French Ligue 1:
Paris Saint-Germain seals the deal in Toulouse.
Lens seals the deal at home.
Behind the leading pack, a fierce competition unfolded for the remaining European qualification spots. – Lille, Rennes, and Monaco.
LEAGUE STANDINGS – FRENCH LIGUE 1
1 | Paris Saint-Germain (C) ( 37 ) – 85 points
2 | Lens ( 37 ) – 81 points
3 | Marseille ( 37 ) – 73 points
4 | Lille ( 37 ) – 66 points
5 | Rennes ( 37 ) – 65 points
6 | Monaco ( 37 ) – 65 points
7 | Lyon ( 37 ) – 62 points
8 | Clermont ( 37 ) – 56 points
9 | Nice ( 37 ) – 55 points
10 | Lorient ( 37 ) – 52 points
11 | Reims ( 37 ) – 51 points
12 | Montpellier ( 37 ) – 47 points
13 | Toulouse (Q) ( 37 ) – 45 points
14 | Brest ( 37 ) – 44 points
15 | Strasbourg ( 37 ) – 40 points
16 | Auxerre ( 37 ) – 35 points
17 | Nantes ( 37 ) – 33 points
18 | Ajaccio (R) ( 37 ) – 23 points
19 | Troyes (R) ( 37 ) – 23 points
20 | Angers (R) ( 37 ) – 18 points
Paris Saint-Germain won the Ligue 1 title with a draw against Strasbourg. Lens secured second place and a direct spot in the Champions League with a win that also relegated Ajaccio. Marseille will have to settle for third place after losing 2-1 at home to Brest. Since Lens had already won, Marseille’s result did not affect their final position in the standings. Lille moved up to fourth place with a win over Nantes, keeping Nantes in the relegation zone. Rennes moved up to fifth place with a win over Monaco, which dropped Monaco two places to sixth. Nantes has one more round to avoid relegation, by trading positions with Auxerre.
[ 2 ] Angers || Himad Abdelli 38' Lillian Rao-Lisao 90' [ 1 ] Troyes || Xavier Chavalerin 13' ------------------------------------- [ 2 ] Montpellier || Teji Savanier 7' 17' [ 3 ] Nice || Ross Barkley 53' Gaetan Laborde 67' 79' ------------------------------------- [ 3 ] Lens || Deiver Machado 16' Adrien Thomasson 22' Lois Openda 35' [ 0 ] Ajaccio ------------------------------------- [ 1 ] Toulouse || Zakaria Aboukhlal 45' [ 1 ] Auxerre || Rayan Ravelosson 24' ------------------------------------- [ 2 ] Clermont || Saif-Eddin Khaoui 44' Maximiliano Caufriez 74' [ 0 ] Lorient ------------------------------------- [ 3 ] Lyon || Emmanuel Agbadou 2'(og) Alexandre Lacazette 9' Maxence Caqueret 82' [ 0 ] Reims ------------------------------------- [ 1 ] Strasbourg || Kevin Gameiro 79' [ 1 ] Paris Saint-Germain || Lionel Messi 59' ------------------------------------- [ 2 ] Lille || Jonathan David 51'(pen) 88'(pen) [ 1 ] Nantes || Quentin Merlin 18' ------------------------------------- [ 1 ] Marseille || Chancel Mbemba 75' [ 2 ] Brest || Hugo Magnetti 57' Mahdi Camara 81' ------------------------------------- [ 2 ] Rennes || Lovro Majer 52' Amine Gouiri 73' [ 0 ] Monaco
Nantes and Auxerre are both fighting to avoid being relegated to the lower division, but only one of them can stay in the top division. Auxerre is currently one place and two points ahead of Nantes in the league table, but Nantes has a better goal difference. If Nantes wins on the final day of the season, Auxerre must also win to guarantee their safety, as Nantes will overtake them on goal difference if they finish on the same number of points.
