Ligue 2 (Week 27) : Lens beats Valenciennes 2-0
FRANCE, Feb. 25, 2017 (AMP) — Ligue 2 / Match day 27: After losing 2-1 to Orleans on February 20, Lens returned to winning ways with a 2-0 victory over Valenciennes this Saturday.
Valenciennes made Lens doubt themselves for forty-five minutes. 0-0 at half time. Everything was settled in the second period with goals by Cvetinovic Dusan ('59) and Autret ('64).
Lens climbed to second place with 43 points from 27 games, 5 points behind Stade Brest, which has a game in hand.
View : Full Ligue 2 table (as of February 25, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brest | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 26 | 8 | 48 |
| 2 | Lens | 27 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 36 | 28 | 8 | 43 |
| 3 | RC Strasbourg | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 43 |
| 4 | Amiens SC | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 13 | 42 |
| 5 | Reims | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 42 |
| 6 | Troyes | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 41 |
| 7 | Nimes | 27 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 39 | 30 | 9 | 39 |
| 8 | Bourg-Peronnas | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 37 | 35 | 2 | 38 |
| 9 | Sochaux | 27 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 38 |
| 10 | Le Havre | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 36 |
| 11 | GFC Ajaccio | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 28 | -1 | 36 |
| 12 | Niort | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 39 | -5 | 36 |
| 13 | Ajaccio | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 35 | -5 | 34 |
| 14 | Clermont | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 33 |
| 15 | Valenciennes | 27 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 33 | 34 | -1 | 31 |
| 16 | Red Star | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 34 | -8 | 31 |
| 17 | Orleans | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 33 | -7 | 30 |
| 18 | Auxerre | 27 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 31 | -11 | 28 |
| 19 | Laval | 27 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 31 | -8 | 24 |
| 20 | Tours | 27 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 30 | 45 | -15 | 22 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 2 2016-2017
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Overview
Lens
- Position: 2 +3
- Best performance of the season:Lens 4-2 Orleans (20 Sep.)
- Previous game:Orleans 2-1 Lens (20 Feb.)
- Next game:Red Star - Lens (3 Mar.)
Valenciennes FC
- Position: 15 -1
- Best performance of the season:RC Strasbourg 2-4 Valenciennes (1 Oct.)
- Previous game:Valenciennes 1-1 Amiens SC (17 Feb.)
- Next game:Valenciennes - RC Strasbourg (6 Mar.)
Lens
2:0
Valenciennes
2:0 (0:0)
- 25 February 2017
- 15:00
- Lens
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Brest | 48 |
| 2 | Lens | 43 |
| 3 | RC Strasbourg | 43 |
| 4 | Amiens SC | 42 |
| 5 |  Reims | 42 |
Week 27 Results
| Friday 24 February 2017 | ||||
 | Le Havre | 1-0 | Auxerre |  |
| RC Strasbourg | 0-2 | Clermont |  | |
 | Ajaccio | 0-0 | Sochaux |  |
| Amiens SC | 0-2 | Orleans |  | |
 | Nimes | 1-1 | GFC Ajaccio |  |
 | Tours | 0-0 | Troyes |  |
 | Laval | 2-4 | Bourg-Peronnas |  |
 | Niort | 2-3 | Red Star |  |
| Saturday 25 February 2017 | ||||
| Lens | 2-0 | Valenciennes | |
| Monday 27 February 2017 | ||||
| Reims | 20:45 | Brest | |