The 26th day of Ligue 1 continued this Sunday afternoon with four games at 3 p.m. Author of a draw in Reims last Saturday (1-1), the Racing Club de Lens hosted the DFCO in Bollaert. The objective remained clear for Franck Haise’s men: to reconnect with success to glimpse the top 5. Defeated at home by Nîmes (2-0) last weekend, Dijon absolutely had to relaunch in the race for maintenance. The Sang et Or settled the situation at the half hour mark by Fofana who with a nice volley of the right deceived Racioppi (1-0, 30th). Against all expectations, Dijon stuck to the score on the hour mark by Ngonda Muzinga who with a powerful strike surprised Leca (1-1, 61st). An equalizer that woke up the Lensois who regained the advantage a few seconds later. Upon receipt of a free kick struck by Clauss, Banza of a recovery of the right adjusted Racioppi (2-1, 64 ‘). The DFCO in the hard had to finish the meeting at ten after the expulsion of Kamara (74th). Thanks to its eleventh success of the season, Racing Club de Lens climbed to fifth place in the standings.
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Galvanized by its success in Dijon (2-0) last weekend, Nîmes Olympique hosted the Girondins de Bordeaux at the Costières stadium. A Bordeaux formation which lived a complicated week internally after its disappointing draw against OM (0-0) nine against eleven. The Crocos ideally started the match and opened the scoring by Meling with a nice strike from the near post which deceived Costil (1-0, 14th). Things got tough for the men of Jean-Louis Gasset who moved up to ten following the expulsion of Benito (68th). Three minutes later, Nîmes made the break by Ripart upon receiving a free kick struck by Eliasson (2-0, 71st). With his sixth victory of the season, Nîmes provisionally came back to two lengths in the standings of the first jump-off Lorient.
OGC Nice can’t do it anymore
For its part, the Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace faced Angers at La Meinau. Thierry Laurey’s men who triumphed in Metz last Sunday (2-1) could distance themselves from the red zone in case of victory. The deal turned out to be different for the SCO beaten by Nantes to Raymond Kopa (1-3) who could make a nice jump in the standings in the event of a positive result. Unfortunately, after a rather boring game, the two teams parted ways in a poor 0-0 draw. Angers remained tenth and Strasbourg climbed to fifteenth place in the standings.
Finally, OGC Nice who remained on two consecutive defeats against PSG (2-1) and OM (3-2) received FC Metz at the Allianz Riviera. Frédéric Antonetti’s men surprised the Aiglons within a quarter of an hour of play thanks to an opportunistic Kouyaté who took advantage of a tense shot in front of goal to adjust Benitez (0-1, 15th). In the hard, the Gym cracked a second time before the break. Udol left side took all his time to cross, Gueye threw himself in and scored with a nice uncrossed header (0-2, 37th). Stunned, Adrian Ursea’s men returned to the game on time. Well launched by Claude-Maurice in depth, Gouiri was mowed down in the area by Centonze and obtained a penalty. The Nice striker did not tremble and transformed the sentence (1-2, 60th). With this tenth success of the season, the Garnets climbed to sixth place, Nice fell to sixteenth.
The results of the 3 p.m. matches
Lens 2-1 Dijon: Fofana (30th), Banza (64th) for Lens; Ngonda Muzinga (61st) for Dijon
Nîmes 2-0 Bordeaux: Meling (14th), Ripart (71st) for Nîmes
Strasbourg 0-0 Angers
Nice 1-2 Metz : Gouiri (60th, sp) for Nice; Kouyaté (15th), Gueye (37th) for Metz
Find the Ligue 1 ranking here.
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