Sixteenth day of Ligue 1, the rest! This Sunday, January 5, three matches animated the 3 p.m. multiplex, including Angers' victory over Stade Brestois. At the Raymond-Kopa stadium, everything quickly went in favor of the SCO when, after five minutes of play, Esteban Lepaul closely concluded an action well carried out by his teammates (5th). A few minutes later, the ex-Spinalien thought to double the lead in favor of his team, but his goal was refused for an offside position (19th). The Maine-et-Loire club then waited until the end of the game to take definitive shelter thanks to Niane (90th, 2-0) and to give themselves some air in the standings (14th, 16 pts), temporarily four steps ahead of Le Havre, the first relegated team, expected in Marseille this Sunday evening (8:45 p.m.). For its part, Brest is still marking time and remains in the soft spot (12th, 19 pts).
Stunning Strasbourg
On the Meinau side, Strasbourg supporters can have a smile. If their team found themselves behind before the quarter of an hour of play, Hamed Junior Traorè taking advantage of poor anticipation from a local defender to open the scoring (14th), they witnessed a wind of revolt afterwards . Habib Diarra first converted a penalty obtained by himself before the break (45+2nd), Félix Lemaréchal overthrew AJA on the hour mark (60th) then Emanuel Emegha participated in the party at the end game to complete the affair (87th, 3-1). Thanks to this success, Racing, tenth (20 pts), comes back one length behind Auxerre, ninth (21 pts).
Finally, at the same time, bad operation in the race for Europe for RC Lens, beaten by Toulouse at Bollaert (0-1). Without Brice Samba, who was about to leave, the northern club lost its battle against TFC, following a penalty conceded in the second period. A few minutes after the expulsion of David Pereira da Costa (61st) for a sole on the ankle of Gabriel Suazo, Zakaria Aboukhlal did not tremble against Hervé Koffi to offer a precious success to the Violets (73rd). The latter, eighth, return to the level of points (24) of their opponents, seventh, and perhaps deprived for a moment of left side Jhoanner Chávez, injured in the ankle and forced to come out at the end of the game.
Ligue 1: the ranking
To summarize
Sixteenth day of Ligue 1, the rest! This Sunday, January 5, three matches animated the 3 p.m. multiplex, including Angers' victory over Stade Brestois.
