Ligue 2 (Week 19) : Clermont beats Orleans 3-0
FRANCE, Dec. 16, 2016 (AMP) — Ligue 2 / Match day 19: After their 0-0 draw against Tours on December 9 and 1-1 draw against Bourg-Peronnas on December 9, Clermont bounced back with a 3-0 victory over Orleans this Friday.
Rémy Dugimont scored dual goals
Orleans made Clermont doubt themselves for forty-five minutes. 0-0 at half time. Everything was decided in the second period with goals by Thiam Mamadou ('67) and Dugimont ('86, '90).
Clermont Foot climbed to 10th place with 25 points from 19 games, tie on points with Nimes Olympique.
View : Full Ligue 2 table (as of December 16, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brest | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 35 |
| 2 | RC Strasbourg | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 32 |
| 3 | Troyes | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 32 |
| 4 | Sochaux | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 32 |
| 5 | Reims | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 30 |
| 6 | Amiens SC | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 29 |
| 7 | Lens | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 29 |
| 8 | Le Havre | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 27 |
| 9 | Nimes | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 25 |
| 10 | Clermont | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 25 |
| 11 | Niort | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 25 | -3 | 25 |
| 12 | Valenciennes | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 24 |
| 13 | GFC Ajaccio | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 24 |
| 14 | Bourg-Peronnas | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 23 | -1 | 22 |
| 15 | Ajaccio | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 25 | -5 | 21 |
| 16 | Red Star | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 25 | -9 | 19 |
| 17 | Tours | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 30 | -8 | 18 |
| 18 | Laval | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 20 | -6 | 16 |
| 19 | Auxerre | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 23 | -9 | 16 |
| 20 | Orleans | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 26 | -11 | 15 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 2 2016-2017
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Overview
Clermont Foot
- Position: 10 +3
- Best performance of the season:Clermont 3-0 Orleans (16 Dec.)
- Previous game:Bourg-Peronnas 1-1 Clermont (9 Dec.)
- Next game:Red Star - Clermont (13 Jan.)
US Orleans
- Position: 20 -2
- Best performance of the season:Orleans 3-1 RC Strasbourg (16 Sep.)
- Previous game:Orleans 2-2 Reims (12 Dec.)
- Next game:Orleans - Brest (13 Jan.)
Clermont
3:0
Orleans
3:0 (0:0)
- 16 December 2016
- 20:00
- Clermont-Ferrand
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Brest | 35 |
| 2 | RC Strasbourg | 32 |
| 3 |  Troyes | 32 |
| 4 |  Sochaux | 32 |
| 5 |  Reims | 30 |
Week 19 Results
| Friday 16 December 2016 | ||||
 | Auxerre | 1-1 | Valenciennes |  |
 | Laval | 2-2 | Amiens SC | |
| Sochaux | 2-0 | Red Star |  |
 | Ajaccio | 1-2 | Nimes |  |
 | Le Havre | 0-2 | Tours |  |
| RC Strasbourg | 3-0 | Niort |  | |
| Brest | 0-0 | Bourg-Peronnas |  |
| Clermont | 3-0 | Orleans | |
| Saturday 17 December 2016 | ||||
 | Lens | 15:00 | GFC Ajaccio |  |
| Monday 19 December 2016 | ||||
| Reims | 20:30 | Troyes | |