Ligue 2 (Week 9) : Niort beats Red Star 1-0
FRANCE, Sep. 23, 2016 (AMP) — Ligue 2 / Match day 9: After their 1-1 draw against Troyes on September 20 and 0-0 draw against GFC Ajaccio on September 20, “Les Chamois” bounced back with a 1-0 victory over Red Star this Friday.
Red Star made Niort doubt themselves for forty-five minutes. 0-0 at half time. Everything was decided in the second period with a saving goal by Niort defender Jérémy Choplin in the 62nd minute.
Red Star FC are down in 15th place with 10 points from 9 games, tie on points with Gazelec Ajaccio, which has a game in hand.
View : Full Ligue 2 table (as of September 23, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amiens SC | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | Reims | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Brest | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Sochaux | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | RC Strasbourg | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Le Havre | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | Nimes | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Troyes | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Clermont | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Lens | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 11 | Valenciennes | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| 12 | Ajaccio | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 11 |
| 13 | Bourg-Peronnas | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | GFC Ajaccio | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 10 |
| 15 | Red Star | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 16 | Orleans | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 8 |
| 17 | Niort | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 8 |
| 18 | Laval | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 19 | Auxerre | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 6 |
| 20 | Tours | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 6 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 2 2016-2017
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Overview
Red Star FC
- Position: 15 -3
- Best performance of the season:Ajaccio 1-2 Red Star (9 Sep.)
- Previous game:RC Strasbourg 0-0 Red Star (19 Sep.)
- Next game:Lens - Red Star (30 Sep.)
Chamois Niortais FC
- Position: 17 +3
- Best performance of the season:Red Star 0-1 Niort (23 Sep.)
- Previous game:Niort 0-0 GFC Ajaccio (20 Sep.)
- Next game:Niort - Orleans (30 Sep.)
Red Star
0:1
Niort
0:1 (0:0)
- 23 September 2016
- 20:00
- saint-ouen
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amiens SC | 17 |
| 2 |  Reims | 16 |
| 3 |  Brest | 15 |
| 4 |  Sochaux | 15 |
| 5 | RC Strasbourg | 14 |
Week 9 Results
| Friday 23 September 2016 | ||||
 | GFC Ajaccio | 0-2 | Nimes |  |
 | Bourg-Peronnas | 0-0 | Laval |  |
 | Orleans | 1-2 | Amiens SC | |
 | Troyes | 3-1 | Tours |  |
| Red Star | 0-1 | Niort | |
 | Clermont | 0-0 | RC Strasbourg | |
| Sochaux | 1-0 | Ajaccio |  |
 | Auxerre | 0-1 | Le Havre |  |
| Saturday 24 September 2016 | ||||
 | Valenciennes | 15:00 | Lens |  |
| Monday 26 September 2016 | ||||
| Brest | 20:30 | Reims | |