Ligue 1 (Week 31) : Caen defeats Troyes 2-1
FRANCE, Mar. 19, 2016 (AMP) — Ligue 1 / Match day 31: After losing 1-0 to GFC Ajaccio on March 12, Caen returned to winning ways with a 2-1 victory over Troyes this Saturday.
Troyes midfielder Thiago Xavier opened the score in the 22nd minute, before seeing Caen catch up in the 35th minute thanks to Alaeddine Yahia. 1-1 at half time. Caen eventually won the game in the second period with with a goal by Rodelin in the 54th minute.
Caen climbed to 6th place with 46 points from 31 games, tie on points with Olympique Lyonnais, which has a game in hand.
View : Full Ligue 1 table (as of March 19, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PSG | 30 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 77 | 15 | 62 | 77 |
| 2 | Monaco | 30 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 44 | 34 | 10 | 52 |
| 3 | Rennes | 31 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 47 | 38 | 9 | 48 |
| 4 | Nice | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 33 | 10 | 47 |
| 5 | Lyon | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 47 | 33 | 14 | 46 |
| 6 | Caen | 31 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 34 | 40 | -6 | 46 |
| 7 | Saint-Etienne | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 34 | 2 | 45 |
| 8 | Nantes | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 44 |
| 9 | Lille | 31 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 43 |
| 10 | Angers | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 34 | 32 | 2 | 42 |
| 11 | Marseille | 31 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 42 | 36 | 6 | 39 |
| 12 | Bastia | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 31 | -3 | 39 |
| 13 | Lorient | 31 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 42 | 47 | -5 | 39 |
| 14 | Guingamp | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 45 | -8 | 38 |
| 15 | Bordeaux | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 38 | 48 | -10 | 38 |
| 16 | Montpellier | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 36 | 38 | -2 | 36 |
| 17 | GFC Ajaccio | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 40 | -9 | 33 |
| 18 | Reims | 31 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 44 | -10 | 33 |
| 19 | Toulouse | 31 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 49 | -17 | 26 |
| 20 | Troyes | 31 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 22 | 70 | -48 | 14 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 1 2015-2016
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Overview
Caen
- Position: 6 +1
- Best performance of the season:Bordeaux 1-4 Caen (29 Nov.)
- Previous game:GFC Ajaccio 1-0 Caen (12 Mar.)
- Next game:Toulouse - Caen (2 Apr.)
Troyes AC
- Position: 20
- Best performance of the season:Lille 1-3 Troyes (23 Jan.)
- Previous game:Troyes 0-9 PSG (13 Mar.)
- Next game:Troyes - Angers (2 Apr.)
Caen
2:1
Troyes
2:1 (1:1)
- 19 March 2016
- 20:00
- Caen
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  PSG | 77 |
| 2 |  Monaco | 52 |
| 3 |  Rennes | 48 |
| 4 |  Nice | 47 |
| 5 |  Lyon | 46 |
Week 31 Results
| Friday 18 March 2016 | ||||
 | Marseille | 2-5 | Rennes | |
| Saturday 19 March 2016 | ||||
 | Saint-Etienne | 3-0 | Montpellier |  |
 | Angers | 5-1 | Lorient |  |
 | Lille | 1-0 | Toulouse |  |
 | Reims | 0-1 | Guingamp |  |
| Caen | 2-1 | Troyes | |
| Lyon | 21:00 | Nantes |  |
| Sunday 20 March 2016 | ||||
 | Bordeaux | 14:00 | Bastia |  |
| Nice | 17:00 | GFC Ajaccio |  |
| PSG | 21:00 | Monaco | |