Ligue 2 (Week 27) : Clermont defeats Niort 2-1
FRANCE, Feb. 19, 2016 (AMP) — Ligue 2 / Match day 27: After losing 1-2 to Auxerre on February 12 and 3-1 to Ajaccio on February 12, Clermont returned to winning ways with a 2-1 victory over Niort this Friday.
45 minutes of play and neither Clermont nor Niort have managed to pull ahead. 0-0 at half time. Everything was settled in the second period with goals by Dugimont ('69) and Laborde ('86).
Clermont Foot climbed to 6th place with 41 points from 27 games, tie on points with Le Havre AC, which has a game in hand.
View : Full Ligue 2 table (as of February 19, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dijon | 27 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 47 | 23 | 24 | 53 |
| 2 | Nancy | 27 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 45 | 24 | 21 | 52 |
| 3 | Red Star | 27 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 46 |
| 4 | Metz | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 43 |
| 5 | Le Havre | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 41 |
| 6 | Clermont | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 41 | 40 | 1 | 41 |
| 7 | Lens | 27 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 41 |
| 8 | Auxerre | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 32 | -1 | 40 |
| 9 | Tours | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 36 |
| 10 | Brest | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 30 | -3 | 36 |
| 11 | Ajaccio | 27 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 33 |
| 12 | Nimes | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 35 | -1 | 33 |
| 13 | Bourg-Peronnas | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 43 | -7 | 33 |
| 14 | Laval | 27 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 29 | -4 | 32 |
| 15 | Evian | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 29 |
| 16 | Valenciennes | 27 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 28 | -7 | 29 |
| 17 | Niort | 27 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 24 | 32 | -8 | 26 |
| 18 | Sochaux | 27 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 27 | -6 | 24 |
| 19 | Creteil | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 46 | -17 | 24 |
| 20 | Paris FC | 27 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 31 | -14 | 18 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 2 2015-2016
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Overview
Clermont Foot
- Position: 6 +2
- Best performance of the season:Clermont 4-1 Evian (8 Jan.)
- Previous game:Ajaccio 3-1 Clermont (12 Feb.)
- Next game:Bourg-Peronnas - Clermont (26 Feb.)
Chamois Niortais FC
- Position: 17
- Best performance of the season:Niort 3-1 Ajaccio (30 Oct.)
- Previous game:Niort 1-2 Brest (12 Feb.)
- Next game:Niort - Le Havre (26 Feb.)
Clermont
2:1
Niort
2:1 (0:0)
- 19 February 2016
- 20:00
- Clermont-Ferrand
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dijon | 53 |
| 2 |  Nancy | 52 |
| 3 |  Red Star | 46 |
| 4 |  Metz | 43 |
| 5 |  Le Havre | 41 |
Week 27 Results
| Friday 19 February 2016 | ||||
| Nancy | 3-2 | Paris FC |  |
 | Sochaux | 0-0 | Lens |  |
 | Tours | 1-0 | Valenciennes |  |
| Clermont | 2-1 | Niort | |
 | Laval | 2-2 | Dijon | |
 | Auxerre | 0-0 | Ajaccio |  |
 | Evian | 1-1 | Bourg-Peronnas |  |
 | Brest | 0-1 | Red Star | |
| Saturday 20 February 2016 | ||||
| Le Havre | 14:00 | Creteil |  |
| Monday 22 February 2016 | ||||
 | Nimes | 20:30 | Metz | |