Ligue 2 (Week 20) : Nimes beats Brest 2-0
FRANCE, Jan. 8, 2016 (AMP) — Ligue 2 / Match day 20: After losing 3-2 to Laval on December 18, the Crocodiles bounced back with a 2-0 victory over Brest this Friday.
Brest made Nimes doubt themselves for forty-five minutes. 0-0 at half time. Everything was decided in the second period with goals by Koura ('69) and Azouni ('85).
Stade Brest are down in 11st place with 26 points from 20 games, one point behind Tours FC.
View : Full Ligue 2 table (as of January 8, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nancy | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 19 | 42 |
| 2 | Dijon | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 18 | 17 | 38 |
| 3 | Clermont | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 34 |
| 4 | Le Havre | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 32 |
| 5 | Red Star | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 31 |
| 6 | Metz | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 30 |
| 7 | Lens | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 29 |
| 8 | Bourg-Peronnas | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 34 | -1 | 29 |
| 9 | Auxerre | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 21 | -1 | 29 |
| 10 | Tours | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 27 |
| 11 | Brest | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 22 | -2 | 26 |
| 12 | Laval | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 23 | -4 | 25 |
| 13 | Evian | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 21 |
| 14 | Niort | 20 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 22 | -3 | 21 |
| 15 | Nimes | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 27 | -6 | 20 |
| 16 | Valenciennes | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 23 | -7 | 20 |
| 17 | Creteil | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 37 | -15 | 20 |
| 18 | Sochaux | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 19 |
| 19 | Ajaccio | 20 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 21 | -7 | 18 |
| 20 | Paris FC | 20 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -10 | 15 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 2 2015-2016
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Overview
Nimes Olympique
- Position: 15 +4
- Best performance of the season:Nimes 2-0 Brest (8 Jan.)
- Previous game:Laval 3-2 Nimes (18 Dec.)
- Next game:Nimes - Clermont (15 Jan.)
Stade Brest
- Position: 11 -2
- Best performance of the season:Brest 3-0 Tours (6 Nov.)
- Previous game:Brest 1-2 Clermont (18 Dec.)
- Next game:Brest - Nancy (16 Jan.)
Nimes
2:0
Brest
2:0 (0:0)
- 8 January 2016
- 20:00
- Nîmes
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Nancy | 42 |
| 2 |  Dijon | 38 |
| 3 |  Clermont | 34 |
| 4 |  Le Havre | 32 |
| 5 |  Red Star | 31 |
Week 20 Results
| Friday 8 January 2016 | ||||
| Nancy | 1-0 | Laval |  |
 | Bourg-Peronnas | 5-1 | Creteil |  |
 | Paris FC | 1-3 | Tours |  |
 | Ajaccio | 1-1 | Le Havre | |
 | Niort | 2-2 | Dijon | |
| Nimes | 2-0 | Brest | |
 | Auxerre | 1-1 | Valenciennes |  |
| Clermont | 4-1 | Evian |  |
| Saturday 9 January 2016 | ||||
| Red Star | 14:00 | Lens |  |
| Monday 11 January 2016 | ||||
 | Metz | 20:30 | Sochaux |  |