Caen won their fourth win in as many days on Saturday and remain at the top of Ligue 2 with 12 points, while Bordeaux inflicted their first loss of the season on Amiens.
Receiving Ajaccio at Michel-d’Ornano, Stade Malherbe won (3-0) thanks to a hat-trick from their striker Alexandre Mendy (37th, 45th and 64th), who took the lead in the ranking of top scorers with six goals registered since the resumption of the season.
After a perfect start (three wins and only one goal conceded), Amiens lost for the first time this season to Bordeaux (2-0). Thanks to goals from their summer recruits Zan Vipotnik (47th) and Gaëtan Weissbeck (56th), David Guion’s men climbed from 15th to 7th place in the standings.
After having stumbled against Troyes the previous week, Grenoble followed up with another draw at Auxerre (0-0).
At home, Bastia, trailing 2-0 at half-time, managed to snatch the victory against Troyes (3-2) after an intense match where the two teams evolved to ten from the 12th minute after the expulsions of Rominigue Kouamé (Troyes) and Christophe Vincent (Bastia) for a fight in the 12th minute.
Pau took a shine to Roudourou, where Guingamp did not give details, winning 4-0 thanks in particular to a goal from ex-Quevillais Kalidou Sidibé (17th), just two days after his arrival at the club. Costa Rican.
Angers, Valenciennes and Paris FC have finally managed to win their first success of the season, unlike US Quevilly-Rouen who stumbled against Laval (0-0).
In stoppage time (90 4) against Dunkirk, the Angevin Himad Abdelli went for the victory by scoring a penalty, while Valenciennes won from the start (5th) in Rodez on a goal from his midfielder Aymen Boutoutaou.
Paris FC, which had not scored a single goal in three games, woke up against Concarneau at home (3-0) thanks to a goal from Lamine Diaby-Fadiga (41st) and above all a double from Pierre- Yves Hamel (74th and 83rd).
The fourth day will end on Monday evening with the trip from Saint-Etienne to Annecy. Confident after having snatched their first success last week against Quevilly-Rouen (2-1), the Greens of Laurent Batlles will be able to rely on their center-forward Ibrahim Sissoko, author of three goals this season (on three penalties) , in an attempt to defeat the Savoyards.