Leader Laval, beaten at home by Concarneau on the last day, reacted well on Saturday by winning 2-0 at Dunkirk, during a 15th day of Ligue 2 also marked by the third defeat in a row for Saint -Etienne, at home against Pau (1-2).
The Mayennais won thanks to two goals from Junior Kadile (15th) and Amine Cherni (33rd) against the penultimate in the ranking.
Laval is now five points ahead of Angers (2nd) which will host Caen (16th) on Monday (8:45 p.m.) at the end of the day. Auxerre falls from third to fourth place after its 0-0 draw in Bastia (14th). The Burgundians (26 pts) are one point behind Grenoble (3rd) and Angers, and six behind Laval.
Grenoble beat Rodez (9th) at home, with a final goal from Moldovan Virgiliu Postolachi (84th). Mamadou Diarra opened the scoring for Grenoble (43rd) and Tairyk Arconte equalized just before the break for the Aveyronnais (45th 2). At the start of the afternoon at Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne suffered its third defeat in a row in Ligue 2 against Pau (8th).
The Stéphanois, who had lost at Auxerre (5-2) and at home against Paris FC (1-0) since the start of the month, are sixth, overtaken by Guingamp (5th) who went to win at Troyes (17th) with a goal from Belgian striker Baptiste Guillaume (45th). ASSE cracked in three minutes in the last quarter of an hour by conceding two goals from Henri Saivet from the penalty spot (75th) and from Sessi D’Almeida (78th) while they had opened the scoring through Charbonnier in the 10th minute .
The Girondins de Bordeaux gave themselves a big breath of fresh air by winning at Charléty against Paris FC (2-1) and suddenly climbed from sixteenth to thirteenth place after this second away victory this year. season. This is the second victory in a row for Bordeaux for the first time this season.