Ligue 2 (Week 8) : Lens beats Orleans 4-2
FRANCE, Sep. 20, 2016 (AMP) — Ligue 2 / Match day 8: After three straigth draws, Lens returned to winning ways with a 4-2 victory over Orleans this Tuesday.
Bostock John scored dual goals
Orleans had started off well by taking the lead thanks to goals by Aholou ('8) and Ngoma Ferris ('40), while Lens only scored once Bostock John ('31 on penalty). Trailing 2-1 at half time, Lens players nonetheless manage to reverse the direction of the game by scoring three times in the second period (Bostock John '54, Lopez Cristian '64 and Cvetinovic Dusan '74).
Lens climbed to 6th place with 11 points from 8 games, only one point behind FC Sochaux-Montbeliard.
View : Full Ligue 2 table (as of September 20, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reims | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Brest | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Amiens SC | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | RC Strasbourg | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Sochaux | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Lens | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Valenciennes | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | Ajaccio | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Clermont | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | GFC Ajaccio | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Le Havre | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Red Star | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 13 | Nimes | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 9 |
| 14 | Bourg-Peronnas | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Troyes | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 9 |
| 16 | Orleans | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 8 |
| 17 | Auxerre | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 17 | Laval | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 19 | Tours | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 6 |
| 20 | Niort | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 5 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 2 2016-2017
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Overview
Lens
- Position: 6 +5
- Best performance of the season:Lens 4-2 Orleans (20 Sep.)
- Previous game:Clermont 1-1 Lens (16 Sep.)
- Next game:Valenciennes - Lens (24 Sep.)
US Orleans
- Position: 16 -3
- Best performance of the season:Orleans 3-1 RC Strasbourg (16 Sep.)
- Previous game:Orleans 3-1 RC Strasbourg (16 Sep.)
- Next game:Orleans - Amiens SC (23 Sep.)
Lens
4:2
Orleans
4:2 (1:2)
- 20 September 2016
- 21:00
- Lens
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Reims | 16 |
| 2 |  Brest | 15 |
| 3 | Amiens SC | 14 |
| 4 | RC Strasbourg | 13 |
| 5 |  Sochaux | 12 |
Week 8 Results
| Monday 19 September 2016 | ||||
| RC Strasbourg | 0-0 | Red Star |  | |
| Tuesday 20 September 2016 | ||||
| Reims | 2-1 | Clermont |  |
 | Ajaccio | 2-0 | Auxerre |  |
 | Le Havre | 1-1 | Brest | |
 | Tours | 0-2 | Bourg-Peronnas |  |
| Amiens SC | 0-0 | Valenciennes |  | |
 | Nimes | 2-2 | Troyes |  |
 | Laval | 1-1 | Sochaux | |
 | Niort | 0-0 | GFC Ajaccio |  |
| Lens | 4-2 | Orleans | |