Ligue 2 (Week 28) : Valenciennes defeats RCS 2-1
FRANCE, Mar. 6, 2017 (AMP) — Ligue 2 / Match day 28: RC Strasbourg crashed to their 2nd consecutive defeat as they lost 2-1 against Valenciennes.
45 minutes of play and neither Valenciennes nor RC Strasbourg have managed to pull ahead. 0-0 at half time. Everything was decided in the second period with goals by Roudet Sebastien ('65) and Ciss ('90).
RC Strasbourg Alsace are down in fifth place with 43 points from 28 games, one point behind Troyes AC.
View : Full Ligue 2 table (as of March 6, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brest | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 7 | 49 |
| 2 | Lens | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 39 | 30 | 9 | 46 |
| 3 | Reims | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 46 |
| 4 | Troyes | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 37 | 27 | 10 | 44 |
| 5 | RC Strasbourg | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 41 | 38 | 3 | 43 |
| 6 | Nimes | 28 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 42 |
| 7 | Amiens SC | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 30 | 9 | 42 |
| 8 | Le Havre | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 39 |
| 9 | Bourg-Peronnas | 28 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 38 |
| 10 | Sochaux | 28 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 38 |
| 11 | GFC Ajaccio | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 30 | -1 | 37 |
| 12 | Ajaccio | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 36 | -4 | 37 |
| 13 | Niort | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 35 | 40 | -5 | 37 |
| 14 | Clermont | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 34 |
| 15 | Valenciennes | 28 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 34 |
| 16 | Orleans | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 34 | -7 | 31 |
| 17 | Red Star | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 37 | -9 | 31 |
| 18 | Auxerre | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 33 | -12 | 28 |
| 19 | Laval | 28 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 32 | -8 | 25 |
| 20 | Tours | 28 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 32 | 47 | -15 | 23 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 2 2016-2017
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Overview
Valenciennes FC
- Position: 15
- Best performance of the season:RC Strasbourg 2-4 Valenciennes (1 Oct.)
- Previous game:Lens 2-0 Valenciennes (25 Feb.)
- Next game:Niort - Valenciennes (10 Mar.)
RC Strasbourg Alsace
- Position: 5 -1
- Best performance of the season:RC Strasbourg 3-0 Niort (16 Dec.)
- Previous game:RC Strasbourg 0-2 Clermont (24 Feb.)
- Next game:RC Strasbourg - Brest (11 Mar.)
Valenciennes
2:1
RC Strasbourg
2:1 (0:0)
- 6 March 2017
- 20:45
- Valenciennes
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Brest | 49 |
| 2 |  Lens | 46 |
| 3 |  Reims | 46 |
| 4 |  Troyes | 44 |
| 5 | RC Strasbourg | 43 |
Week 28 Results
| Friday 3 March 2017 | ||||
 | Red Star | 2-3 | Lens | |
 | Auxerre | 1-2 | Reims | |
 | GFC Ajaccio | 2-2 | Tours |  |
| Brest | 1-2 | Ajaccio |  |
 | Bourg-Peronnas | 0-1 | Nimes |  |
 | Sochaux | 0-1 | Le Havre |  |
 | Clermont | 1-1 | Laval |  |
| Saturday 4 March 2017 | ||||
| Troyes | 4-0 | Amiens SC | |
 | Orleans | 1-1 | Niort |  |
| Monday 6 March 2017 | ||||
| Valenciennes | 2-1 | RC Strasbourg | |