Several postponements this weekend in D2 but the explanation has taken place in Group B, with Dijon now in a strong position for the climb. In group A, Angers was reassured with a brilliant victory against Saint-Maur which allows him to get closer to the maintenance.


Group A - A snatch for Saint-Malo


Without playing, FC Metz may have seen its way to the climb clear a little more. In question the draw of the Stade de Reims on the lawn of Saint-Malo (2-2). While the Messina leaders saw their move on the field of FF Issy postponed due to weather conditions, the Remoises were joined in the final seconds at the stadium of Marville.

The players of Amandine Miquel led twice in this meeting, first after the opening score of Evanna Soyeux in the first period (20th). The Reims attacker scored her first goal this season on a corner, an advantage preserved until the hour of play. It is also on corner that the Malouines replicate with Océane Ringenbach at the conclusion (60th). Five minutes later, Reims takes the lead after a penalty converted by Melissa Gomes.

At the end of regulation time, Reims remains in the lead before conceding a goal after extra time with Audrey February equalizing after a free-kick for Saint-Malo (90 + 5). With this point brought back from Brittany, Reims is now at six points from Metz, solid second, but which could let a little more lead leaders in case of victory in Issy.

Issy, in the fight for the maintenance, did not see evolving his position in the standings. His two direct opponents, Lorient and Le Mans respectively lost on the fields of Arras and Brest, each time on the score of 1-0. Anaïs Ribeyra gave the victory to Brest with a goal scored in the return of the locker room, while Mamy N'Diaye is the only goal scorer on corner (28th) in a meeting where the score could have been heavier in favor of the North.


First victory in 2018 for Angers


Another team needed points this weekend in the optics of maintenance. Despite the sanctions pronounced by the FFF against the FF Issy, Angers saw the red zone gradually come closer with a dangerous shift towards the bottom of the classification. After a long series of ten games without wins (4 draws, 6 losses), the Angevin players signed a brilliant victory (7-2) on the lawn of VGA Saint-Maur.

In this offensive festival, Cameroon's Angers striker Agnès Nkada split a five-fold, with the Croix Blanche club already leading three goals at the break, thanks to Nkada and Mathilde Rateau scorer before the halftime. In the second half, Saint-Maur managed to score two goals but never managed to resurface in this meeting.

A heavy defeat that makes losing a place in the rankings at the VGA, beaten by Brest, now sixth on points with the Val-de-Marne players. Angers wins a rank and passes eighth ahead of Rouen, but especially now has eight points ahead of Lorient and Issy, first relegation team of group A.

The players from Rouen were on their side inclined at home against La Roche-sur-Yon who retains his third place in the standings. The Yonnaises won 4-1 in Normandy with a hat-trick of Claire Guillard who passed the bar of the ten goals scored this season in D2.


Group B - A shock and postponements


This 16th day promised a (decisive?) Explanation between the two leaders of group B, a duel that turned to the advantage of Dijon, who wins (0-2) in the Forez and takes double the ascendancy to the times in terms of points with three lengths ahead and a goal-average particular now favorable to the players of Burgundy.


=> The complete summary of the match: Dijon takes the hand in the race to the climb


If Dijon now holds the rope for the climb, the situation remains more vague in the bottom of the table especially with the postponement of the match between ESAP Metz and Nimes, respectively eleventh and tenth in the standings. Current red lantern group B, Ambilly has also seen his move to Nancy postponed due to adverse weather conditions.

With the last three in the private standings this weekend, it is Montauban who scratches a length in the ranking coming up to Aurillac-Arpajon. The players of Tarn-et-Garonne managed to get a draw (1-1) on the lawn of Toulouse.

The Montalbanaises even led for nearly an hour after the opening of Marion Braunwart's score against some of her former teammates at the TFC. A goal scored on a penalty scored in two after a first stop Charlotte Verdier (33). At the very end of the match, Toulouse equalized by Clémentine Dias Veloso (89th). Still ninth, Montauban came back to Aurillac-Arpajon, dryly beaten at home by Vendenheim (0-4).


A bottom of table always so tightened


The Alsatians took off in the second half after the opening scoring of Marie Perrote from the first moments of the match. She will also register a double with her second goal scored from the return of the locker room (48th). Aurillac-Arpajon, first in the peloton at the bottom of the table, but with the other four teams that count a match in less or two in the case of Ambilly. With only three points difference between 8th and 12th place, the ranking can still largely evolve, with all the implications for maintaining.

Another match played this weekend, between Yzeure and Grenoble, two teams who have a time with the best before getting in the standings. A match won by the Yzeuriennes (2-1) at home in a match where it is yet Grenoble who had opened the score by Inès Boutaleb (21st) who enjoys a badly adjusted side pass in the defense. Just before the break Émilie Artèse equalizes for Yzeure on a center-shot right side and who ends in the small opposite net (45 + 1).

After the break, Yzeure made a good start of the second half, with a goal from Léa Cassagne in the 53rd minute served in the area by Cynthia Gueheo-Djetou. An advantage to the score on which Grenoble will not be able to return despite several attempts in the last half hour. A result that confirms the stall of Grenoble, while Yzeure account two games late, after which the players of the Allier could return to the height of the GF38 in fourth place in Group B.