Ligue 2 (Week 26) : Orleans beats Lens 2-1
FRANCE, Feb. 20, 2017 (AMP) — Ligue 2 / Match day 26: After a 3-1 victory over Clermont on February 13, Lens lost 2-1 against Orleans.
Lens made Orleans doubt themselves for forty-five minutes. 0-0 at half time. Everything was settled in the second period with goals by Nabab ('52) and Ziani Karim ('83 on penalty).
Lens are down in fourth place with 40 points from 26 games, 2 points behind Reims.
View : Full Ligue 2 table (as of February 20, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brest | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 26 | 8 | 48 |
| 2 | Amiens SC | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 39 | 24 | 15 | 42 |
| 3 | Reims | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 42 |
| 4 | Lens | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 6 | 40 |
| 5 | Troyes | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 40 |
| 6 | RC Strasbourg | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 32 | 4 | 40 |
| 7 | Nimes | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 38 | 29 | 9 | 38 |
| 8 | Sochaux | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 37 |
| 9 | Niort | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 36 | -4 | 36 |
| 10 | Bourg-Peronnas | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 35 |
| 11 | GFC Ajaccio | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 27 | -1 | 35 |
| 12 | Le Havre | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 33 |
| 13 | Ajaccio | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 35 | -5 | 33 |
| 14 | Valenciennes | 26 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 31 |
| 15 | Clermont | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 30 | -1 | 30 |
| 16 | Red Star | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 32 | -9 | 28 |
| 17 | Auxerre | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 30 | -10 | 28 |
| 18 | Orleans | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 33 | -9 | 27 |
| 19 | Laval | 26 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 27 | -6 | 24 |
| 20 | Tours | 25 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 41 | -13 | 21 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 2 2016-2017
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Overview
US Orleans
- Position: 18
- Best performance of the season:Orleans 3-1 RC Strasbourg (16 Sep.)
- Previous game:RC Strasbourg 3-2 Orleans (13 Feb.)
- Next game:Amiens SC - Orleans (24 Feb.)
Lens
- Position: 4 -1
- Best performance of the season:Lens 4-2 Orleans (20 Sep.)
- Previous game:Lens 3-1 Clermont (13 Feb.)
- Next game:Lens - Valenciennes (25 Feb.)
Orleans
2:1
Lens
2:1 (0:0)
- 20 February 2017
- 20:45
- Orleans
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Brest | 48 |
| 2 | Amiens SC | 42 |
| 3 |  Reims | 42 |
| 4 | Lens | 40 |
| 5 |  Troyes | 40 |
Week 26 Results
| Friday 17 February 2017 | ||||
 | Red Star | 1-1 | RC Strasbourg | |
 | Clermont | 0-1 | Reims | |
 | Sochaux | 1-1 | Laval |  |
 | Auxerre | 1-0 | Ajaccio |  |
 | GFC Ajaccio | 1-0 | Niort |  |
| Troyes | 0-0 | Nimes |  |
 | Valenciennes | 1-1 | Amiens SC | |
 | Bourg-Peronnas | 3-2 | Tours |  |
| Saturday 18 February 2017 | ||||
| Brest | 2-0 | Le Havre |  |
| Monday 20 February 2017 | ||||
| Orleans | 2-1 | Lens | |