At 03:00 Beijing time on April 9, the 31st round of Ligue 1 ushered in a key relegation battle, with the penultimate Lorient facing the penultimate Saint-Etienne at home.
Lorient and Saint-Etienne are only one point apart. Although San Edi is in the bottom 3, if they win this six-point battle, they can overtake Lorient and Clermont at the same time and escape the relegation zone in an instant.
Saint-Etienne has been the most won team in Ligue 1 so far, with a total of 10 Ligue 1 titles in hand, while Marseille and Paris Grande both have only nine Ligue 1 titles. But the last time they won ligue 1 was in 1981, and it's been 41 years.
They took a 2-0 lead in the first half 22 minutes before conceding two goals in four minutes before the end of the first half and equalizing 2-2 at halftime.
In the second half, Saint-Etienne suffered five consecutive blows in just 28 minutes, conceding four goals in a row + staining red, and finally they led from 2-0 to 2-6. This 2-6 match allowed Saint-Etienne to set the biggest defeat against Lorient, which was the first time in their team history that They had scored six goals in a single game by Lorient.
For Lorient, this is the second time in their history that they have scored six goals in a single game in Ligue 1, and the first time in 21 years that they have scored six goals in a single game in Ligue 1.