Going into their penultimate league match with a six-point cushion, they needed only not to lose at Paris St Germain, or for Marseille to fail against Valenciennes to officially be confirmed as champions.

As it was both sides of the bargain were fulfilled with a pair of 2-2 draws.

Lille twice led through Ludovic Obraniak's fifth-minute goal and Moussa Sow's 59th-minute strike.

PSG had equalisers from Guillaume Hoarau, who was sent off moments into the second period, and Mathieu Bodmer, but it was not enough to deny Lille.

Indeed, by the time the final whistle went they were already champions as Marseille had been denied victory by Remi Gomis' 66th-minute equaliser.

Marseille had led after goals from Andre Ayew and Loic Remy had cancelled out Foued Kadir's opener in a hectic four-minute period in the first half.

The relegation issue remained as murky as ever as a clutch of teams fighting for safety secured wins or draws.

Any of Monaco, Nancy, Caen, Valenciennes, Nice, Brest or Auxerre could still go down depending on results next week.

Monaco finished the weekend where they started it, in the third relegation place, despite Benjamin Moukandjo's goal giving them a 1-0 win at Montpellier.

It means they need to get something from their final game of the season, against Lyon, and hope at least one of the teams above them drops points.

Also going into next week's fixture fearing for their future will be Nancy, Cannes and Valenciennes, all one point above Monaco, as well as Nice, Brest and Auxerre, who each have a further point cushion.

Today, Nancy won 2-0 at Rennes with goals from Bakaye Traore and Julien Feret to keep themselves out of the drop zone, while Brest avoided being in the bottom three as Larsen Toure gave them a 1-0 win at Auxerre.

Caen kept the right side of the line thanks to a goalless draw at Lyon, while Nice would also have been in the relegation zone but for Eric Mouloungui's brace giving them a 2-0 over Lorient, who had Jacques Romao sent off late on.

Even Toulouse could have finished the day in the drop zone but, as it was, their 2-0 win over Bordeaux was enough to secure their safety.

The fact that Valenciennes face Nice next week means Toulouse and Montpellier are safe, despite being just three points above the drop zone.

Elsewhere today, a double from Brown Ideye gave Sochaux secured their Europa League place with a 2-1 win over St Etienne, whose goal, a first-half equaliser, came from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, while relegated Arles claimed their first away win of the season at Lens, who are also down.