Ligue 2 – National play-offs: Villefranche-Beaujolais wins the first round against Niort

Riding on a positive dynamic, Villefranche-Beaujolais, 3rd in National, took a good option to access Ligue 2 by winning 3 goals to 1 at the expense of Niort, 18th in L2, Wednesday in Villefranche-sur-Saône in first leg of the barrage of accession to Ligue 2. The return will be played on Saturday in Niort (8:45 pm). The Rhone, who thus remain on six consecutive victories, will be able to rely on the second round, in addition to their two goals in advance, on their good performances away while the Niortais have won only two of their 25 last encounters.

However, it was Niort who opened the scoring with Ibnou Papa Ba, who preceded the exit of goalkeeper Jean-Christophe Bouet after a pass from Olivier Kemen (45 + 1), while the Caladois had control of the game. Villefranche However, managed to equalize shortly after half-time by Maxime Blanc who lodged the ball in the skylight of Quentin Braat (54). The Chamois could have added a second goal on a free kick from Brahim Konaté deflected on the bar by Bouet (66). But the FCVB, several times dangerous on long shots from Blanc (49) and Rémi Sergio (72) or even on a recovery from the head of Adrian Dabasse (63) snatched the victory with two goals scored from the head by Axel Dauchy receiving a free kick from Sergio (84) then by Paul Arnold Garita after a cross delivered from the right wing