AJACCIO. Ajaccio prevails over Saint-Étienne with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by C. Ibayi (17′) and a goal from C. Vidal (45′). Saint-Étienne was surely superior in terms of ball possession (66%).
The match was played at the Stade François Coty stadium in Ajaccio on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Pierre Legat who had the assistance of Grégoire Valleteau and Ludovic Zmyslony. The 4th official was Brendan Roffet. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 20.63 degrees Celsius or 69.13 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.
Match Statistics
- ! 34 Ball Possession 66
Shots
- 7 Total 8
- 4 On Target 3
- 2 Off Target 5
- 1 Shots blocked 0
- 66 Attack 94
- 24 Dangerous attack 43
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 1 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 7
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 13 Total 16
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Saint-Étienne was in firm control of the ball 66% while Ajaccio was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Saint-Étienne was more pushing with 43 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Ajaccio succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Ajaccio shot 7 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Saint-Étienne shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Ajaccio received 1 yellow card (R. Nouri). On the opposite side, Saint-Étienne received 2 yellow cards (M. Bentayg and B. Bouchouari).
Also, Saint-Étienne didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Thomas Monconduit (Saint-Étienne) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (84′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Ajaccio has 42 points to sit in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Saint-Étienne will stays with 54 points like Angers SCO to hold in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Ajaccio will host Caen on the 20th of April with a 8-5 head to head in favor of Caen (4 draws).
Saint-Étienne will host Bordeaux on the 20th of April with a 13-13 head to head record.
Ajaccio – Formation
Ajaccio adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Olivier Pantaloni decided to play with the following team: F. Sollacaro
, Mohamed Youssouf , Cédric Avinel , C. Vidal , T. Strata , Michaël Barreto , Tim Jabol-Folcarelli , Thomas Mangani , Hamza Sakhi , B. Touré and Christopher Ibayi .The home team had on the bench: Mathieu Michel, Stephen Quemper, R. Nouri, Yoann Touzghar
, M. Soumano , O. Martinez-Jullien and J. Escartin.Substitutions
Ajaccio made 3 changes: Hamza Sakhi for R. Nouri (90′), B. Touré for M. Soumano (57′) and Christopher Ibayi for Yoann Touzghar (67′).
Player of the match: F. Sollacaro
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ajaccio was the goalkeeper: F. Sollacaro. His rating is 7.85. He performed 3 saves.
Saint-Étienne – Formation
Also Saint-Étienne adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Olivier Dall’Oglio played with: Gautier Larsonneur
, A. Moueffek , Dylan Batubinsika , M. Nadé , Léo Pétrot , Florian Tardieu , Nathanaël Mbuku , B. Bouchouari , Dylan Chambost , Mathieu Cafaro and Irvin Cardona .These were the players on the bench: Thomas Monconduit
, Ibrahim Sissoko, M. Bentayg , M. Rivera , Anthony Briançon , Lamine Fomba and E. Green.Substitutions
Saint-Étienne made 4 changes: Dylan Batubinsika for Anthony Briançon (66′), Léo Pétrot for Thomas Monconduit (66′), B. Bouchouari for M. Bentayg (66′) and Mathieu Cafaro for M. Rivera (80′).
Player of the match: Nathanaël Mbuku
The player that probably impressed the most for Saint-Étienne was Nathanaël Mbuku.
His rating is
with 15 passes (73% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Troyes – Paris – 1-2
- Ajaccio – Saint-Étienne – 2-0
- Quevilly Rouen – Auxerre – 4-3
- Dunkerque – Guingamp – 0-1
- Laval – Annecy – 0-3
- Valenciennes – Pau – 1-4
- Caen – Rodez – 1-0
- Bordeaux – Bastia – 2-3
- Concarneau – Amiens SC – 0-0