before securing a 3-2 victory at Ajaccio.

Brice Dja Djedje gave Evian the lead at the end of the first half and a double from Kevin Berigaud seemed to have handed the visitors the points before Paul Lasne and Gadji Tallo scored late to set up a nervy final five minutes.

Newly promoted Nantes beat Sochaux 1-0, with Filip Dordevic heading in Banel Nicoli?a's free kick 15 minutes from time.

Fellow promoted side Guingamp drew 1-1 at home to Bastia, and rued a penalty miss.

Wahbi Khazri fired in a superb opener for Bastia shortly after halftime but Guingamp leveled two minutes from time thanks to Mustapha Yatabare's penalty after Christophe Mandanne was tripped in the area by Drissa Diakite.

Guingamp had a great chance to snatch all three points when it was awarded another penalty in stoppage time after Fethi Harek handled in the area, but Bastia goalkeeper Mickael Landreau saved Yatabare's spot kick, with the Guingamp striker opting to fire to the right again.