NIORT. Niort conquers Bordeaux 3-1. Bordeaux lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Stade René Gaillard stadium in Niort on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Aurélien Petit who had the assistance of Stephan Pignatelli and Bertrand Corcuff. The 4th official was Jordane Lomi. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 5.9 degrees Celsius or 42.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Bordeaux had a superior ball possession 59% while Niort was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bordeaux was more pushing with 71 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 1 were on target. Notwithstanding, Niort managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Niort shot 13 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Bordeaux shot 16 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Niort received 3 yellow cards (Bilal Boutobba, Junior Olaitan and Junior Olaitan). Talking about the opposition, Bordeaux received 1 yellow card (Danylo Ignatenko).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Niort will have 23 points like Nîmes to remain in the 18th place. On the opposite side, Bordeaux will stay with 39 points to hold in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bordeaux will play away agasint Sochaux on the 11th of March with a 11-3 head to head stats in favor of Bordeaux (5 draws).

Niort – Formation

Niort started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Rui Miguel Garcia Lopes de Almeida decided to play with the following team: Mathieu Michel (7.6), Joris Moutachy (6.8), Bryan Passi (7.7), Ibrahima Sory Conté (7.1), Quentin Bernard (6.4), Charles Kabore (6.7), Samy Benchama (6.6), Bilal Boutobba (7.2), Moataz Zemzemi (7.5), Junior Olaitan (6.4) and Kevin Rocheteau (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Amadou Sagna (6.5), Samuel Renel (6.4), Jean Louchet, Junior Flemmings, Ryan Bakayoko, Lenny Vallier and Bradley Matufueni M’bondo.

Substitutions

Niort made 3 changes: Charles Kaboré for Samuel Renel (52′), Kévin Rocheteau for Amadou Sagna (66′) and Bilal Boutobba for Junior Flemmings (78′).

Best player: Bryan Passi​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Niort was Bryan Passi.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 28 passes (71% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7.

Bordeaux – Formation

Bordeaux started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

David Guion played with: Gaetan Poussin (6.3), Malcom Bokele (6.6), Stian Gregersen (6.4), Junior Mwanga (6.7), Vital Nsimba (7.2), Dilane Bakwa (6.2), Danylo Ignatenko (6.8), Fransérgio (6.8), Zuriko Davitashvili (6.6), Josh Maja (6.9) and Aliou Badji (7.5).

They had on the bench: Alexi Pitu, Marvin de Lima (6.5), Rafał Strączek, Tom Lacoux, Clément Michelin (7.0), Jacques Ekomie and Logan Delaurier-Chaubet.

Substitutions

Bordeaux made 4 changes: Stian Gregersen for Clément Michelin (46′), Zuriko Davitashvili for Marvin De Lima (68′), D. Bakwa for Logan Delaurier-Chaubet (77′) and Josh Maja for Alexi Pitu (77′).

Best player: Aliou Badji​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Bordeaux was Aliou Badji.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 11 passes (63% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.​

• Saint-Étienne – Dijon – 2-0
• Niort – Bordeaux – 3-1
• Grenoble Foot 38 – Pau – 1-1
• Laval – Annecy – 1-1
• Guingamp – Valenciennes – 3-1
• Bastia – Quevilly Rouen – 0-1
• Sochaux – Le Havre – 1-1
• Rodez – Nîmes – 1-1