Ligue 2 (Week 2) : Le Havre beats Nimes 1-0
FRANCE, Aug. 5, 2016 (AMP) — Ligue 2 / Match day 2: Two wins in a row for Le Havre. After their 0-1 win against Orleans on July 29, HAC continued their sensational form in the Ligue 2 with a 1-0 victory over Nimes this Friday.
All the action happened in the first half, with Le Havre striker Ghislain Gimbert goal in the 29th minute.
Le Havre AC climbed to first place with 6 points from 2 games, a 2-point lead over runner-up FC Sochaux-Montbeliard.
View : Full Ligue 2 table (as of August 5, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Le Havre | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Sochaux | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Valenciennes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Ajaccio | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Brest | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | GFC Ajaccio | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Reims | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Lens | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Tours | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Laval | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Niort | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Red Star | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Amiens SC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | RC Strasbourg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Auxerre | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Bourg-Peronnas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Nimes | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 18 | Clermont | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 19 | Orleans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Troyes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 2 2016-2017
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Overview
Le Havre AC
- Position: 1 +2
- Best performance of the season:Le Havre 1-0 Nimes (5 Aug.)
- Previous game:Orleans 0-1 Le Havre (29 Jul.)
- Next game:GFC Ajaccio - Le Havre (12 Aug.)
Nimes Olympique
- Position: 16 -10
- Previous game:Nimes 0-0 Laval (29 Jul.)
- Next game:Nimes - Lens (15 Aug.)
Le Havre
1:0
Nimes
1:0 (1:0)
- 5 August 2016
- 20:00
- Le Havre
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Le Havre | 6 |
| 2 |  Sochaux | 4 |
| 3 |  Valenciennes | 4 |
| 4 |  Ajaccio | 4 |
| 4 |  Brest | 4 |
Week 2 Results
| Friday 5 August 2016 | ||||
 | Clermont | 0-0 | Red Star |  |
 | Reims | 1-0 | Bourg-Peronnas |  |
| Ajaccio | 2-1 | Troyes |  |
 | Laval | 1-1 | Niort |  |
| Sochaux | 0-0 | Valenciennes | |
 | Auxerre | 1-2 | GFC Ajaccio |  |
| Le Havre | 1-0 | Nimes | |
| Brest | 2-1 | Orleans |  |
 | Lens | 2-2 | Tours |  |
| Saturday 6 August 2016 | ||||
| RC Strasbourg | 15:00 | Amiens SC | ||