Ligue 2 (Week 17) : Reims defeats Niort 1-0
FRANCE, Nov. 28, 2016 (AMP) — Ligue 2 / Match day 17: After losing 0-2 to Laval on November 25 and 3-0 to Nimes on November 25, Reims returned to winning ways with a 1-0 victory over Niort this Monday.
45 minutes of play and neither Reims nor Niort have managed to pull ahead. 0-0 at half time. Everything was settled in the second period with a saving goal by Oudin Remi with just 10 minutes remaining in regulation time.
Reims climbed to second place with 29 points from 17 games, 2 points behind Troyes AC, which has a game in hand.
View : Full Ligue 2 table (as of November 28, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Troyes | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 31 |
| 2 | Reims | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 29 |
| 3 | Brest | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 28 |
| 4 | Amiens SC | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 27 |
| 5 | Lens | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Le Havre | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 26 |
| 7 | Sochaux | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 25 |
| 8 | Niort | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | RC Strasbourg | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Nimes | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 22 |
| 11 | Valenciennes | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 21 |
| 12 | Ajaccio | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | -1 | 20 |
| 13 | Clermont | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 17 | -1 | 20 |
| 14 | GFC Ajaccio | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 20 |
| 15 | Bourg-Peronnas | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 21 | -1 | 19 |
| 16 | Red Star | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -8 | 15 |
| 17 | Laval | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 14 |
| 18 | Orleans | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 14 |
| 19 | Tours | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 29 | -10 | 13 |
| 20 | Auxerre | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 11 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 2 2016-2017
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Overview
Reims
- Position: 2 +4
- Best performance of the season:Reims 3-0 Auxerre (30 Sep.)
- Previous game:Nimes 3-0 Reims (25 Nov.)
- Next game:Orleans - Reims (12 Dec.)
Chamois Niortais FC
- Position: 8
- Best performance of the season:Auxerre 0-4 Niort (29 Oct.)
- Previous game:Niort 1-1 Ajaccio (25 Nov.)
- Next game:Niort - Le Havre (9 Dec.)
Reims
1:0
Niort
1:0 (0:0)
- 28 November 2016
- 20:30
- Reims
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Troyes | 31 |
| 2 | Reims | 29 |
| 3 |  Brest | 28 |
| 4 | Amiens SC | 27 |
| 5 |  Lens | 26 |
Week 17 Results
| Monday 28 November 2016 | ||||
| Reims | 1-0 | Niort | |
| Tuesday 29 November 2016 | ||||
 | Red Star | 21:00 | Orleans |  |
| Brest | 21:00 | Troyes | |
 | Sochaux | 21:00 | Bourg-Peronnas |  |
 | Ajaccio | 21:00 | Amiens SC | |
 | Laval | 21:00 | Lens | |
 | Auxerre | 21:00 | Nimes |  |
 | Le Havre | 21:00 | RC Strasbourg | |
 | Valenciennes | 21:00 | GFC Ajaccio |  |
 | Clermont | 21:00 | Tours |  |