Ligue 2 (Week 20) : Lens beats Red Star 2-1
FRANCE, Jan. 9, 2016 (AMP) — Ligue 2 / Match day 20: After a 0-0 draw with Dijon on December 18, L'Étoile rouge lost 2-1 against Lens.
Red Star made Lens doubt themselves for forty-five minutes. 0-0 at half time. Everything was decided in the second period with goals by Autret ('64) and Palun ('90 own).
Lens climbed to fifth place with 32 points from 20 games, tie on points with Le Havre AC.
View : Full Ligue 2 table (as of January 9, 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 | Lens | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 32 |
| 6 | Red Star | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Metz | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 30 |
| 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
Red Star FC
- Position: 6 -1
- Best performance of the season:Red Star 3-1 Metz (1 Dec.)
- Previous game:Dijon 0-0 Red Star (18 Dec.)
- Next game:Tours - Red Star (15 Jan.)
Lens
- Position: 5 +2
- Best performance of the season:Lens 2-0 Bourg-Peronnas (19 Dec.)
- Previous game:Lens 2-0 Bourg-Peronnas (19 Dec.)
- Next game:Creteil - Lens (15 Jan.)
Red Star
1:2
Lens
1:2 (0:0)
- 9 January 2016
- 14:00
- saint-ouen
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Nancy | 42 |
| 2 |  Dijon | 38 |
| 3 |  Clermont | 34 |
| 4 |  Le Havre | 32 |
| 5 | Lens | 32 |
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 | 1-2 | Lens | |
| Monday 11 January 2016 | ||||
 | Metz | 20:30 | Sochaux |  |