Ligue 2: it had been ten years since Stade Lavallois had led 3-0 at half-time of a match

Friday, Stade Lavallois managed to narrowly beat Dunkirk (3-2) after leading 3-0 after 34 minutes. Casually, it had been almost ten years since the Mayenne team had led 3-0 in the first period. We must in fact go back to May 22, 2015 during the 38th and last day of the 2014/2015 season.. A match in Niort, with no real stakes for the Mayennais. Thanks to a first goal from young midfielder Hugo Boumous (6th minute) then a double from striker Sehrou Guirassy in the space of two minutes, Laval leads 3-0 after only 18 minutes of play. match won in Niort with a score of 3-0, Anthony Gonçalves was captain and Maxime Hautbois kept the Laval cages.

Such a scenario had already occurred earlier in the season, already during a trip. Against Arles-Avignon (September 23, 8th day), Laval led 3-0 at the break thanks to goals from Hassane Alla from the penalty spot (3rd minute) then a double from Christian Bekamenga (17th, 30th minutes). The Arles-Avignon team coached by Bruno Irlès scored two goals in the second half (Laval won 3-2). Also that day, Gonçalves wore the captain’s armband. Kevin Perrot was one of the starters while Maxime Hautbois was a replacement goalkeeper.

This Friday, October 18, is therefore the third time in ten years that Stade Lavallois has managed to lead 3-0 at the break but without however doing better than the two matches mentioned above since the third Mayenne goal (M. Camara) intervened this time after 34 minutes of play. This still remains something unusual.