Ligue 2 (Week 30) : Sochaux beats Nimes 2-1
FRANCE, Mar. 17, 2017 (AMP) — Ligue 2 / Match day 30: After two straigth victories against Bourg-Peronnas and Red Star, the Crocodiles lost 2-1 against Sochaux.
Both teams held off against each other during the first 45 minutes of the game. 0-0 at half time. Everything was decided in the second period with goals by Martin ('66) and Andriatsima Faneva ('69).
Nimes Olympique are down in 7th place with 45 points from 30 games, one point behind RC Strasbourg Alsace, which has a game in hand.
View : Full Ligue 2 table (as of March 17, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brest | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 33 | 7 | 52 |
| 2 | Lens | 29 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 41 | 31 | 10 | 49 |
| 3 | Reims | 29 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 49 |
| 4 | Amiens SC | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 42 | 31 | 11 | 48 |
| 5 | Troyes | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 32 | 10 | 47 |
| 6 | RC Strasbourg | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 45 | 39 | 6 | 46 |
| 7 | Nimes | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 43 | 32 | 11 | 45 |
| 8 | Niort | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 38 | 41 | -3 | 43 |
| 9 | GFC Ajaccio | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 41 |
| 10 | Sochaux | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 41 |
| 11 | Le Havre | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 40 |
| 12 | Bourg-Peronnas | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 40 | 42 | -2 | 38 |
| 13 | Ajaccio | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 39 | -7 | 38 |
| 14 | Clermont | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 37 |
| 15 | Valenciennes | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 36 | 41 | -5 | 34 |
| 16 | Orleans | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 38 | -9 | 32 |
| 17 | Red Star | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 40 | -12 | 31 |
| 18 | Tours | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 39 | 48 | -9 | 29 |
| 19 | Auxerre | 29 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 33 | -12 | 29 |
| 20 | Laval | 30 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 24 | 35 | -11 | 26 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 2 2016-2017
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Overview
FC Sochaux-Montbeliard
- Position: 10 +2
- Best performance of the season:Troyes 1-3 Sochaux (29 Jul.)
- Previous game:Lens 2-1 Sochaux (13 Mar.)
- Next game:RC Strasbourg - Sochaux (3 Apr.)
Nimes Olympique
- Position: 7 -2
- Best performance of the season:Nimes 3-0 Niort (7 Feb.)
- Previous game:Nimes 2-0 Red Star (10 Mar.)
- Next game:Nimes - Valenciennes (31 Mar.)
Sochaux
2:1
Nimes
2:1 (0:0)
- 17 March 2017
- 20:00
- Sochaux
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Brest | 52 |
| 2 |  Lens | 49 |
| 3 |  Reims | 49 |
| 4 | Amiens SC | 48 |
| 5 |  Troyes | 47 |
Week 30 Results
| Friday 17 March 2017 | ||||
 | Clermont | 0-1 | Niort |  |
 | Valenciennes | 0-4 | Tours |  |
 | Red Star | 0-1 | Amiens SC | |
| Brest | 3-0 | Laval |  |
 | Ajaccio | 0-0 | Le Havre |  |
 | Orleans | 1-1 | GFC Ajaccio |  |
| Sochaux | 2-1 | Nimes | |
 | Bourg-Peronnas | 2-4 | Troyes | |
| Saturday 18 March 2017 | ||||
| Reims | 15:00 | Lens | |
| Monday 20 March 2017 | ||||
 | Auxerre | 20:45 | RC Strasbourg | |