# Hakimi scores the first hat-trick of his career as PSG win 5-1 at Le Havre and go three points clear *Paris Saint-Germain fell behind at the Stade Océane on Friday night, then scored five. Achraf Hakimi had three goals and two assists. Lille beat Lens 1-0 to move second for now.* News · Published 07:12 CET, 31 Oct 2026 · Match News (https://matchnews.news/news/hakimi-first-career-hat-trick-psg-win-5-1-at-le-havre/) By News desk · Reviewed by Fredrik Jurek Paris Saint-Germain beat Le Havre 5-1 at the Stade Océane on Friday 30 October, in the opening game of Ligue 1's ninth round. Achraf Hakimi scored three times and set up two more goals. The club's own match report says it was the first hat-trick of his career. A hat-trick is three goals by one player in one match. ## How the goals came Le Havre, who started the night bottom of the table without a win all season, scored first. Josh Maja finished a counter-attack in the 18th minute after a cross from Rayan Fofana, according to the PSG report. The lead lasted eight minutes. Mika Godts equalised in the 26th minute after Hakimi set him up, and Hakimi himself put PSG ahead in the 28th, finishing a pass from Senny Mayulu. The second half belonged to the Moroccan. He scored a free-kick in the 55th minute for 3-1, then played the through ball for Mayulu's goal in the 62nd, when the Le Havre goalkeeper rushed off his line. His third came in the 69th minute after Godts had worked the ball down the left. Three goals and two assists: a hand in every PSG goal, and all from a man who is a right-back by trade. Le Havre did not stop. The PSG report notes a block by Djibril Ouziad to deny Warren Zaïre-Emery before half-time, a save by Matvey Safonov from Mbwana Samatta in the 87th minute, and a PSG defender getting in the way of Rassoul Ndiaye in stoppage time. ## What it changes in the table Before the weekend PSG had 17 points from eight games, one more than Rennes and two more than Lille and Monaco, according to the licensed table used across this site. Friday's win takes PSG to 20 from nine. Lille also played on Friday and beat Lens 1-0, Olivier Giroud scoring in the 86th minute, according to ESPN's match page. That lifts Lille to 18 points and into second place for now. Rennes, Monaco and the rest play over the weekend, so the picture can still change by Sunday night. Le Havre stay bottom on two points from nine games, with no wins, two draws and seven defeats. Their goal difference, goals scored minus goals conceded, has gone from minus 7 to minus 11. ## Why a defender scoring three is unusual Full-backs defend the sides of the pitch and support attacks from wide. They rarely score, and a hat-trick from one is rare at any level. Hakimi has long been an exception: he plays high up the pitch for PSG and often arrives in the penalty area like a forward. Even so, by the club's own account he had never scored three in a game before Friday, across spells at Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Inter and PSG. ## What happens next PSG travel to Villarreal in the Champions League on Tuesday 3 November at 21:00 CET. They are one of five teams with a perfect nine points from three games in the competition's league phase and sit top of that table on goal difference, according to the fixture and standings feed used across this site. Their next league game is at home to Troyes on Saturday 7 November at 20:45 CET. For Le Havre the arithmetic is simple and hard. Ligue 1 has 18 teams and a 34-game season, so 25 games remain to find the wins that have not come in the first nine. On Friday they scored first against the league leaders and still lost by four, which tells the story of their season so far. ## Sources 1. Achraf Hakimi leads Paris to another win in Le Havre (Paris Saint-Germain) https://www.psg.fr/en/content/achraf-hakimi-leads-paris-to-another-win-in-le-havre-match-report-le-havre-ac-paris-saint-germain-ligue-1-2026-2027 - Read 06:48 CET, 31 Oct 2026 2. Le Havre vs Paris Saint-Germain: video highlights (Sky Sports) https://www.skysports.com/football/le-havre-vs-paris-saint-germain/video/557069 - Read 06:45 CET, 31 Oct 2026 3. Lille 1-0 Lens (Oct 30, 2026) Final Score (ESPN) https://www.espn.com/soccer/match/_/gameId/401876420 - Read 06:52 CET, 31 Oct 2026 --- 18+. Gambling involves risk and can be addictive. Please gamble responsibly. Odds links go to BettingBeast. Match News is a football news site published by Checkraise Ltd. Every odds link on this site goes to BettingBeast. Articles are written with the help of an AI system and checked against the sources they cite; the responsible editor is named on every article.