Diego Rolan grabbed a brace as Bordeaux secured Ligue 1 survival with a 4-2 defeat of Troyes, only their second win in eight on the road.
In what proved to be an open affair, Les Girondins drew first blood when a Rincon error allowed Rolan a run on goal and he made no mistake, before Chris Mavinga headed into his own goal from Malcom's corner to hand Bordeaux a two-goal advantage at the break.
Relegated Troyes pulled a goal back when Benjamin Nivet scored from the penalty spot on 56 minutes but Bordeaux's two-goal advantage was soon restored thanks to Cheikh Diabate's eighth of the season.
Corentin Jean reduced the deficit once more for the hosts, converting from Stephane Darbion's delivery, but Rolan grabbed his second of the game three minutes later to make sure of the points for Les Girondins.
French Ligue 1 Standings
POS | Team | GP | GD | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 37 | +49 | 83 |
2 | AS Monaco | 37 | +25 | 68 |
3 | Marseille | 37 | +21 | 68 |
4 | Stade Rennais | 37 | +42 | 65 |
5 | Strasbourg | 37 | +21 | 63 |
6 | Nice | 37 | +15 | 63 |
7 | Lens | 37 | +14 | 61 |
8 | Lyon | 37 | +14 | 58 |
9 | Nantes | 37 | +7 | 54 |
10 | Lille | 37 | 0 | 54 |
11 | Brest | 37 | -6 | 48 |
12 | Stade de Reims | 37 | 0 | 46 |
13 | Montpellier | 37 | -10 | 43 |
14 | Angers | 37 | -13 | 38 |
15 | Troyes | 37 | -16 | 37 |
16 | Clermont Foot | 37 | -30 | 36 |
17 | Lorient | 37 | -28 | 35 |
18 | Metz | 37 | -29 | 31 |
19 | Saint-Etienne | 37 | -35 | 31 |
20 | Bordeaux | 37 | -41 | 28 |
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