While this Sunday in Ligue 1 opened with the victory of Losc against Monaco, the Girondins de Bordeaux confirmed their good form at the time, while the Greens of Claude Puel have still not found the path to victory.
The player: Hatem Ben Arfa as a savior
He signed in Gironde two months ago to rekindle the spark.
Seven matches later, Hatem Ben Arfa is clearly gaining momentum, and has confirmed at home against Brest all his importance in Jean-Louis Gasset's team.
Author of the only goal of the match, while Bordeaux had tried everything without scoring - double post from Mehdi Zerkane (4th), Hwang Ui-jo twice next (47th, 58th), the bar for Nicolas De Préville (65th) -, the former French international made his class speak on an individual action (1-0, 85th).
This is the second goal of the season for the one who is involved in 3 of the last 4 Bordeaux achievements (2 goals and 1 assist).
Thanks to its savior, Bordeaux achieves an excellent operation in the standings, exceeds Brest (11th) and enters the first part of the table (10th).
The black series: the Greens do not see the light
The maintenance mission was at the heart of this duel between poorly classified.
But Dijonnais and Stéphanois were unable to decide after a goalless draw that the Greens would have won without the post, who came to save Anthony Racioppi on a strike from Denis Bouanga (68th).
Claude Puel's men, who have a 10th unsuccessful game in L1 (7 losses, 3 draws), continue their black series against a competitor in maintenance.
While he had snatched his first victory of the season on the previous day in Nice (1-3), Dijon remains red lantern.
With 8 goals scored in 13 matches now, Dijon is the team with the least scoring in L1 this season.
And by far.
The @ ASSEofficiel has 12 points after 13 days of @ Ligue1UberEats 2020/21.
He has only done worse once in the top flight at this stage of the competition over the last 30 seasons (10 in 2008/09).
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- Football Stats (@Statsdufoot) December 6, 2020
The tumble: Pelissier in danger?
Attractive in the game at the start of the season, the promoted Lorient has been in free fall since mid-October.
Four defeats, a draw, no goal scored in their last 5 games, the Merlus can no longer do it.
And it is not their movement on the lawn of Angers that will fix things.
Beaten 2-0, the men of an increasingly threatened Christophe Pélissier chained a fourth consecutive setback, and sank into the red zone (19th).
Thanks to Angelo Fulgini, author of his third achievement of the season (1-0, 10th) and involved in 4 goals in his team's last 4 matches (2 goals and 2 assists), and Pierrick Capelle at the end of match (2-0, 90th + 6), the Angevins win for the second time in a row and are 7th.
The only downside, their creator Sofiane Boufal went out on a stretcher (55th).
The specialist: Strasbourg breathes thanks to the penalties
When Ludovic Ajorque scored Nantes-Strasbourg's third goal on a penalty (0-3, 78th), the Alsatians then scored more than a third of their 18 goals this season in this very special exercise (7).
Thanks to their new specialty, the Strasbourg residents are back on the road to success, lost since October 25 and a match in Brest (0-3).
After Dimitri Liénard opened the scoring ... on a penalty (0-1, 16th), Habib Diallo worsened the gap on a corner (0-2, 34th), before Kévin Zohi completed this large success (0-4 , 83rd).
Present in the stands of the Beaujoire, President Waldemar Kita stared blankly.
His Nantes ship capsized, while Christian Gourcuff's team blocked a series of four matches without winning (2 losses, 2 draws).
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- Ligue 1 Uber Eats (@ Ligue1UberEats) December 6, 2020