Guillaume Marion, Media365: published on Saturday May 20, 2023 at 12:25 p.m.
Started on Friday with a draw between Grenoble and Rodez (1-1), the 36th day of Ligue 2 will continue on Saturday and Monday with many issues at the top and bottom of the table.
The race for the climb
And if the Océane stadium celebrated this May 22 the big return of the HAC in Ligue 1? After a small failure in Annecy at the beginning of the week (1-0 defeat), a priori without consequence, Le Havre (1st, 71 points) could indeed officially validate its return to the elite of French football in two days. For that, it would be necessary that Metz (3rd, 65 points) does not win at Guingamp this Saturday (7 p.m.) and that the Normans then win at home against Valenciennes on Monday evening (8:45 p.m.). But, in the battle with Bordeaux (2nd, 66 points) for second place in Ligue 2, the Messins intend to continue their good series in Brittany, they who have not lost since October 24 (2-0 against … Le Havre). Especially if the logic is respected a little earlier this Saturday (2:45 p.m.) between the Girondins and Laval.
The struggle to maintain
If the situation is quite simple at the top of the table with this three-team battle, it is much less so with regard to the last places in L2 and the last three days promise to be rich in twists and turns. For the moment, Niort (20th, 27 points) is the only team guaranteed to be relegated to National 1, but Nîmes (19th, 33 points) could well quickly imitate the Chamois. To avoid this, or at least delay the deadline, the Crocos will have to win at home this Saturday against Dijon (18th, 38 points), which could for its part make a good operation if successful in the Gard. Especially since Valenciennes (17th, 39 points) will challenge Le Havre on Monday evening and Laval (16th, 41 points) is traveling to Bordeaux this Saturday at the start of the afternoon. For his part, after his draw in Grenoble on Friday evening (1-1), Rodez (13th, 43 points) got closer to maintaining. Opposed respectively to Bastia and Niort, Pau (14th, 41 points) and Annecy (15th, 41 points) could also do the same during this 36th day.
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