Even with an upset, Lille defeated Marseille 2-1 in the “Pierre Morois” in the derby of the 36th matchday of Ligue 1 and maintained the fifth and last privileged position of the standings with +4 from the sixth Lyon and Rennes, but the Britons to they have one less match to play on Sunday at the home of the condemned Ajaxio and are expected to reduce to -1 again from “lilouis”.
Marseille, for their part, missed the chance to temporarily move into second place which leads directly to the Champions League groups, now sitting -2 in third place from second-placed Lance who play at home to indifferent Lorient and are expected to escape with + 5 of the “Focaeans”.
The indifferent Montpellier dismantled Nantes 3-0 in “Beauzoir” and left them in the “socket” for staying in the last two matches, i.e. in 17th place and in the relegation zone, with the “canaries” now waiting on Sunday what they will do the one point ahead of Auxerre against the leader Paris Saint-Germain in “Abbey Deschamps”.
The 36th matchday:
Friday, 19/5
Lyon-Monaco 3-1
(38′ Lacazette, 57′ Cacre, 78′ Serki – 2′ pen. Ben Yender)
Saturday, 20/5
Nantes-Montpellier 0-3
(38′ Ferry, 47′ Nordin, 88′ Sako)
Lille-Marseille 2-1
(50′ David, 72′ Baba-29′ Klaus)
Sunday, 21/5 (16:00)
Ajaccio-Ren (14:00)
Nice-Toulouse
Brest-Clermont
Reims-Angers
Troyes-Strasbourg
Lorient-Lance (18:05)
Auxerre-Paris Saint-Germain (21:45)
The next (37th) matchday:
Saturday 27/5
Angers-Troy (22:00)
Clermont-Lorraine
Lance-Ajaxio
Lille-Nand
Lyon-Reims
Marseille-Reims
Montpellier-Nice
Rennes-Monaco
Strasbourg-Paris Saint-Germain
Toulouse-Auxerre
Source: Sport Fm
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