AJACCIO. Nantes conquers Ajaccio with a 2-0 win with a goal from E. Guessand (64′) and a penalty scored by L. Blas (89′). Nantes made the most of its better ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Stade François Coty stadium in Ajaccio on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Ruddy Buquet assisted by Julien Aube and Florian Gonçalves de Araujo. The 4th official was Soulaimane Chamel. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11 degrees Celsius or 51.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Nantes was in firm control of the ball 57% while Ajaccio was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Ajaccio was more aggressive with 41 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, Nantes was able to find the solution to win this match.
Ajaccio shot 9 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Nantes shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Ajaccio received 2 yellow cards (F. Chabrolle and M. El Idrissy). Regarding the opposition, Nantes received 1 yellow card (João Victor).
(Ajaccio) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (88′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Ajaccio will stay with 18 points like Strasbourg to remain in the 18th place. Talking about the opposition, Nantes will have 25 points to remain in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Ajaccio will play away against Nice on the 10th of February with a 6-1 head to head statistic in favor of Nice (2 draws).
Nantes will host Lorient on the 12th of February with a 11-7 head to head in favor of Nantes (5 draws).
Ajaccio – Formation
Ajaccio
88'
74'
19'
Ajaccio started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Olivier Pantaloni decided to play with the following team: Benjamin Leroy , Mohamed Youssouf , Oumar Gonzalez , Cedric Avinel , Ismaël Diallo , Cyrille Bayala , Vincent Marchetti , Florian Chabrolle , Mickaël Barreto , Mounaim El Idrissy and Youcef Belaïli .
The home team had on the bench: Riad Nouri, Clement Vidal , Lebas da Silva , Romain Hamouma , Moussa Djitté , Francois-Joseph Sollacaro, Mickaël Alphonse, Moussa Soumano and Kevin Spadanuda .
Substitutions
Ajaccio made 5 changes: Vincent Marchetti for Paolo Lebas Da Silva (28′), Youcef Belaïli for Moussa Djitté (74′), M. Barreto for Kevin Spadanuda (74′), M. El Idrissy for Romain Hamouma (74′) and Paolo Lebas for Clement Vidal (85′).
Best player: Florian Chabrolle
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ajaccio was Florian Chabrolle.
His rating is with 36 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9.
Nantes – Formation
Nantes
64'
Nantes started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Antoine Kombouare played with: Alban Lafont , Fabien Centonze , João Victor , Jean-Charles Castelletto , Jaouen Hadjam , Andrei Girotto , Samuel Moutoussamy , Evann Guessand , Florent Mollet , Ignatius Ganago and Mostafa Mohamed .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Ludovic Blas , Charles Traoré, Rémy Descamps, Marcus Coco , Denis Petrić, Moussa Sissoko, Andy Delort and Sébastien Corchia.
Substitutions
Nantes made 5 changes: Mostafa Mohamed for Andy Delort (75′), Florent Mollet for Ludovic Blas (75′), E. Guessand for Marcus Coco (75′), Ignatius Ganago for Sébastien Corchia (90′) and J. Hadjam for Charles Traoré (90′).
Best player: Evann Guessand
The player that probably impressed the most for Nantes was Evann Guessand.
His rating is with 1 goal, 20 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 17. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Olympique Marseille – Nice – 1-3
- Lorient – Angers SCO – 0-0
- Brest – Lens – 1-1
- Strasbourg – Montpellier – 2-0
- Clermont – Monaco – 0-2
- Auxerre – Reims – 0-0
- Ajaccio – Nantes – 0-2
