Ligue 2 (Week 12) : Lorient beats Orleans 2-1
FRANCE, Oct. 20, 2017 (AMP) — Ligue 2 / Match day 12: After their 0-0 draw against Niort on October 16, Lorient returned to winning ways with a 2-1 victory over Orleans this Friday.
Orleans had started off well by taking the lead in the 45th minute with an own goal by Conte Ibrahima. Trailing 1-0 at half time, Lorient players nonetheless manage to reverse the direction of the game by scoring twice in the second period (Conte Ibrahima '63 and Waris Majeed '84).
Lorient climbed to fifth place with 22 points from 12 games, tie on points with Nimes Olympique.
View : Full Ligue 2 table (as of October 20, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reims | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 24 |
| 2 | Ajaccio | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | Paris FC | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 23 |
| 4 | Nimes | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 22 |
| 5 | Lorient | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 22 |
| 6 | Clermont | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 21 |
| 7 | Brest | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 21 |
| 8 | Le Havre | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 20 |
| 9 | Niort | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 18 |
| 10 | Valenciennes | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | Auxerre | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Sochaux | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 23 | -8 | 17 |
| 13 | Chateauroux | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 22 | -4 | 16 |
| 14 | Orleans | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 15 |
| 15 | GFC Ajaccio | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 15 |
| 16 | Nancy | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 14 |
| 17 | Bourg-Peronnas | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -11 | 12 |
| 18 | Lens | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 9 |
| 19 | US Quevilly | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 5 |
| 20 | Tours | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 24 | -19 | 2 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 2 2017-2018
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Overview
US Orleans
- Position: 14 -4
- Best performance of the season:Orleans 3-1 Niort (15 Sep.)
- Previous game:Nimes 4-1 Orleans (13 Oct.)
- Next game:Brest - Orleans (27 Oct.)
Lorient
- Position: 5 +2
- Best performance of the season:Lorient 3-0 Chateauroux (14 Aug.)
- Previous game:Lorient 0-0 Niort (16 Oct.)
- Next game:Lorient - Tours (28 Oct.)
Orleans
1:2
Lorient
1:2 (1:0)
- 20 October 2017
- 20:00
- Orleans
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Reims | 24 |
| 2 |  Ajaccio | 23 |
| 3 |  Paris FC | 23 |
| 4 |  Nimes | 22 |
| 5 | Lorient | 22 |
Week 12 Results
| Friday 20 October 2017 | ||||
 | Le Havre | 1-1 | Chateauroux |  |
| Orleans | 1-2 | Lorient | |
 | Auxerre | 2-1 | US Quevilly | |
 | Nancy | 2-2 | Clermont |  |
 | Tours | 0-1 | Sochaux |  |
| Nimes | 4-0 | Brest |  |
| Paris FC | 3-2 | Valenciennes |  |
 | Niort | 2-0 | Bourg-Peronnas |  |
| Saturday 21 October 2017 | ||||
 | Lens | 15:00 | Reims | |
| Monday 23 October 2017 | ||||
| Ajaccio | 20:45 | GFC Ajaccio |  |