The FRENCH LIGUE – Round 32
Saint-Etienne moved out of the bottom three with a win against Brest. They are now in the bottom four.
Clermont dropped into the relegation play-off spot to replace Saint-Etienne.
Rennes failed to get a win against Monaco to take advantage of the result from Le Classique.
Rennes’s defeat to Monaco allowed Marseille to keep a three-point lead in second place.
Strasbourg could only pick up a point from Troyes.
Monaco equaled Strasbourg’s point tally (53) to be a point from the ‘top 4’ and 6 points from direct qualification to the Champions League.
Match Results
Rennes 2-3 Monaco
Saint-Etienne 2-1 Brest
Lille 1-2 Lens
Nice 2-1 Lorient
Metz 1-1 Clermont Foot
Montpellier 0-0 Reims
Nantes 1-1 Angers
Troyes 1-1 Strasbourg
Lyon 6-1 Bordeaux
Paris St. Germain 2-1 Marseille
FRENCH LIGUE 1 STANDINGS AFTER 32 ROUNDS
1| Paris St. Germain – 74 points
2| Marseille – 59 points
3| Rennes – 56 points
4| Nice – 54 points
5| Strasbourg – 53 points
6| Monaco – 53 points
7| Lens – 50 points
8| Lyon – 49 points
9| Lille – 48 points
10| Nantes – 47 points
11| Montpellier – 42 points
12| Brest – 39 points
13| Reims – 37 points
14| Angers – 34 points
15| Troyes – 33 points
16| Lorient – 31 points
17| Saint-Etienne – 30 points
18| Clermont – 29 points
19| Bordeaux – 26 points
20| Metz – 24 points
CLERMONT FOOT, SAINT-ETIENNE, BORDEAUX, and METZ are battling relegation.
Metz and Clermont face each other and shared the points in a 1-1 draw. It was a 2-2 draw in the reverse fixture.
Saint-Etienne played host to Brest and picked up three points from a 2-1 win, while Bordeaux got thrashed in Lyon.
RENNES 2-3 MONACO
Four league wins in a row for Monaco after handing Rennes their first defeat in five league matches.
SAINT- ETIENNE 2-1 BREST
Mahdi Camara’s goals in the first half were enough for Saint-Etienne to win against Brest
LILLE 1- 2 LENS
Lens got the bigger portion of the gods scored in the first half to move two points ahead of the reigning champion.
Nice 2-1 LORIENT
Two goals from Andy Delort handed Nice a 2-1 win against Lorient.
Lyon 6- 1 BORDEAUX
A brace from Moussa Dembele to open and close the scoring for the match, and a brace from Karl-Toko Ekambi helped Lyon to a comprehensive 6-1 victory against Bordeaux.
PARIS ST. GERMAIN 2-1 MARSEILLE
Kylian Mbappe’s scored from the penalty spot to decide the race.
A ‘2-1’ first-half lead wins Paris St. Germain another Le Classique fixture and a 15-point lead in the title race.
