Monaco all but safe with Amiens win

Source:AFP Published: 2019/5/19 18:58:40

Monaco virtually made sure of their French Ligue 1 survival with a 2-0 win over Amiens on Saturday while champions PSG signed off their home campaign with Kylian Mbappe scoring his 32nd league goal of the season in a 4-0 win over Dijon.

Radamel Falcao and Alexsander Golovin scored in either half at the Stade Louis II to take Monaco to 36 points and three above the drop zone with one match left to play.

Monaco, the 2017 champions, are not mathematically safe but they have a three-point lead over Caen, who occupy the relegation playoff spot, with a goal difference of seven.

Guingamp were already relegated while Dijon were pushed to the edge of the trap door when they lost 4-0 at PSG.

French World Cup winner Mbappe, back from a three-match ban for a red card in the French Cup final, scored two of the goals to take his league tally to 32 with one game left.

He is the first French player to reach that figure since Herve Revelli scored 31 for Saint-­Etienne in the 1966-67 season.

Elsewhere, Lille made sure of second place and a spot in the Champions League group stages with a 5-0 rout of Angers.

Lyon will finish third - enough for a Champions League preliminary-round place - after a 3-0 win over Nice.

After the game, Lyon President Jean-Michel Aulas confirmed that Brazil's Sylvinho, who once played for Barcelona and Arsenal, will become the new coach to replace Bruno Genesio. The 45-year-old was handpicked for the job by compatriot Juninho, a former Lyon star who will be the club's new sporting director.



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