LAVAL. Laval prevails over Rodez 3-1. Laval got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Geoffray Durbant (16′) and Antonin Bobichon (49′). Rodez tried to recover with a goal from Joseph Mendes (75′). Nonetheless, the match was closed by a goal (78′) scored by Marvin Baudry for Laval.
Laval remained in players after Bryan Goncalves received a red card in the 39′. Still, Laval still was able to win this encounter playing only in players.
The match was played at the Stade Francis Le Basser stadium in Laval on Friday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Remi Landry who had the assistance of Bertrand Jouannaud and Stephan Luzi. The 4th official was Yohan Gagnant. The weather was snow. The temperature was freezing at -3.2 degrees Celsius or 26.17 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 95%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Laval was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Rodez that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Rodez was putting more pressure with 75 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Laval was capable to find the solution to win this contest.
Laval shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Rodez shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Laval received 1 yellow card (E. Seidou). On the other side, Rodez received 3 yellow cards (Lorenzo Rajot, A. Pembélé and Loris Mouyokolo).
(Laval) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (39′).
Also, Rodez didn’t finish the match with 11 players after C. Dépres (Rodez) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (34′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Laval will have 23 points to sit in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, Rodez will stay with 19 points to hold in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Laval will host Dijon on the 31st of January with a 8-4 head to head stats in favor of Dijon (4 draws).
Rodez will play away agasint Metz on the 31st of January with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Metz (0 draws).
Laval – Formation
Laval started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
The manager Olivier Frapolli decided to play with the following team: Alexis Sauvage
, Anthony Gonçalves , Marvin Baudry , Yohan Tavares , Bryan Goncalves , Edson Seidou , Sam Sanna , Jimmy Roye , Antonin Bobichon , Simon Elisor and Geoffray Durbant .The home team had on the bench: Kader N’Chobi, Jordan Adeoti, Rémy Duterte, Maxime Hautbois, Dembo Sylla
, Zakaria Naidji and Kevin Tapoko .Substitutions
Laval made 3 changes: Antonin Bobichon for K. Tapoko (71′), Geoffray Durbant for D. Sylla (79′) and Jimmy Roye for Jordan Adéoti (88′).
Best player: Geoffray Durbant
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Laval was Geoffray Durbant.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 19 passes (68% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 3 crosses.Rodez – Formation
Rodez started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Didier Santini played with: Lionel M’Pasi
, Loris Mouyokolo , Aymen Abdennour , Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao , Marvin Senaya , Wilitty Younoussa , Lorenzo Rajot , Bradley Danger , Abdel Hakim Abdallah , Andy Pembélé and Clément Depres .The following players were sitting on the bench: Nassim Ouammou, Joseph Mendes
, Killian Corredor , Sébastien Cibois, Antoine Valerio , Jung-Bin Park and Eric Vandenabeele.Substitutions
Rodez made 4 changes: Aymen Abdennour for K. Corredor (54′), A. Pembélé for Joseph Mendes (54′), W. Younoussa for Antoine Valério (66′) and Lorenzo Rajot for Park Jung-Bin (66′).
Best player: Joseph Mendes
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Rodez was Joseph Mendes.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 3 passes (66% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 4.His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 54′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Annecy – Paris – 2-0
- Bordeaux – Amiens SC – 1-1
- Guingamp – Grenoble Foot 38 – 2-4
- Le Havre – Nîmes – 3-1
- Dijon – Valenciennes – 2-1
- Bastia – Pau – 1-0
- Laval – Rodez – 3-1
- Metz – Quevilly Rouen – 2-0