Ligue 2 (Week 29) : Lens beats Sochaux 2-1
FRANCE, Mar. 13, 2017 (AMP) — Ligue 2 / Match day 29: Three wins in a row for Lens. After their success against Valenciennes and Red Star, Lens continued their sensational form in the Ligue 2 with a 2-1 victory over Sochaux this Monday.
Both teams held off against each other during the first 45 minutes of the game. 0-0 at half time. Everything was settled in the second period with goals by Habibou ('83) and Cvetinovic Dusan ('87).
Lens climbed to first place with 49 points from 29 games, tie on points with runner-up Reims.
View : Full Ligue 2 table (as of March 13, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lens | 29 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 49 |
| 2 | Reims | 29 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 49 |
| 3 | Brest | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 33 | 4 | 49 |
| 4 | RC Strasbourg | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 45 | 39 | 6 | 46 |
| 5 | Nimes | 29 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 42 | 30 | 12 | 45 |
| 6 | Amiens SC | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 45 |
| 7 | Troyes | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 30 | 8 | 44 |
| 8 | GFC Ajaccio | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 40 |
| 9 | Niort | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 41 | -4 | 40 |
| 10 | Le Havre | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 39 |
| 11 | Bourg-Peronnas | 29 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 38 |
| 12 | Sochaux | 29 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 38 |
| 13 | Clermont | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 37 |
| 14 | Ajaccio | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 39 | -7 | 37 |
| 15 | Valenciennes | 29 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 36 | 37 | -1 | 34 |
| 16 | Orleans | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 37 | -9 | 31 |
| 17 | Red Star | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 39 | -11 | 31 |
| 18 | Auxerre | 29 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 33 | -12 | 29 |
| 19 | Laval | 29 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 24 | 32 | -8 | 26 |
| 20 | Tours | 29 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 48 | -13 | 26 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 2 2016-2017
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Overview
Lens
- Position: 1 +1
- Best performance of the season:Lens 4-2 Orleans (20 Sep.)
- Previous game:Red Star 2-3 Lens (3 Mar.)
- Next game:Reims - Lens (18 Mar.)
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard
- Position: 12 -2
- Best performance of the season:Troyes 1-3 Sochaux (29 Jul.)
- Previous game:Sochaux 0-1 Le Havre (3 Mar.)
- Next game:Sochaux - Nimes (17 Mar.)
Lens
2:1
Sochaux
2:1 (0:0)
- 13 March 2017
- 20:45
- Lens
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lens | 49 |
| 2 |  Reims | 49 |
| 3 |  Brest | 49 |
| 4 | RC Strasbourg | 46 |
| 5 |  Nimes | 45 |
Week 29 Results
| Friday 10 March 2017 | ||||
| Reims | 3-0 | Ajaccio |  |
 | Laval | 0-0 | Auxerre |  |
| Nimes | 2-0 | Red Star |  |
 | Tours | 3-1 | Orleans |  |
 | GFC Ajaccio | 3-1 | Troyes |  |
 | Niort | 2-1 | Valenciennes |  |
 | Le Havre | 0-1 | Clermont |  |
| Amiens SC | 2-1 | Bourg-Peronnas |  | |
| Saturday 11 March 2017 | ||||
| RC Strasbourg | 4-1 | Brest | | |
| Monday 13 March 2017 | ||||
| Lens | 2-1 | Sochaux | |