NîMES. Guingamp beat Nîmes to win 2-1. A penalty from G. Courtet was decisive in the 90min. It was Guingamp to strike first with a penalty of Jérémy Livolant at the 22′. Then it was a penalty in the 28′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Gaëtan Courtet gave the win to Guingamp in the 90′ minute with a penalty.
The match was played at the Stade des Costières stadium in Nîmes on Monday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was William Toulliou who was helped by Julien Garrigues and Djemel Zitouni. The 4th official was Romain Zamo. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 11.7 degrees Celsius or 53.01 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Nîmes was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Guingamp that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Guingamp was more pushing with 68 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Guingamp won the match.
Nîmes shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Guingamp shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Nîmes received 2 yellow cards (Jean N’Guessan and Nicolas Benezet). Regarding the opposition, Guingamp received 1 yellow card (Jérémy Livolant).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Nîmes will stay with 15 points like Rodez to remain in the 17th place. Talking about the opposition, Guingamp will have 23 points like Caen and Paris to sit in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Nîmes will play away with Annecy on the 30th of December with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Annecy (0 draws).
Guingamp will play away agasint Amiens SC on the 10th of January with a 9-4 head to head in favor of Amiens SC (7 draws).
Nîmes – Formation
Nîmes
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76'
28'
Nîmes started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Nicolas Usaï decided to play with the following team: Axel Maraval , Ronny Labonne , Maël Durand de Gevigney , Nasser Djiga , Patrick Burner , Lamine Fomba , Pablo Pagis , Jean N’Guessan , Jens Jakob Thomasen , Rafiki Saïd and Malik Tchokounté .
The home team had on the bench: Thibault Vargas , Nicolas Benezet , Leon Delpech, Lucas Dias, Moussa Koné, Benoît Poulain and Kelyan Guessoum.
Substitutions
Nîmes made 3 changes: Jens Thomasen for Nicolas Benezet (61′), Rafiki Said Ahamada for Thibaut Vargas (76′) and Pablo Pagis for Moussa Koné (90′).
Best player: Pablo Pagis
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Nîmes was Pablo Pagis.
His rating is with 25 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 6 crosses.
Guingamp – Formation
Guingamp
Guingamp started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Stéphane Dumont played with: Enzo Basilio , Vincent Manceau , Donatien Gomis , Baptiste Roux , Stephen Quemper , Warren Tchimbembé , Maxime Barthelmé , Dylan Louiserre , Tristan Muyumba , Baptiste Guillaume and Jérémy Livolant .
These were the players on the bench: Mehdi Merghem, Souleymane Diarra , Mathis Riou, Gaëtan Courtet , Hugo Picard , Amine El Ouazzani and Dominique Youfeigane.
Substitutions
Guingamp made 4 changes: Warren Tchimbembé for Hugo Picard (67′), Baptiste Guillaume for Gaëtan Courtet (72′), Maxime Barthelmé for Souleymane Diarra (80′) and Jérémy Livolant for Amine El Ouazzani (80′).
Best player: Jérémy Livolant
The player that probably impressed the most for Guingamp was Jérémy Livolant.
His rating is with 1 goal, 17 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Pau – Paris – 0-1
- Annecy – Saint-Étienne – 2-1
- Le Havre – Bordeaux – 1-0
- Dijon – Laval – 5-0
- Sochaux – Rodez – 1-0
- Bastia – Caen – 1-0
- Valenciennes – Amiens SC – 1-1
- Metz – Niort – 0-0
- Quevilly Rouen – Grenoble Foot 38 – 2-0
- Nîmes – Guingamp – 1-2
