Match Reports
Multiplex: Pefok fires Reims to vital win and more
Matchday 30's multiplex saw three matches take place, with Nice edging closer to sealing a European place, Lens keeping their own top seven hopes alive and Reims getting a vital win thanks to revenant striker Jordan Pefok.
Stade Brest 1-3 RC Lens
Anything but a win here for Will Still's Lens would have seen them eliminated from a chance at European competition next season, and Les Sang et Or responded in fine fashion, cruising past ten-man Brest despite having conceded the opener. Les Pirates notched the opener thanks to some clever hold-up play from Ludovic Ajorque, with Pierre Lees-Melou slotting home for the lead, but Lens responded minutes later through Goduine Koyalipou, the winter signing heading home to level the match with 17 minutes on the clock. In first-half stoppage time, Abdoulaye Ndiaye was sent off for handball for the hosts, and Lens converted the resulting penalty for the lead. After Wesley SaĂŻd added a third in added time in the second half, Lens had sealed the win, moving a point ahead of their opponents on the day and within six points of Strasbourg in seventh.
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Stade de Reims 1-0 Toulouse FC
Needing a win to stay ahead of the bottom three, Stade de Reims did just that, notching an impressive home win against Toulouse FC. Jordan Pefok, who rejoined the club in the winter window, scored the match's only goal just before halftime, as Reims dominated possession and had the lion's share of the chances after Toulouse defender Mark McKenzie was sent off just before the half hour. Yehvann Diouf made five saves for the hosts as well as Reims kept their second consecutive clean sheet, lifting the Champagne side to 13th, five points clear of the bottom three.
OGC Nice 2-1 Angers SCO
Finally, in Nice, the hosts also got a vital result, beating a feisty Angers side to stay within touching distance of the top four. The match was played at a lively pace, with both sides having hatfuls of chances in the first half, but Nice striking first. Pablo Rosario got on the end of a chipped cross from Bareddine Bouanani, heading home to give Les Aiglons the lead. On the other side of halftime, Nice doubled their lead as Ali Abdi dove to head home Jonathan Clauss' cross. Angers would respond ten minutes later through Yassin Belkhdim, but Nice would control the rest of the proceedings, earning an important three points.
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