League 2- Caen relegated to National, Dunkirk confirms its fourth place

Three days from the end of the season, the Ligue 2 Caen Red Lantern is officially relegated to National (third division) after its defeat on Friday (0-3) at home against the barragist Martigues on the 31st day. With ten points behind Martigues, and more than nine points to distribute, the club held by Kylian Mbappé since the summer of 2024 can not mathematically avoid the descent. Stade Malherbe de Caen should not lose to offer himself a stay, but his hopes, already tiny, did not last more than five minutes, with the opening of the score of Martigues on a head-in-house of Steve Solvet on Corner (0-1, 5th).

The Normans, apathetic in defense, quickly conceded a second goal, by Oucasse Mendy, easily found in the surface and left almost alone to put her head (0-2, 17th). They even sold a third time, at the start of the second period, on a goal from Milan Robin, still in the head (0-3, 51st). Martigues (16th, 31 pts) achieves a good operation by giving up his place as a relegation to Clermont (17th, 28 pts), beaten at home by Troyes (2-0) on goals by Mouhamed Diop (41st) and Nicolas de Préville, well helped by a Bourde by goalkeeper Clermontois (59th).

At the top of the painting, Dunkirk distances itself from Guingamp in the fight for fourth place, while the first three, Lorient, Paris FC and Metz, which will be played the title and one of the two tickets for the direct climb, later play this weekend. The Northerners (4th, 54 pts) won at home (2-0) against Grenoble thanks to Gaëtan Courtet (50th) and Muhannad al-Saad (88th) while En Avant (5th, 49 pts) lost on the lawn of Amiens (3-2).

After the exceptional goal of Malick Mbaye (1-0, 8th), which went up all the ground, then a penalty by Antoine Leautey (2-1, 36th) for Amiens, Guingamp managed to return to the score twice thanks to a heavy strike from Rayan Ghrieb (1-1, 21st) and a penalty by Jacques Siwe (2-2, 52nd). But they could not equalize a third time after the head of Siaka Bakayoko (3-2, 74th).

If they are still installed in the fifth and last qualifying place for the accession dams in Ligue 1, the Guingampais saw Laval, 6th, returning to two lengths after his 2-1 victory against Rodez, on a double of Malik Sellouki (4th, 56th), and double Bastia and Annecy, which have a match less. In the middle of the table, Ajaccio (11th) and Pau (12th) shared the points (1-1).