Ligue 2 (Week 35) : Lens defeats Laval 2-0
FRANCE, May. 1, 2017 (AMP) — Ligue 2 / Match day 35: After losing 0-1 to Auxerre on April 24 and 1-0 to Le Havre on April 24, Lens returned to winning ways with a 2-0 victory over Laval this Monday.
Lopez Cristian scored dual goals
45 minutes of play and neither Lens nor Laval have managed to pull ahead. 0-0 at half time. Everything was settled in the second period with two goals by Lopez Cristian at '85 and '90.
Lens climbed to third place with 58 points from 35 games, only one point behind Stade Brest.
View : Full Ligue 2 table (as of May 1, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RC Strasbourg | 35 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 58 | 43 | 15 | 62 |
| 2 | Brest | 35 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 48 | 38 | 10 | 59 |
| 3 | Lens | 35 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 51 | 38 | 13 | 58 |
| 4 | Amiens SC | 35 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 49 | 36 | 13 | 57 |
| 5 | Troyes | 35 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 51 | 39 | 12 | 57 |
| 6 | Nimes | 35 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 50 | 36 | 14 | 55 |
| 7 | Reims | 35 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 41 | 33 | 8 | 55 |
| 8 | GFC Ajaccio | 35 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 45 | 40 | 5 | 51 |
| 9 | Le Havre | 35 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 47 |
| 10 | Niort | 35 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 42 | 52 | -10 | 47 |
| 11 | Sochaux | 35 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 34 | 37 | -3 | 45 |
| 12 | Valenciennes | 35 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 44 | 43 | 1 | 43 |
| 13 | Clermont | 35 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 41 | 43 | -2 | 42 |
| 14 | Ajaccio | 35 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 42 | 53 | -11 | 42 |
| 15 | Bourg-Peronnas | 35 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 44 | 52 | -8 | 41 |
| 16 | Tours | 35 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 50 | 52 | -2 | 40 |
| 17 | Auxerre | 35 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 37 | -12 | 39 |
| 18 | Orleans | 35 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 36 | 48 | -12 | 38 |
| 19 | Red Star | 35 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 54 | -19 | 34 |
| 20 | Laval | 35 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 31 | 44 | -13 | 30 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 2 2016-2017
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Overview
Lens
- Position: 3 +1
- Best performance of the season:Ajaccio 3-6 Lens (10 Apr.)
- Previous game:Le Havre 1-0 Lens (24 Apr.)
- Next game:Lens - RC Strasbourg (8 May.)
Stade Laval
- Position: 20
- Best performance of the season:Laval 5-2 Reims (14 Apr.)
- Previous game:Laval 1-2 RC Strasbourg (21 Apr.)
- Next game:Laval - Tours (5 May.)
Lens
2:0
Laval
2:0 (0:0)
- 1 May 2017
- 20:45
- Lens
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RC Strasbourg | 62 |
| 2 |  Brest | 59 |
| 3 | Lens | 58 |
| 4 | Amiens SC | 57 |
| 5 |  Troyes | 57 |
Week 35 Results
| Friday 28 April 2017 | ||||
| Amiens SC | 2-1 | Ajaccio |  | |
 | Niort | 0-3 | Reims |  |
 | GFC Ajaccio | 1-0 | Valenciennes |  |
 | Orleans | 4-0 | Red Star |  |
 | Tours | 3-0 | Clermont |  |
 | Bourg-Peronnas | 0-1 | Sochaux |  |
 | Nimes | 0-1 | Auxerre |  |
| RC Strasbourg | 2-0 | Le Havre |  | |
| Saturday 29 April 2017 | ||||
| Troyes | 1-0 | Brest | |
| Monday 1 May 2017 | ||||
| Lens | 2-0 | Laval | |