Cameroon's Zamkel Ze boosts Metz survival chances; Munetsi & Doumbia’s goals send St Etienne closer to Ligue 1 relegation

Cameroon forward Didier Zamkel Ze scored the only goal as Metz won their second straight match to boost their chances of avoiding direct relegation with a 1-0 victory over Angers in the penultimate round of the Ligue 1 season on Saturday.

Hopes of automatic survival are over for Metz, who are four points behind 17th placed Lorient with one match remaining, but they have a route to survival if they remain 18th and beat the winner of the Ligue 2 promotion playoffs.

Meanwhile, Zimbabwe international midfielder Marshall Munetsi and his Mali counterpart Moussa Doumbia scored a goal apiece as Stade de Reims sent AS St Etienne closer to relegation following a 2-1 victory.

Munetsi netted the opener for Reims after just two minutes before defender Eliaquim Mangala fired in a rebound to give hosts St Etienne hope with a 12th-minute minute equaliser. However, Doumbia made sure of the points for the visitors after 61 minutes from 18 yards out.

With the defeat, St Etienne drop into the automatic relegation places, leaving them behind Metz in the relegation play-off place on goal difference and will need to win their final game against Nantes while hoping Metz drop points to make the playoffs.

Elsewhere, Algerian forward Youcef Belaili was on target for Stade Brestois before Monaco came from behind to win 4-2 with Wissam Ben Yedder grabbing a hat-trick for the principality side, who now sit second on the table.

Brest went ahead through French defender Jean-Kevin Duverne after just 10 minutes before Belaili added a second 13 minutes later, but any hopes of an upset were extinguished on the stroke of half-time when Ben Yedder reduced the arrears from the spot.

The Frenchman would add further goals in the 51st and 54th minutes before