In this duel at the bottom of the table, there was no picture between the Girondins, who had opened the scoring, and the Greens (4-1)
Saint-Etienne pushed back the specter of relegation by inflicting a scathing 4-1 in Bordeaux, Sunday for the 32nd day of Ligue 1, thanks in particular to a hat-trick from Tunisian striker Wahbi Khazri, a fourth goal from Zaydou Youssouf, another former Girondin, against an initial penalty from Hwang
Six matchdays from the end of the championship, the Greens are in 13th place with nine points ahead of the current play-off, Nîmes, and eleven over relegation first Nantes. The Gironde team led by Jean-Louis Gasset slipped to 15th place.
Already a scorer in Angers (1-0) and Nîmes (2-0) on April 4, Khazri is the man in form for the Stéphanois.
After the Girondins opened the scoring on a seemingly questionable penalty for a foul by Mathieu Debuchy on Mehdi Zerkane and transformed by Hwang Ui-Jo (8), the Tunisian international quickly equalized, also on a penalty appearing just as generous for a fault committed on himself by Zerkane (19).
He gave ASSE the advantage with a shot low to the ground following a corner (23) before ensuring the success of the Greens in the second half, again on a penalty, awarded this time for a foul. Jimmy Briand’s hand on a shot from Harold Moukoudi (3-1, 71).
Long mute offensively this season, Khazri brings his total of goals to six in Ligue 1, including five over the last four days.
Over this same period, Saint-Etienne also took the opportunity to win three times for a defeat against Monaco at home (4-0), a series that allows him to take the wide vis-à-vis the red zone.
In the final minutes Zaydou Youssouf increased the score to 4-1 (81).
At the end of the championship, the Greens will face Paris Saint-Germain, Montpellier, Marseille and Lille again but will also host Dijon, last, for the final day.