The improvement continues for Saint-Etienne
Rennes 0-2 Saint-Etienne
Saint Etienne : Bouanga (27th), Nordin (71st)
Cold realism, the Greens recorded a second success in a row on the peloue of Rennes (0-2). With a certain mimicry, Denis Bouanga (27th) and Arnaud Nordin (71st) both deceived Alfred Gomis on a cross strike after well-conducted counterattacks. Powerless (2 shots on target), the Bretons, who have not won for a month, thus acknowledge their bad patch and miss the opportunity to pick up the Top 4, while Lyon and Monaco have lost feathers. Still unable to win at home in 2021, Julien Stéphan’s men remain a good distance from Monaco (11 points). For its part, ASSE (15th) is giving air and recording a third success in four matches, taking seven points ahead of the red zone.
Successful start for Kombouaré
Angers 1-3 Nantes
Angers : Mangani (33e, sp)
Nantes : Simon (5th), Louza (7th, sp), Bamba (86th)
Thanks to an ideal start to the match, FC Nantes signs its first victory since November 8 by winning in Angers (1-3). The goals of Simon Moses (5th) and Imran Louza (7th) gave Antoine Kombouaré a dream start, for his first in the club of his beginnings. A first crowned with success despite the pressure from the premises after the reduction of Thomas Mangani’s score from the penalty spot (33rd). But after a big fright with the bar found by Sofiane Boufal (50th), the Canaries turned their backs to finally close the debates thanks to Kader Bamba at the very end of the match (86th). A victory in the derby which marks the end of 15 matches without defeats at the same time as the end of the Domenech era (3 defeats, 4 draws). It will be necessary to continue in a week against Marseille to possibly get out of the red zone, while Nantes are still barragists (22 points).
Good #SaintValentin ???????? @Louza_Imran pic.twitter.com/5lZfNX0BAc
– FC Nantes (@FCNantes) February 14, 2021
Thomasson carries Strasbourg
Metz 1-2 Strasbourg
Metz : Delaine (17e)
Strasbourg : Thomasson (33e, 84e)
Unbeaten at home in the Alsace-Lorraine derby since 2007, FC Metz lost against Strasbourg (1-2). Everything had started well for the Lorraine, ahead thanks to the supersonic counter concluded by Thomas Delaine (17th). Never defeated and above all more enterprising, the Alsatians equalized through Adrien Thomasson, already scorer in the first leg (33rd). Excluded a week earlier in Lyon (3-0), the vice-captain of Racing was the freshest after serving his suspension match against Montpellier in midweek (0-2). Scorer for the first time outside of Meinau, the former Nantes player did it again, to head the goal of victory for his team (84th). With this success, Racing remains 16th, six points ahead of Nantes. Metz remains stuck in 7th place.
Nîmes hangs at the bottom of the table
Dijon 0-2 Nimes
Nîmes : Ripart (77th), Eliasson (87th)
In a match of fear which obviously did not only have the name, Nîmes went to win on the Dijon field (0-2). At the end of a very closed match, the Gardois made the difference at the very end of the match, first by the inevitable Renaud Ripart (77th) before the Swede Niclas Eliasson came to kill all suspense in the empty goal 10 minutes later (87th). Reduced to ten after the exclusion of Frédéric Sammaritano (90th), the Dijonnais gradually slide towards Ligue 2 after this fifth setback in a row. Still unable to win on their land, the Burgundians find the place of red lantern, abandoned by Nîmes, now three points ahead with one game less.
⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️@NiclasEliasson is unstoppable!#DFCONO pic.twitter.com/9wbBRJsAi2
— Ligue 1 Uber Eats (@Ligue1UberEats) February 14, 2021
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