SAINT-ETIENNE. Saint-Étienne was capable to snatch a draw against Caen with a late goal from G. Charbonnier scored in the (90′) after Caen got a lead with a penalty from A. Mendy (17′).
The match was played at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-etienne on Friday and it started at 7:05 pm local time. The referee was Alexandre Perreau Niel with the assistance of Stephan Pignatelli and Bertrand Corcuff. The 4th official was Florian Della Tomasina.
Match Statistics
- 55 Ball Possession 45
Shots
- 14 Total 7
- 4 On Target 2
- 10 Off Target 5
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 97 Attack 93
- 79 Dangerous attack 56
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 1
- 6 Corners 4
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 22 Total 20
- 4 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Saint-Étienne had a superior ball possession 55% while Caen was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Saint-Étienne was more pushing with 79 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Saint-Étienne to win the match.
Saint-Étienne shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Caen shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Saint-Étienne received 4 yellow cards (Abdoulaye Bakayoko, Mickaël Nade, Gaëtan Charbonnier and Benjamin Bouchouari). Regarding the opposition, Caen received 3 yellow cards (Godson Kyeremeh, Ali Abdi and Alexandre Mendy).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Saint-Étienne will have 12 points to sit in the 20th place. On the other side, Caen will have 24 points like Quevilly Rouen, Valenciennes, Paris and Bastia to hold in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Saint-Étienne will play away with Niort on the 16th of January with a 0-0 head to head record.
Caen will host Bordeaux on the 10th of January with a 8-7 head to head in favor of Bordeaux (4 draws).
Saint-Étienne – Formation
Saint-Étienne started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Laurent Batlles decided to play with the following team: Boubacar Fall , Abdoulaye Bakayoko , Anthony Briançon , Mickael Nade , Leo Petrot , Aimen Moueffek , Dylan Chambost , Benjamin Bouchouari , Victor Lobry , Mathieu Cafaro and Gaëtan Charbonnier .
The home team had on the bench: Etienne Green, Jean-Philippe Krasso , Lenny Pintor , Anas Namri, Louis Mouton, Saïdou Sow and Ibrahima Wadji .
Saint-Étienne could not rely on the presence of Saïdou Sow (injured).
Substitutions
Saint-Étienne made 4 changes: Anthony Briançon for Saïdou Sow (16′), Abdoulaye Bakayoko for Jean-Philippe Krasso (59′), Mathieu Cafaro for Lenny Pintor (71′) and Dylan Chambost for Ibrahima Wadji (72′).
Best player: Benjamin Bouchouari
The player that probably impressed the most for Saint-Étienne was Benjamin Bouchouari.
His rating is with 50 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.
Caen – Formation
Caen started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Stéphane Moulin played with: Anthony Mandrea , Emmanuel Ntim , Ibrahim Cissé , Romain Thomas , Hugo Vandermersch , Bilal Brahimi , Djibril Diani , Quentin Daubin , Ali Abdi , Alexandre Mendy and Godson Kyeremeh .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Samuel Essende , Yannis Clementia, Brahim Traoré, Hianga’a M’Bock, Benjamin Jeannot , Caleb Zady Sery and Yoann Court.
Substitutions
Caen made 4 changes: Alexandre Mendy for Benjamin Jeannot (60′), Godson Kyeremeh for Samuel Essende (71′), Quentin Daubin for Hianga’a M’Bock (83′) and Hugo Vandermersch for Brahim Traoré (83′).
Best player: Emmanuel Ntim
The most impressive player for Caen was Emmanuel Ntim.
His rating is with 52 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 8.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Paris – Le Havre – 0-0
- Saint-Étienne – Caen – 1-1
- Bordeaux – Sochaux – 2-1
- Guingamp – Quevilly Rouen – 0-2
- Bastia – Valenciennes – 1-0
- Niort – Pau – 2-1
- Grenoble Foot 38 – Metz – 0-1
- Rodez – Dijon – 2-1
- Laval – Amiens SC – 0-3
- Annecy – Nîmes – 0-0