Ligue 2: Sochaux and Bordeaux back to back (1-1) during the duel of the dolphins, Saint-Etienne hooked

Sochaux and Bordeaux were neutralized 1-1 on Saturday in the clash for second place in Ligue 2 behind the solid leader Le Havre, traveling to Metz on Monday (8:45 p.m.) during the other poster for the 27th day. Before the Messins match (4th), Bastia (5th) missed the opportunity to get closer to the podium, hanging on the lawn of Valenciennes (2-2). The Bordelais (47 pts) keep their place of runner-up and their point ahead of the Sochaliens in the very close fight to accompany the Le Havrais who, with 55 points and a game less, seem very close to finding, barring disaster, the League 1.

Hung at home by Saint-Etienne last Saturday (1-1), David Guion’s team must once again settle for a draw and miss the opportunity to put their direct competitor at four points. Second best team at home behind HAC and best attack in L2 (43 goals), Sochaux confirms its difficulty against the teams at the top of the table. Olivier Guégan’s men, however, have an eighth match without defeat. The meeting got off to a bad start for the Cubs when Dilane Bakwa, served by his attacking partner Josh Maja, cooled the Bonal stadium by opening the scoring in the 31st minute.

The fifth goal of the season from the young winger (20 years old) came to reward a first half hour dominated by the Girondins. But the Sochaux supporters quickly warmed up when their captain Gaëtan Weissbeck equalized shortly before the break (40th). His free kick from 25 meters deceived the Girondin goalkeeper Gaëtan Poussin, whose hand was not firm enough.

Saint-Etienne hooked

In the evening, Bastia therefore lost points by failing to do better than a draw in Valenciennes (2-2). Franck Magri (3rd, 68th) and Adrian Grbic (24th, 47th) each scored twice, leaving Bastia two points behind Metz. Behind, Grenoble climbed to 6th place thanks to a 2-1 success in the derby against Annecy in its Stade des Alpes. As in Bordeaux a week ago, Saint-Etienne snatched another draw, this time at home against Amiens (1-1), and still continues its good series of six matches without defeat. Iron Gomis opened the scoring for the Amiens (55th) with a nice recovery before Niels Nkounkou equalized a quarter of an hour from the end (75th).

At the bottom of the table, Rodez, who fell 3-2 from Caen, remains relegated but gains a place (17th) and remains two points behind Pau (16th and first non-relegation). The Palois indeed won 1-0 against Niort their first success since January 31 – sinking the red lantern of Ligue 2 a little more -, just like Nîmes (19th) who returned to victory against Quevilly-Rouen (2 -0). Still in the red zone, Dijon, quickly reduced to 10, lost to Guingamp (2-0). Finally, Paris FC won in Laval (2-1) and climbed to 11th place. At the end of the 27th day on Monday, Metz will try to hang on to the Bordeaux-Sochaux duo when they receive Le Havre, undefeated since the beginning of August and launched at full speed towards the climb.