Ligue 2 Review #24: Red Star boost safety hopes as Metz jump into promotion spots

Les Maritimes were victorious against the capital club to put a small dent into Paris FC's promotion chances, whilst boosting their own. Kay Tejan popped up with the late goal to put the Northern side ahead (83').

Guingamp 0-3 Metz

Stephane Le Mignan's Metz side travelled to Stade Roudourou and completed a convincing win over Guingamp to propel themselves back into the promotion spots. Guathier Hein opened the scoring from the penalty spot (28'). The Bretons tried to get back into the game, but Metz would double the score late on through Idrissa Gueye (87') before Mathieu Udol added another in injury time for Les Grenats (90+3').

Troyes 1-0 Lorient 

This would have been a Ligue 1 clash in past seasons, but league leaders Lorient came away with their fifth straight victory to keep setting the pace at the top of the Ligue 2 BKT table. Eli Junior Kroupi scored his 10th goal of the season for Les Merlus with a fantastic strike from outside the box (71').

Red Star 1-0 Martigues

Les Audoniens boosted their survival hopes with a vital win to put a halt to the recent resurgence of Martigues. Hacéne Benali was on point to turn home Aliou Badji's cross just before the half-time break (45') to put Red Star ahead. Grégory Poirier's side managed to see out the rest of the second half to seal a vital three points and to put RSFC seven points ahead of FCM and away from the danger zone.

Around the Grounds in Ligue 2 BKT:

- FC Annecy completed a 1-0 win over bottom side SM Caen to seal an unfortunate record number of defeats for the Normand outfit. Les Annéciens managed to slip into the play-off spots with the three points. 
- Rodez were big 5-0 winners over FC Pau to get back to winning ways after a losing run of four games. 
- Grenoble completed a 4-1 win over Amiens to as GF38 look to consolidate their top 10 spot in the division. 

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