Ligue 2 (Week 20) : Metz beats Sochaux 1-0
FRANCE, Jan. 11, 2016 (AMP) — Ligue 2 / Match day 20: After three straigth defeats, Metz returned to winning ways with a 1-0 victory over Sochaux this Monday.
Both teams held off against each other during the first 45 minutes of the game. 0-0 at half time. Everything was settled in the second period with a saving goal by Kabore Abdoul in the 76th minute.
Metz climbed to fourth place with 33 points from 20 games, only one point behind Clermont Foot.
View : Full Ligue 2 table (as of January 11, 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 | Metz | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Le Havre | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 32 |
| 6 | Lens | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 32 |
| 7 | Red Star | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 31 |
| 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 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 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
Metz
- Position: 4 +2
- Best performance of the season:Metz 5-0 Bourg-Peronnas (27 Nov.)
- Previous game:Tours 2-0 Metz (19 Dec.)
- Next game:Valenciennes - Metz (18 Jan.)
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard
- Position: 18 -2
- Best performance of the season:Sochaux 3-0 Ajaccio (18 Dec.)
- Previous game:Sochaux 3-0 Ajaccio (18 Dec.)
- Next game:Sochaux - Niort (15 Jan.)
Metz
1:0
Sochaux
1:0 (0:0)
- 11 January 2016
- 20:30
- Metz
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Nancy | 42 |
| 2 |  Dijon | 38 |
| 3 |  Clermont | 34 |
| 4 | Metz | 33 |
| 5 |  Le Havre | 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 | 1-0 | Sochaux | |