BIZANOS. Laval prevails over Pau 1-0 after J. Ruiz scored an own goal 40min. Pau was surely better in terms of ball possession (61%).​

The match was played at the Stade Du Hameau Idron 1 stadium in Bizanos on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was William Toulliou with the support of Julien Pacelli and Ludovic Zmyslony. The 4th official was Christophe Tani. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 11 degrees Celsius or 51.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Pau was in firm control of the ball 61% while Laval was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Pau was putting more pressure with 76 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Even so, Laval found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Laval shot 6 times, 1 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Pau shot 11 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Laval received 2 yellow cards (Marvin Baudry and Yohan Tavares). On the opposite side, Pau received 3 yellow cards (Jean Ruiz, Henri Saivet and D. Abzi).

Standings

After playing this match, Laval will have 31 points like Guingamp to sit in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, Pau will stay with 27 points to hold in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Laval will host Paris on the 11th of March with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Laval (2 draws).

Pau will play away agasint Saint-Étienne on the 25th of February with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Laval – Formation

Laval started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Didier Tholot decided to play with the following team: Alexis Sauvage (7.1), Anthony Gonçalves (7.3), Marvin Baudry (6.8), Yohan Tavares (7.1), Bryan Goncalves (7.0), Edson Seidou (7.1), Sam Sanna (6.2), Jimmy Roye (6.8), Antonin Bobichon (6.9), Francois-Xavier Fumu Tamuzo (7.2) and Zakaria Naidji (6.2).

The home team had on the bench: Ryan Ferhaoui, Theo Chatelain, Geoffray Durbant, Jordan Adeoti (6.6), Kader N’Chobi (6.4), Kevin Perrot and Dembo Sylla.

Substitutions

Laval made 4 changes: Antonin Bobichon for Jordan Adeoti (71′), Zakaria Naidji for Yapo N’Chobi (74′), Anthony Gonçalves for Dembo Sylla (80′) and Sam Sanna for Ryan Ferhaoui (80′).

Best player: Anthony Gonçalves​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Laval was Anthony Gonçalves even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.3) with 27 passes (74% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 5 crosses.

Pau – Formation

Pau started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Olivier Frapolli played with: Massamba Ndiaye (6.6), Erwin Koffi (6.6), Xavier Kouassi (6.7), Jean Ruiz (6.1), Jean Lambert Evan’s Allan (6.6), Henri Saivet (7.2), Steeve Beusnard (7.0), Sessi D’Almeida (6.6), Charles Boli (7.1), Quentin Boisgard (6.8) and Yanis Begraoui (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Jérôme Prior, Jovan Nišić (7.0), Mohamed Yattara, Noé Sow, Abzi Diyaeddine (7.2), Mons Bassouamina (6.2) and Nguyễn Quang Hải.

Pau could not rely on the presence of D. Abzi (injured).

Substitutions

Pau made 5 changes: Jean Lambert Evan’s for Diyaeddine Abzi (46′), Quentin Boisgard for Mons Bassouamina (46′), Sessi D’Almeida for Jovan Nišić (59′), Charles Boli for Nguyễn Quang Hải (80′) and Steeve Beusnard for Mohamed Yattara (86′).

Best player: Abzi Diyaeddine​

The most impressive player for Pau was Abzi Diyaeddine.

His rating is (7.2) with 21 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 5 crosses.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.

Results of the day

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

• Bordeaux – Paris – 2-1
• Annecy – Amiens SC – 2-0
• Caen – Grenoble Foot 38 – 2-1
• Le Havre – Niort – 1-0
• Pau – Laval – 0-1
• Dijon – Metz – 0-0
• Bastia – Guingamp – 1-1
• Valenciennes – Rodez – 0-0
• Quevilly Rouen – Sochaux – 0-0