Ligue 1 Review: Lyon suffer damaging defeat, Metz relegated
Lyon crashed to a 3-0 loss at Caen to leave Paris Saint-Germain on the brink of the Ligue 1 title, while Metz had relegation confirmed.
Paris Saint-Germain are within a point of retaining their Ligue 1 title after closest challengers Lyon went down to a shock 3-0 defeat at Caen on Saturday.
PSG romped to a 6-0 win over Guingamp on Friday and Lyon collapsed as they tried to respond, with Nicolas Benezet netting twice in the space of four minutes as half-time approached - the opener aided by an error from Lyon goalkeeper Anthony Lopes.
Sloan Privat completed the scoring five minutes from time, stylishly crowning a counter-attack to considerably ease Caen's relegation fears.
One team who will definitely be playing in Ligue 2 next season are Metz, who had their demotion from the France's top flight confirmed by a humiliating 4-0 loss to Lorient.
The hosts needed three points to maintain their slim survival hopes but in reality they never got close.
Mehdi Mostefa converted a 12th-minute corner and Romain Philippoteaux found the bottom corner to make it 2-0 at the break.
Lamine Kone and Jordan Ayew piled on further misery for Metz, moving Lorient five points above the drop zone with two games to play in the process.
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Fellow strugglers Reims beat Evian 3-2 to move four clear of the bottom three, with David Ngog bagging a brace.
Evian led twice through Gilles Sunu and Mathieu Duhamel but Benjamin Moukandjo secured a vital late triumph for the visitors.
A 1-0 win at Rennes courtesy of Gael Danic's 78th-minute goal secured Ligue 1 football for Bastia next season.
In the race for European football, Bordeaux remained in the hunt by seeing off Nantes 2-1 in their final outing at Stade Chaban-Delmas.
Diego Rolan hauled Bordeaux level after Jordan Veretout's 15th-minute penalty and he ensured a rapturous farewell to the famous ground by notching a 69th-minute winner.
Elsewhere, Toulouse rounded off a stellar day for teams near the foot of the table by beating Lille 3-2.