Angers, trailing 2-0 at the break, reassured itself by winning 4-2 at Concarneau to maintain second place with two points ahead of Saint-Étienne (3rd), winner a little earlier at Valenciennes (2-0), Saturday during the 30th day of Ligue 2. Auxerre, the leader, who is ahead of Angers by two points, will play Ajaccio (13th) on Monday at the end of the day.
The SCO, beaten at home by Amiens (3-1) the previous day, first conceded two goals by Baptiste Mouazan (9th) and Clément Rodrigues (41st), before overthrowing the Breton team in the second half thanks to to achievements by Loïs Diony (50th, 90th), Farid El-Melali (59th) and Esteban Lepaul (78th). Concarneau thus falls from 17th to 18th place, overtaken by Annecy which brought three precious points from Dunkirk (14th) with a view to maintaining (2-0).
The Haut-Savoyard club, first relegated, is only two lengths behind Troyes (16th), beaten at home 3-2 by Rodez, astonishing 5th, five points from the podium. Saint-Étienne, currently in an irresistible dynamic, recorded its sixth victory in seven matches on Saturday on the field of the red lantern Valenciennes, a week after the demonstration of efficiency displayed in Bastia (4-0). The Greens scored through Ibrahim Sissoko (23rd) and Irvin Cardona (31st).
Valenciennes, which plays Tuesday against Lyon in a semi-final of the Coupe de France, is heading quickly towards the National championship, accusing… eleven points behind the penultimate, Quevilly-Rouen, beaten at home 2 -1 by Caen (6th) Saturday.
At the bottom of the ranking, Bastia carried out an excellent operation by winning 2-1 at Laval (4th), which thus found itself ahead of Saint-Étienne by three points. The Corsicans are 15th but only three points better than Annecy. The fight to maintain promises to be fierce. A maintenance which seems to be taking shape for Bordeaux (12th), despite its draw at home (3-3) against Paris FC (8th), at the end of a spectacular meeting.
