Lyon hold onto second spot as Metz are relegated

Olympique Lyonnais took another step towards finishing second in Ligue 1 and claiming a Champions League spot as Bertrand Traore's double led them to a 3-0 home win against relegation-threatened Troyes on Sunday.

Traore struck twice in the first half and Maxwell Cornet wrapped up the win late on to take Lyon to 75 points with two games left, one ahead of third-placed Monaco who won 2-1 away with a Moussa Sylla double at Caen, who finished with 10 men.

The most dramatic game was played at Metz who lost 2-1 and were relegated after conceding two stoppage-time goals to Angers. The defeat left the hosts on 26 points, eight adrift of Toulouse in the relegation playoff spot with two games left.

Toulouse suffered a 3-2 defeat at home to Lille who moved up to 16th on 35 points, leaving their victims in 18th with 34.

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At Lyon’s Groupama stadium, Traore scored in the 28th minute with a clever back heel and doubled their tally seven minutes later, heading home from Ferland Mendy’s cross.

The result left Troyes in 19th place, two points behind the relegation playoff spot.

Memphis Depay (Lyon), buteur face à Nantes

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Monaco's Sylla opening the scoring in the 13th minute against Caen after Rony Lopes' shot bounced off the post.

But the hosts hit back five minutes from the break as Ivan Santini curled a superb shot into the top corner.

Caen had goalkeeper Romain Genevois sent off after 77 minutes for a foul on Jordi Mboula as he raced towards goal. The Normandy side cracked one minute into added time as Sylla scored from close range after a poor clearance by Remy Vercoutre.

Later on Sunday, fourth-placed Olympique de Marseille can move within a point of Monaco by beating visiting Nice. The top three teams qualify for the Champions League.

Paris St Germain, who have already won the title, were held to a 2-2 draw at Amiens on Friday.

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