Monaco and Nantes are getting closer to European places, Metz is sinking further … What to remember from Sunday’s matches

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After the draws of Nice, Rennes and Lille, there were good operations to be done, Sunday April 3, for Monaco and Nantes who could approach the top 6 of Ligue 1. The men of the Principality and the Canaries did not have not let this chance pass by winning respectively in Metz and Clermont. Two teams engaged in the fight to maintain and who will have to scrap until the end of the season.

Monaco and Nantes can still believe in Europe

After their demonstration against PSG on the last day, the Monegasques were slower on Sunday in Metz (2-1). After a lackluster first half, they made the difference as soon as they returned from the locker room thanks to their captain Wissam Ben Yedder (46th), now the only top scorer in the championship (18 goals). But Metz reacted through Ibrahim Amadou (66th) with an incredible bicycle. Myron Boadu then offered the victory to the players of the Rock after a first achievement refused for offside. Monaco took advantage of this victory to come back ahead of Lille and take sixth position.

Nantes is also getting closer to European places thanks to a victory at Clermont (3-2). The Canaries, twice caught in a second half that saw four goals in the space of ten minutes, ended up winning thanks to Ludovic Blas, Pedro Chirivella and Randal Kolo Muani. Clermont lost Salis Abdul Samed, excluded for a dangerous gesture, ten minutes after his superb goal outside the area. Nantes are only two points behind Monaco, sixth.

A struggle for maintenance still as tight

Three teams in a single point between 16th and 18th place! After 30 days, the fight for maintenance is played out in a pocket handkerchief. Metz and Bordeaux seem further and further away, five points behind Clermont, the first non-relegation player. A significant but not final delay, while there are still eight meetings. A string of two wins could quickly bring one of the two teams back into contact.

For the play-off place, the battle is raging and Clermont must be biting their fingers for not having managed to take a point against Nantes. First not relegated, the players of Pascal Gastien remain on four consecutive defeats and have only one point ahead of Saint-Etienne, beaten by Marseille in the afternoon. Lorient, which moves to the Parc des Princes on Sunday evening, has the same number of points as the Auvergnats. The meeting between the Merlus and the Greens next week promises to be decisive, while Clermont will host Paris.

Troyes and Brest offer themselves a breath of fresh air

Winners at the very end of the match thanks to a goal from Renaud Ripart (1-0), Bruno Irles’ players continued their good run with a fifth match without defeat. With 11 points taken out of the 15 possible, Troyes sees the red zone moving away. The Aubois are now five points ahead of Saint-Etienne, roadblocker.

Brest, for its part, is now almost certain to stay in Ligue 1 after winning against Montpellier (2-1). After a new goal from Martin Satriano, arrived this winter, the Bretons doubled the bet by Franck Honorat, his tenth of the season. The penalty converted by Téji Savanier in stoppage time did not upset the outcome of the match. Michel Der Zakarian and his men are eleven points ahead of Saint-Etienne and can look to the end of the season more calmly.


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