Paris FC, which hosts bottom-placed Martigues on Friday evening during the 17th day of Ligue 2, will try to regain its leadership position, abandoned in Lorient before the break (2-0 defeat).
The Lorientais, who are ahead of the Parisians by two points, have a perilous trip to Laval (6th) on Saturday evening.
Leading since the 7th day and undefeated for almost three months, the PFC fell on the Merlus pitch in mid-December.
The Ile-de-France club intends to take back control by taking advantage of the reception of FC Martigues, last in L2 which has only 9 points, with only 2 victories for 11 defeats.
In the shock of this 17th day, the new leader Lorient (33 points) moves onto complicated terrain, that of Laval (6th, 25 points), a team which remains undefeated for eight matches in all competitions.
In a meeting at the bottom of the table, Caen, 16th and in a play-off position (15 points), receives Clermont 15th (17 points) on Friday, with the objective of getting ahead of its opponent of the day.
Stade Malherbe, whose majority shareholder is Kylian Mbappé, begins 2025 in the unknown after the dismissal on Sunday of its coach Nicolas Seube, in post since November 2023. The Portuguese Bruno Baltazar, 47, was named at the head of the team, after resigning from his position at Radomiak Radom (D1) in Poland.
The surprise of the season in Ligue 2, Dunkirk (3rd with 31 points), travels to Guingamp (7th, 25 points) on Saturday after having extended coach Luis Castro until 2027. The Portuguese coach had managed to maintain his team in Ligue 2 last season and had a good first part of the season, being on the podium tied on points with Paris FC.
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