Nolan Roux was on target as Lille grabbed their third consecutive Ligue 1 victory with a 2-0 win over Bordeaux on Sunday to close on European places.

The 27-year-old forward headed in his fifth goal of the season, benefiting from an incisive run by Sofiane Boufal and a defensive mistake by Mariano after just 13 minutes of play.

Boufal was once again key in the dying minutes of the game, the young midfielder picking off Bordeaux on the break and playing in Adama Traore to calmly slot home.

It was Bordeaux's second league defeat since January 16, a 12-game run that includes triumphs over PSG and Marseille.

In-form Lille leapfrog Montpellier into seventh place, just four points behind Bordeaux and six behind Saint-Etienne, who currently occupy the fifth and final European football spot on offer to French clubs.

On Saturday, Paris Saint-Germain bounced back from their Champions League humbling against Barcelona by beating Nice 3-1 in their bid for a hat-trick of Ligue 1 titles.

PSG temporarily moved a point ahead Lyon at the top of the table ahead of Sunday's derby against Saint-Etienne.

Monaco remain in third place as they refocus on overturning a 1-0 first-leg deficit at home to Juventus in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final in midweek.

But crucially, they failed to fully exploit fourth-placed Marseille's continued slump as Marcelo Bielsa's side went down to a 1-0 defeat at Nantes on Friday night.