French “Lorient “relegated from Ligue 1 despite the same number of points and the same goal difference with”Metz “
In the match of the 34th final day of the French championship, Lorient beat Clermont with a score of 5: 0 and Metz lost with a score of 0: 2 against PSG.
As a result, Lorient and Metz scored 29 points each. The goal difference for Metz is 35-58, for Lorient it is 43-66. After 34 days, the two clubs have a goal difference of -23, with Lorient scoring 8 goals more.
In France, in such a situation, what matters is not the number of goals scored in all matches, but the personal encounters. Here, too, the teams are tied: Lorient lost to Metz with a score of 2:3 at home, but beat their opponent away – 2:1. As a result, Metz took a higher place thanks to an additional goal scored in this confrontation in the away match.
Metz finishes in sixteenth place and will compete in the play-offs for the right to stay in Ligue 1. Lorient finishes seventeenth and leaves Ligue 1 along with Clermont.
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