Ligue 2 (Week 36) : Nimes defeats Brest 3-2
FRANCE, May. 6, 2017 (AMP) — Ligue 2 / Match day 36: Brest crashed to their 3rd consecutive defeat as they lost 3-2 against Nimes.
Ousmane Cissokho scored dual goals
Brest defender Alexandre Coeff opened the score in the 4th minute, before seeing Nimes catch up in the 27th minute thanks to Ripart Renaud. 1-1 at half time. The Crocodiles eventually won the game in the second period with two more goals by Cissokho ('77, '78).
Stade Brest are down in fourth place with 59 points from 36 games, one point behind Troyes AC.
View : Full Ligue 2 table (as of May 6, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RC Strasbourg | 35 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 58 | 43 | 15 | 62 |
| 2 | Amiens SC | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 51 | 37 | 14 | 60 |
| 3 | Troyes | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 54 | 41 | 13 | 60 |
| 4 | Brest | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 50 | 41 | 9 | 59 |
| 5 | Nimes | 36 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 53 | 38 | 15 | 58 |
| 6 | Lens | 35 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 51 | 38 | 13 | 58 |
| 7 | Reims | 36 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 41 | 35 | 6 | 55 |
| 8 | GFC Ajaccio | 35 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 45 | 40 | 5 | 51 |
| 9 | Le Havre | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 48 |
| 10 | Niort | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 42 | 52 | -10 | 48 |
| 11 | Sochaux | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 35 | 39 | -4 | 45 |
| 12 | Valenciennes | 36 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 44 | 43 | 1 | 44 |
| 13 | Bourg-Peronnas | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 47 | 54 | -7 | 44 |
| 14 | Tours | 36 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 43 |
| 15 | Clermont | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 43 | 46 | -3 | 42 |
| 16 | Ajaccio | 35 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 42 | 53 | -11 | 42 |
| 17 | Orleans | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 38 | 48 | -10 | 41 |
| 18 | Auxerre | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 40 | -13 | 39 |
| 19 | Red Star | 36 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 54 | -19 | 35 |
| 20 | Laval | 36 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 32 | 47 | -15 | 30 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 2 2016-2017
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Overview
Stade Brest
- Position: 4 -2
- Best performance of the season:Niort 0-3 Brest (14 Apr.)
- Previous game:Troyes 1-0 Brest (29 Apr.)
- Next game:Bourg-Peronnas - Brest (12 May.)
Nimes Olympique
- Position: 5 +1
- Best performance of the season:Nimes 3-0 Niort (7 Feb.)
- Previous game:Nimes 0-1 Auxerre (28 Apr.)
- Next game:Nimes - Ajaccio (12 May.)
Brest
2:3
Nimes
2:3 (1:1)
- 6 May 2017
- 15:00
- Brest
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RC Strasbourg | 62 |
| 2 | Amiens SC | 60 |
| 3 |  Troyes | 60 |
| 4 | Brest | 59 |
| 5 | Nimes | 58 |
Week 36 Results
| Friday 5 May 2017 | ||||
 | Valenciennes | 0-0 | Red Star |  |
 | Laval | 1-3 | Tours |  |
 | Sochaux | 1-2 | Amiens SC | |
 | Auxerre | 2-3 | Troyes | |
 | Clermont | 2-3 | Bourg-Peronnas |  |
 | Reims | 0-2 | Orleans |  |
 | Le Havre | 0-0 | Niort |  |
| Saturday 6 May 2017 | ||||
| Brest | 2-3 | Nimes | |
| Monday 8 May 2017 | ||||
 | Ajaccio | 19:00 | GFC Ajaccio |  |
 | Lens | 20:45 | RC Strasbourg | |