Grenoble scored an important victory this weekend against Yzeure and made a first gap in the standings in group B. On the other side, Metz also remains in the lead, while Brest signed his first victory of the season on the lawn of Le Mans.


Group A


FC Metz retain their lead after their home win against FF Issy. Three points and six goals scored for the Lorraine players who opened the score by Meryll Wenger in the 14th minute. A goal followed by the first Maureen Bigot under the colors messines (18th) since his arrival this summer at the club.


Saint-Malo follows the rhythm of Lorraine


The last four goals of the team of David Fanzel are scored late in the game, first with a penalty Meryll Wenger (75) before Justine Rougemont does not add the fourth goal Messin (79). The last two achievements of the day are signed by Valerie Sanderson, late in the game and who gets a double (85th and 90 + 1) to conclude this meeting (6-0).


A success that allows FC Metz to maintain a three-point lead over Saint-Malo, which in turn has imposed on the lawn of the Stade de Reims. A victory (0-1) obtained thanks to a Melany Goutard goal scored at the end of the first period (40th) on a decisive counter that it concludes with a lobed ball to deceive Pauline Moitrel, the goalkeeper Remy.


With this success, Saint-Malo took second place in Angers, which drew against VGA Saint-Maur. A parity result in a scoreless match (0-0) that allows Angers to continue his good series of games without defeat, the fifth, and still a third place in the ranking for the club of the White Cross.


The time of Brest


In the bottom of the table, the good operation of the weekend is to put in the assets of Stade Brest, who earned his first win of the season (0-2) on the lawn of Le Mans. It was Mariane Amaro who opened the scoring in the first half, taking the lead from a Solenne Ninot corner. At the return of the locker room, we find two old Girondines on the second goal Brest. Eva Sumo finds Maëva Solomon who allows Bretonnes to make the break.


With these three points, Brest returns to the level of the Mancelles, and is now ahead of the rankings. Another Breton team, did not have the same success this weekend. Lorient, current red lantern of this group A lost at home against Arras (0-2). The northerners who have been able to count on a doubling of his striker Mamy N'Diaye, with a first goal (40th) where doubts remain on the Lorient side to know if the ball had crossed the line.


The players of Alain Le Dour who pushed to return to the score before the second goal of N'Diaye, on a cons twenty minutes from the end (73rd). Lorient, the only team not to have won again since the start of the season, is now four points behind Le Mans and Brest, the two teams that precede it in the standings.


Also this weekend, La Roche sur-Yon won at home against Rouen. A 2-0 win for the Yonnaises with goals scored by Adeline Coudrin in the first half, and Claire Guillard late in the game. A second victory on this start of the season that allows the ESOF to move to the standings their opponents of the day, and now occupy the fifth place.


Group B


The gap widens in favor of Grenoble at the head of group A after his victory in the Isere against Yzeure (1-0), a duel between the first two teams in the standings and which turned in favor of the players of Nicolas Bach. It's a goal of Stella Petrel early in the second half (53) that allows Grenoble to put their opponents of the day at a distance with now five points ahead.

Grenoble escapes, the Vertes are replaced


A first hole made by Grenoble, who also benefits from the defeat of Dijon against Saint-Etienne. Another shock of this weekend and which turned to the advantage of the Vertes however quickly reduced to ten with the expulsion of Audrey Chaumette in the 25th minute. A red card received while ASSE led 1-0 after the opener of Lucie Pingeon following a set kick. At the end of the first half, Dijon caught the score thanks to a penalty from Tatiana Solanet.


After the break, Dijon in numerical superiority will concede a second goal on a long-range shot by Candice Gherbi who surprised Emmeline Mainguy in Dijon goals (52). Dijon returns to the score with a goal from Fatoumata Baldé, at the start of the last quarter of an hour (75th). An equalizer recorded by the newcomer in the dijonnais, arrived for a week and who scored his first goal on a ball delivered by Pauline Desbourdieux.


But in added time, Saint-Etienne gets a penalty and Candice Gherbi gives the victory to the Vertes (2-3) who, in the standings, come back up to their opponents of the day. A trio in pursuit of Grenoble, with on their heels, a Nancy team still insatiable offensively. The players of Lorraine who won 5-0 in Savoie with a new hat-trick for Marlyse Ngo Ndoumbouk who is already approaching the fifteen goals this season.


The calvary of Aurillac continues


Vendenheim also signed a river victory (8-0) this week against Aurillac-Arpajon. In great difficulty at the start of the season, the FC2A has again yielded to Alsace. Among the five scorers of the day, Mariem Houij scored a hat-trick and Fiona Bitterlin a double for Vendenheim.


Just ahead of the rankings, we find Toulouse who won on the lawn of Montauban (1-3) in a derby-style game. The three goals of the TFC were scored in the first period including Maëva Buscaylet who opened the scoring free kick (24th). Marie-Pierre Castera (38th) and Audrey Cugat (43rd) then allowed the Toulousaines to make the break. After the locker room, Montauban reduced the free-kick gap by Mandy Jacques who scores with a header (49th). A reaction that will not be enough to bring the Montalbanaises to the score.


In the last match of the weekend, the ESAP Metz won (1-2) on the pitch of Nîmes with goals from Melanie De Brito and Binta Diakhaté in the second half. Nimes goal scored Sabrina Oumeur in the second half.