AS Monaco booked its fifth consecutive Ligue 1 win on Saturday and continues to compete for a Champions League ticket. The team of Philippe Clement against AS Saint-Étienne (1-4 win) really only suffered from the hard core of the home team, which caused a long interruption with a fireworks show in honor of his thirty-year birthday. Myron Boadu tapped in Monaco’s last goal as a substitute. Earlier in the day, Peter Bosz booked a deserved and much-needed victory against Montpellier (5-2) with Olympique Lyon.
AS Saint-Etienne – AS Monaco 1-4
Saint-Étienne is in a place that means play-offs for relegation at the end of the season and can therefore use the points well, but was already behind after 25 minutes. Wissam Ben Yedder and Kevin Volland, the attack leaders of Monaco, both had a knock at the end of a low cross: 0-2. A late tackle by Aurélien Tchouameni gave Saint-Etienne a penalty just before half time, after which Wahbi Khazri produced the connecting goal: 1-2.
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The home team participated for a result, but relinquished that position after an hour of play. Timothee Kolodziejczak wanted to clear a cross, but instead slipped it into his own goal: 1-3. Shortly afterwards, the Green Angels of Saint-Étienne set off massive fireworks, so that the match was halted for a long time. When the smoke fumes had literally lifted somewhat, Boadu took his goal. Thanks to the launched Ismail Jakobs, the former striker of AZ was able to simply tap in: 1-4.
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Olympique Lyon – Montpellier 5-2
Bosz knew in advance that he would take eighth place more firmly with his team if he won. The backlog in the places that give right to European football at the end of the stage is four points. In a goal-rich game, the first goal was scored by Moussa Dembélé. The attacker was in the right place to work a rebound into the left corner. After Thiago Mendes had put the home team 2-0 with a great free kick, Montpellier struck twice mercilessly in the space of three minutes.
The connecting goal came in the name of Elye Wahi, who scored after an attack through the heart of the defence, after which Téji Savanier struck again not much later and Julian Pollersbeck had no chance for the second time. In the second act, Lyon still put things in order. Houssem Aouar helped Bosz’s team back into the lead after more than an hour of play with a shot from distance, after which Karl Toko Ekambi quickly lifted the margin to two. The Cameroonian found the left corner with a shot from the edge of the box. The final chord came in the name of Aouar, who made it 5-2 in injury time with his second of the evening.
| No. | Team | m | W | G | V | † | Pnt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris Saint Germain | 33 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 77 |
| 2 | Olympique Marseille | 33 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 62 |
| 3 | AS Monaco | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 59 |
| 4 | Stade Rennes | 33 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 34 | 56 |
| 5 | Strasbourg | 33 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 56 |
| 6 | OGC Nice | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 54 |
| 7 | RC Lens | 33 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 53 |
| 8 | Olympique Lyon | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 52 |
| 9 | Lille OSC | 33 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 48 |
| 10 | Nantes | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 47 |
| 11 | Montpellier | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 42 |
| 12 | Stade Brest | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 42 |
| 13 | Reims | 33 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 40 |
| 14 | Angers | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | -13 | 34 |
| 15 | lorient | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | -19 | 34 |
| 16 | Troyes AC | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | -16 | 33 |
| 17 | Clermont | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | -28 | 32 |
| 18 | Saint Etienne | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -30 | 31 |
| 19 | Girondins de Bordeaux | 33 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -35 | 27 |
| 20 | Metz | 33 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -30 | 24 |