Ligue 2 (Week 25) : Lens defeats Clermont 3-1
FRANCE, Feb. 13, 2017 (AMP) — Ligue 2 / Match day 25: After their 0-0 draw against Troyes on February 7 and 0-0 draw against Bourg-Peronnas on February 7, Lens bounced back with a 3-1 victory over Clermont this Monday.
45 minutes of play and neither Lens nor Clermont have managed to pull ahead. 0-0 at half time. Everything was decided in the second period with goals by Fortune Kevin ('62), Zoubir Abdellah ('71) and Autret ('88).
Lens climbed to third place with 40 points from 25 games, only one point behind Amiens Sporting Club.
View : Full Ligue 2 table (as of February 13, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brest | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 6 | 45 |
| 2 | Amiens SC | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 38 | 23 | 15 | 41 |
| 3 | Lens | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 7 | 40 |
| 4 | Troyes | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 39 |
| 5 | Reims | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 39 |
| 6 | RC Strasbourg | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 39 |
| 7 | Nimes | 25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 38 | 29 | 9 | 37 |
| 8 | Sochaux | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 36 |
| 9 | Niort | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 35 | -3 | 36 |
| 10 | Le Havre | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 33 |
| 11 | Ajaccio | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 34 | -4 | 33 |
| 12 | Bourg-Peronnas | 25 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 30 | 31 | -1 | 32 |
| 13 | GFC Ajaccio | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 27 | -2 | 32 |
| 14 | Valenciennes | 25 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 30 |
| 15 | Clermont | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 30 |
| 16 | Red Star | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 31 | -9 | 27 |
| 17 | Auxerre | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 30 | -11 | 25 |
| 18 | Orleans | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 32 | -10 | 24 |
| 19 | Laval | 25 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 26 | -6 | 23 |
| 20 | Tours | 24 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 38 | -12 | 21 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 2 2016-2017
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Overview
Lens
- Position: 3 +2
- Best performance of the season:Lens 4-2 Orleans (20 Sep.)
- Previous game:Bourg-Peronnas 0-0 Lens (7 Feb.)
- Next game:Orleans - Lens (20 Feb.)
Clermont Foot
- Position: 15 -2
- Best performance of the season:Clermont 3-0 Orleans (16 Dec.)
- Previous game:Clermont 1-1 Brest (7 Feb.)
- Next game:Clermont - Reims (17 Feb.)
Lens
3:1
Clermont
3:1 (0:0)
- 13 February 2017
- 20:45
- Lens
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Brest | 45 |
| 2 | Amiens SC | 41 |
| 3 | Lens | 40 |
| 4 |  Troyes | 39 |
| 5 |  Reims | 39 |
Week 25 Results
| Friday 10 February 2017 | ||||
 | Auxerre | 3-1 | Brest | |
 | Niort | 3-2 | Troyes | |
 | Le Havre | 3-0 | Bourg-Peronnas |  |
 | Nimes | 1-1 | Tours |  |
| Amiens SC | 4-0 | GFC Ajaccio |  | |
 | Laval | 1-1 | Red Star |  |
 | Ajaccio | 3-2 | Valenciennes |  |
| Saturday 11 February 2017 | ||||
| Reims | 0-1 | Sochaux |  |
| Monday 13 February 2017 | ||||
| RC Strasbourg | 3-2 | Orleans |  | |
| Lens | 3-1 | Clermont | |