Ligue 2 (Week 8) : Reims beats Clermont 2-1
FRANCE, Sep. 20, 2016 (AMP) — Ligue 2 / Match day 8: After their 1-1 draw against Sochaux on September 16, Reims bounced back with a 2-1 victory over Clermont this Tuesday.
Both teams held off against each other during the first 45 minutes of the game. 0-0 at half time. Everything was decided in the second period with goals by Charbonnier ('55) and Turan Atila ('88).
Reims climbed to first place with 16 points from 8 games, one point ahead of runner-up Stade Brest.
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
Reims
- Position: 1 +2
- Best performance of the season:Reims 2-0 GFC Ajaccio (9 Sep.)
- Previous game:Sochaux 1-1 Reims (16 Sep.)
- Next game:Brest - Reims (26 Sep.)
Clermont Foot
- Position: 9 -3
- Best performance of the season:Brest 0-2 Clermont (9 Sep.)
- Previous game:Clermont 1-1 Lens (16 Sep.)
- Next game:Clermont - RC Strasbourg (23 Sep.)
Reims
2:1
Clermont
2:1 (0:0)
- 20 September 2016
- 21:00
- Reims
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 |  |