Still heavy, very heavy this Saturday in perspective with the first nine matches of the 25th day of Ligue 2. At the top of the table as well as at the bottom in the fight to maintain, the stakes are high! A brief overview.
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The 3 p.m. poster: Sochaux-Ajaccio, the fight for the podium
The winner of this beautiful poster will be guaranteed to stay on the podium at the end of the 25th day. Sochaux has a little margin with two points ahead of his opponent of the day. Above all, the dynamics are opposed. The FCSM has not lost since November 20 while that Ajaccio remains on four games without success including two defeats in a row. A beautiful atmosphere is announced in Bonal with more than 10,000 supporters expected, unfortunately without the presence of Corsican fans banned from traveling by the prefecture. In the first leg, we remember the very tense context that took place after the match with incidents. Let’s hope this time everything happens only through the game on the pitch.
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The top of the table
Paris diminished, Auxerre must revive in Niort
It’s a blow for the attack of the Paris F.C. with the packages of Khalid Boutaïb and Morgan Guilavogui for the trip to Guingamp. The attack will be reduced, but EAG will have to line up… its third goalkeeper in goal with the injury of Basilio and Youfeigane. In Roudourou, Stéphane Dumont’s players want to bring down a second Top 5 in a row after the successful trip to Ajaccio (1-0) last Saturday. Opposite, Paris remains on 12 rank games without defeat and logically wants to stretch this good series. A success would allow the capital club to temporarily take the lead in the standings while waiting Toulouse-Le Havre closing Monday evening.
On his side, Auxerre has won just one game in its last six outings. The dynamic is not excellent but an adversary who does well for him presents himself for AJA: Niort. Indeed, the Burgundians remain on a series of… 14-0 against the Chamois over the last three games! A new black beast label that Jean-Marc Furlan’s men must continue to keep the Deux-Sèvres club out of the Top 5 at a distance. For Niort, the challenge will be to stop a negative start to the series with two setbacks .
The struggle to maintain
Nancy-Dunkerque, QRM-VA… shocks in stock!
Oh how crucial this seems Nancy-Dunkirk ! The poster between the red lantern and the 19th will be worth a little more than three points, certainly. At least on a mental level. If the ASNL misses, the last small hopes of maintenance would fly away almost definitively. The urgency is less on the USLD side, but losing to a direct competitor is bound to be hard to swallow. The two teams have been consistent lately with two draws in a row for Nancy, and two wins for the Maritimes. Happiness to the victor, and woe to the vanquished!
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Just a little higher, the clash between QRM and Valenciennes promises to be breathless too. If VA wants to hover the feeling of serenity since the arrival of Christophe Delmotte, it is clear that the situation in the standings is not very good with 17th place and only one step ahead of the roadblocker. A setback in Normandy at the promoted would therefore be a very bad operation, especially since only two lengths separate the two teams before kick-off. VA will have to do without its attackers Guillaume and Robail, but can count on a Bonnet who scored his first goal in his new colors last Saturday against Toulouse (1-3).
Grenoble, Bastia, Rodez, Dijon, Caen, Amiens… points to take!
With only four points difference between Grenoble (18th) and Amiens (11th), each victory is worth gold at the bottom of the table. the GF38 revived against Niort (1-0) with his first victory of the year and hopes to continue with Nîmes, which remains on 2 defeats in a row including a slap to Caen (4-0). Malherbe precisely wants to know a second victory in a row for the first time since August. This will require getting rid of the great team of Pau at the Uste Camp.
In Corsica, Bastia welcomes Dijon to maintain his invincibility at home. Patrice Garande is expecting a strong reaction from his players after two defeats in a row. On the wrong slope with seven games without the slightest success, including the last six without scoring (!), Rodez saw his lead on the red zone melt away like snow in the sun. The reception from Amiens must allow the RAF to find new life in front of its public while the Picards seek their first success away from home since… August 14 in the league!
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