Paris FC, second with four points ahead of Metz, will be guaranteed to join the elite of French football in the event of a victory in Martigues, current barragist, Friday during the 33rd and penultimate day of L2.
If he wants to join Lorient, a leader who has already returned his return to Ligue 1 thanks to his victory against Caen last weekend, the PFC (65 pts), owned by the Arnault family, may not even be in the obligation to win, in the event of counter-performance of Metz (3rd, 61 pts) against Rodez.
After their defeat in Pau (2-1), it is indeed the Lorrainers who have the pressure by receiving Ruthenois (15th) almost assured of the maintenance: any other result that a victory would close the doors of a direct return to L1. It would then remain the prospect of a climb via the dams, where they could find Dunkirk (4th, 54 pts) and Guingamp (5th, 51 pts).
Northerners and Bretons have a nice blow to play for a qualification by receiving Laval respectively (6th, 49 pts) and Bastia (8th, 44 pts). If the Mayennais still have the hope of hanging the right wagon, the Corsicans are out of the way and will have no other ambition than to finish their season well.
-At the bottom of the ranking, Clermont (17th, 29 pts) receives Annecy (7th, 48 pts) with the almost obligation to take the three points, while hoping for a defeat of Martigues against the PFC. Otherwise, a second descent in two seasons would come closer than ever.
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A nightmare scenario, synonymous with national on Friday evening, would see the Auvergne tilts in front of Savoyards -which keep a hope of accession dams -while the Provençaux would beat Paris.
For Caen, on the other hand, this is the end. Relegated, the Normans will compete in their last meeting of Ligue 2 in front of their faithful public in Ornano against the Red Star (15th, 36 pts), anxious for its part to validate its maintenance.
The last two meetings, Grenoble-Troyes and Amiens-Pau, are without stake.
