Last straight line before the holidays! The League 2 will have its final meeting of the year 2021 this Tuesday with for the occasion a general multiplex for the 19th day. Very smart for anyone who can predict the identity of the fall champion, one of the many challenges of the 19th day!
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Four-man fight for the fall championship
The general tightening at the top of the table in recent weeks gives us an exciting intermediate sprint. Four teams stand in three points and can claim the honorary title of “autumn champion” on this winter solstice day. Over the course of the multiplex’s goals, the identity of the virtual leader may change several times during the evening. The throne was freshly conquered by Ajaccio on the 18th day. Tonight at the François-Coty stadium, a draw may not be enough to keep the lead of Ligue 2. ACA faces a team of Grenoble (15th) who will undoubtedly tighten the bolts under the orders of Frédéric Guéguen, the interim coach. After three defeats and the dismissal of Maurizio Jacobacci, it is an Isère team in commando mode which arrives on the Island of Beauty. Beware of the closed and tricky game.
Second, Toulouse will be ready to seize the slightest opportunity to regain a leader’s crown lost after 13 days of reign. The TFC moves to Nîmes against a team he beat in the Cup on Saturday, and will have the status of favorite. However, beware of the Omarsson-Koné duo on the Gard side, convincing against Nancy (2-1). Philippe Montanier will have to do without his blaster, Nathan Ngoumou, right side, nor Ratao suspended. Teen Onaiwu would be inspired to confirm his return to form in attack alongside Rhys Healey. Third, Auxerre welcomes the Havre (6e). Le Paris FC, fourth, displays the best form of the leading peloton with an ongoing five-game winning streak, to be confirmed against Amiens, one of the most impressive attacking teams in recent weeks: between Parisian speed and Picardy power, this could be the most spectacular poster of the evening!
Finally, to be complete, Sochaux, 5th can mathematically claim first place but none of his predecessors should win and win by some seven goals against Valenciennes.
Le Havre for the last place on the train
As mentioned above, Le Havre is playing a top-of-the-table shock at Auxerre. The men of Paul Le Guen have won only one of their last five games. At three points from the playoffs area, the HAC may see the top 5 in Ligue 2. The mission is difficult for a team which has not lost at home since August 23.
There should be a style opposition at the Abbé-Deschamps stadium. On the one hand, the AJA of Jean-Marc Furlan, second attack in the championship. On the other, Paul Le Guen’s Havre Athletic Club, second best defense. Against an even stronger Ajaccio team, Le Havre was punished at the Océane stadium 10 days ago (0-1) but this time, the Burgundians should leave a little more space and blocks to play. It will still be necessary to put the foot on the ball from time to time.
The Norman shock: QRM-Caen
Two convalescent teams, close in the standings and close geographically. The Seine-Maritime team welcomes the Calvados team at the Robert-Diochon stadium. Unbeaten in the last two days. Both teams are benefiting from recent adjustments made by their coaches. On the side of Quevilly-Rouen, we experience a hybrid system, tested in the Coupe de France, which awakened the attack of the Sang & Or. Duckens Nazon is living proof: After a long slump, the Haitian striker has just scored in each of his last three appearances in Ligue 2.
A Caen, Stéphane Moulin has also adapted, not really helped by serial injuries. The ex-Angevin releases a system with three central defenders which allows him to play with two attackers. Less alone at the peak, Alexandre mendy benefit from the support of Nuno da Costa which has finally launched its season. Associated, the two attackers scored against Guingamp (2-0) and allowed the SMC to reconcile with its public.
Dunkirk, Nancy: do not sink
We will have to limit the breakage to Dunkerque, 19th. Very worrying during the first two months of competition, resuscitated – even transfigured – for 5 days, the USLD is in full relapse: no point taken nor the slightest goal scored for four days. After that of September, a second episode of crisis is to be feared for the Maritimes. Dunkirk has all the more interest to gain from Guingamp this Tuesday that the EAG is still concerned by the fight for maintenance.
Last at seven points from the barragiste place, Nancy no longer has any point to lose. Admittedly, Benoît Pedretti was promised the great means to raise the ASNL on the return phase but in the event of a fourth defeat in a row, against Dijon (16th), the Lorraine club risks being delayed that few winter mercatos can repair.
The other matches: Rodez-Bastia, Niort-Pau
A Rodez, Régis Brouard will be able to offer himself a beautiful moment of nostalgia but will be quickly recalled to the urgencies of the present time. The C Bastia is 18th and play-off and will try to bring at least one point from the Paul-Lignon stadium. Finally, Niort (8th) welcomes Pau (9th) for a meeting between outsider. The winner of the evening could assert himself as the nice surprise of the first half of the season. The dynamic is favorable to the Niortais who have just taken four points in two games, including a victory against the ogre Toulousain at the René-Gaillard stadium. Pau remains on two defeats, after some setbacks on the refereeing plan.
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