This weekend will be the 7th day of D1 Feminine. The race in the 2nd place will know a first turning point with a clash between Juvisy and Montpellier, while Nîmes moves to La Roche to finally take off.

The middle of the table will move
Several teams may see their position move. Soyaux, stopped for three weeks, will try to leave on the lawn of Rodez. The Rafettes, which took a long time to start, occupy for the moment a surprising fifth place behind the favorites of the championship. The broad victory of the past week against the promoted Saint-Maurien (5-2) has confirmed the intention of the RAF, which will want to continue on this track against undefeated Soljadian women outside.

Other teams that could return in the middle of table, Guingamp and Saint-Etienne, who are both left ahead after a difficult start to the season If the Guingampaises could do nothing last week against Paris (1-4 ), the Stéphanoises had their first win of the season in Nîmes (1-2). Both teams will want to confirm their fitness, moving away from the red zone.

Top duels at the top and bottom of the ranking
The red zone, Nîmes and La Roche sur Yon would like to leave it. Defeated last week by the Amazons, the Nîmes have already lost many key games in the optics of maintenance. On the lawn of La Roche, they will have a new opportunity to launch. Opposite, the Vendeennes come out of two difficult matches against Montpellier and Lyon who dragged them to 11th place. Also looking for points, they will want to take advantage of the perilous move of Saint-Maur in Paris and the meeting between the 8th and 9th, Saint-Etienne and Guingamp, to exit again from the relegation zone. Important match for both teams.

Juvisy, the match also looks very important but in a different style. Facing Montpellier, the Essonniennes will have a great opportunity to disqualify a direct competitor for the title. After an inaugural draw in Saint-Étienne (2-2), some foreshadowed a difficult season at the Franciliennes. But these are unstoppable since then and were able to garner confidence with still no match against its direct competitors before this weekend. In front, Montpellier has confirmed the expectations placed in him this season, including hanging PSG. Not necessarily flamboyant in recent games, the Montpellier still remain a tough opponent. This shock between the second and third of the championship looks set so tense, the two teams to win to stay in the race.

Other D1 favorites will want to take advantage of it
If Juvisy and Montpellier have to win to stay in the race, Paris and Lyon will take advantage of this match to catch up or get away from one of these two competitors. In Charléty, the Parisians will want to continue on their frantic pace (27 goals scored in four games in all competitions) against the VGA. The Saint-Mauriennes are in bad shape since their victory against Nîmes, with three losses including a resounding last week in Rodez. Little hope for the latter in this Parisian derby, even if they will try to look good.

Traveling to Albi, Lyon intends to continue its perfect season, with nets that have not yet shake. The Albigensians are they, like Saint-Maur, in the hard for four games, with only six points taken. Not the best opposition to start again, even if they want to reassure themselves before going to Nîmes after the international break. Lyon will want to sit down as leader before receiving Juvisy.

J7, in some figures:
31 - Nîmes has already seen his nets tremble 31 times this season. Unheard of in six games since Hénin-Beaumont in the 2011-2012 season, which had then taken 35. The Nordiques finished tenths, at a point of maintenance.

2 - Since 1998, in all competitions, only two games between Juvisy and Montpellier have ended in a draw 0-0 out of 44 played. We should see goals at Bondoufle on Sunday.

29 - As the number of goals scored during the 7th day of D1 in 2014-2015. Of the three promoted, only one was still in the red zone at the end of the day, FF Issy.

The program of the 7th day:

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