Ligue 2 (Week 9) : Lens defeats Sochaux 1-0
FRANCE, Sep. 25, 2015 (AMP) — Ligue 2 / Match day 9: Two wins in a row for Lens. After their 0-1 win against Valenciennes on September 21, Lens continued their sensational form in the Ligue 2 with a 1-0 victory over Sochaux this Friday.
45 minutes of play and neither Lens nor Sochaux have managed to pull ahead. 0-0 at half time. Everything was settled in the second period with a saving goal by Burundian forward Jonathan Nanizayamo with just 7 minutes remaining in regulation time.
Lens climbed to 16th place with 10 points from 9 games, tie on points with Le Havre AC.
View : Full Ligue 2 table (as of September 25, 2015) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dijon | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 19 |
| 2 | Metz | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | Bourg-Peronnas | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | Creteil | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | Nancy | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Clermont | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Valenciennes | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 8 | Brest | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 12 |
| 8 | Red Star | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Evian | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| 11 | Tours | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 12 | Laval | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 11 |
| 13 | Auxerre | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 11 |
| 14 | Paris FC | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 15 | Le Havre | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 10 |
| 16 | Lens | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 10 |
| 17 | Niort | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 8 |
| 18 | Ajaccio | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 19 | Nimes | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 7 |
| 20 | Sochaux | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 4 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 2 2015-2016
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Overview
Lens
- Position: 16 +1
- Best performance of the season:Lens 1-0 Sochaux (25 Sep.)
- Previous game:Valenciennes 0-1 Lens (21 Sep.)
- Next game:Evian - Lens (2 Oct.)
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard
- Position: 20
- Previous game:Sochaux 0-1 Dijon (22 Sep.)
- Next game:Sochaux - Valenciennes (2 Oct.)
Lens
1:0
Sochaux
1:0 (0:0)
- 25 September 2015
- 20:00
- Lens
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dijon | 19 |
| 2 |  Metz | 18 |
| 3 |  Bourg-Peronnas | 16 |
| 4 |  Creteil | 16 |
| 5 |  Nancy | 13 |
Week 9 Results
| Friday 25 September 2015 | ||||
| Bourg-Peronnas | 0-2 | Evian |  |
 | Red Star | 1-0 | Brest |  |
 | Ajaccio | 1-0 | Auxerre |  |
| Metz | 1-2 | Nimes |  |
| Lens | 1-0 | Sochaux | |
 | Valenciennes | 0-0 | Tours |  |
| Creteil | 2-1 | Le Havre |  |
 | Niort | 1-1 | Clermont |  |
| Saturday 26 September 2015 | ||||
| Dijon | 14:00 | Laval |  |
| Monday 28 September 2015 | ||||
 | Paris FC | 20:30 | Nancy | |