Bordeaux suffered their first defeat of the season on Saturday against Guingamp (1-0) at the start of the 5th day of Ligue 2, marked by the third victory of Dijon, who took the lead in the standings, in Metz (2-1).
While waiting for the trips in the evening from Caen (2nd, 10 points) to Paris FC and from Amiens (4th, 9 points) to Le Havre, Dijon sits alone at the top of the standings with 11 units, while Bordeaux slips to 5th place. , confirming his current difficulties a week after being hooked in Grenoble (0-0). Guingamp returns for its part on the provisional podium, in 3rd place.
Relegated to the lower floor, the six-time French champions were surprised at the start of the match following poor control by defender Malcolm Bokele near the surface, exploited by Jérémy Livolant (6th), author of his 3rd goal of the season. The Guingampais, defeated in Caen last Saturday (4-1), resumed their march forward by signing their third success.
The Dijonnais, reduced to ten in the second half after the exclusion of Christopher Roccia, had made the difference thanks to one of the revelations of this start to the season, the Portuguese Xande Silva (29th), involved in four goals (2 goals and 2 assists) since the end of July. Then Mickaël Le Bihan (59th) took charge of conferring a comfortable benefit on Dijon by scoring his 3rd achievement.
Metz, who reduced the mark in the 78th minute through Lamine Gueye, may regret having missed a penalty (68th), pushed back by Dijon goalkeeper Baptiste Reynet.
Laszlo Boloni’s men, held in check in Laval (3-3) last week, fall to 6th provisional place and can get out of the top 10 depending on the outcome of the other matches of the day.
