Auxerre, which has been supervised since October by former Lorient coach Christophe Pelissier, entered the match on the back of two draws and a win in the past three stages, which revived his hopes of avoiding returning to the second division, in which he had been stuck since 2012 until the current season.
Thanks to a goal scored by Madagascar Ryan Raveloson in the 58th minute, Auxerre achieved its fifth victory for the season and the first at Lorient Stadium in the League of Lights since May 2011 (2-1), leaving the danger zone temporarily with 21 points, two points behind the eighteenth Troyes, who plays later. with Ajaccio.
As for Lorient, it suffered its eighth defeat of the season, and its score froze at 39 points in seventh place, 5 points behind Lille VI, who won Friday over Brest 2-1.
Rennes continued its revival and regained fifth place from Lille when it beat its host Nantes 1-0, scored by Belgian Jeremy Duques in the 20th minute.
It is the second successive victory for Rennes and the fourteenth this season, raising its score to 46 points.
On the other hand, Nantes suffered a second loss in a row locally, so its score froze at 28 points in thirteenth place.
Ajaccio eliminated the places leading to the second division when it beat Troyes 2-1.
Troyes was the first to score through Mama Baldeh from Guinea-Bissau (23), and Ajaccio responded with two goals for Algerian international Youssef Blaili (62 from a penalty kick) and Moroccan-born Monem El Idrissi (68).
Ajaccio raised its tally to 21 points in the seventeenth place.
And Akram Reins honored his guest, Toulouse, when he beat him by three clean goals, which were scored by Japanese Junya Eto’o (4), Zimbabwean Marshall Munetsi (7) and Moroccan Younes Abdel Hamid (68).
Reims strengthened its position in tenth place, with 37 points, compared to 32 for Toulouse XI.
Clermont-Ferrand tied with Strasbourg with a goal by Kosovar Elbasan Rachani (65) against a goal by Senegalese Habib Diallo (34).
