BéTHENY. Reims snatched a late win Ajaccio 1-0 after J. Cajuste scored just 1 goal (90′). Reims was much better in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stade Louis Blériot N°2 stadium in Bétheny on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Jérôme Brisard with the assistance of Alexis Auger and Mikael Berchebru. The 4th official was Soulaimane Chamel. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5 degrees Celsius or 41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Reims had a strong ball possession 64% while Ajaccio was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Reims had a more offensive attitude with 47 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Reims won the match.
Reims shot 12 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Ajaccio shot 5 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Reims received 3 yellow cards (Azor Matusiwa, Jens Cajuste and Yunis Abdelhamid). On the opposite side, Ajaccio received 3 yellow cards (Youcef Belaïli , M. Barreto and M. El Idrissy).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Reims will have 40 points like Lorient to remain in the 8th place. On the other side, Ajaccio will stay with 21 points to hold in the 18th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Reims will play away against Monaco on the 12th of March with a 6-5 head to head in favor of Monaco (9 draws).
Ajaccio will host Montpellier on the 12th of March with a 10-5 head to head statistic in favor of Montpellier (2 draws).
Reims – Formation
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Reims started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager William Still decided to play with the following team: Yehvann Diouf , Thomas Foket , Cheick Keita , Yunis Abdelhamid , Thibault De Smet , Azor Matusiwa , Dion Lopy, Junya Ito, Marshall Munetsi, Alexis Flips and Folarin Balogun.
The home team had on the bench: Alexandre Olliero, Myziane Maolida, Arbër Zeneli, Samuel Koeberle, Maxime Busi, Kaj Sierhuis, Mitchell Van Bergen, Kamory Doumbia and Jens Cajuste.
Substitutions
Reims made 4 changes: Alexis Flips for Mitchell Van Bergen (61′), D. Lopy for Jens Cajuste (61′), Azor Matusiwa for Kaj Sierhuis (71′) and C. Keita for Myziane Maolida (89′).
Best player: Azor Matusiwa
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Reims was Azor Matusiwa even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 72 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 8.
Ajaccio – Formation
Ajaccio
Ajaccio started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Olivier Pantaloni played with: Benjamin Leroy, Mohamed Youssouf, Clement Vidal, Cedric Avinel, Mickaël Alphonse, Cyrille Bayala, Mickaël Barreto, Mathieu Coutadeur, Youcef Belaïli, Mounaim El Idrissy and Romain Hamouma.
The following players were sitting on the bench: François-Joseph Sollacaro, Anthony Khelifa, Moussa Soumano, Kevin Spadanuda, Moussa Djitte, Fernand Mayembo, Florian Chabrolle, Riad Nouri and Oumar Gonzalez.
Substitutions
Ajaccio decided to remain with the initial team without doing any substitution.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Rennes – Olympique Marseille – 0-1
- Olympique Lyonnais – Lorient – 0-0
- Montpellier – Angers SCO – 5-0
- Toulouse – Clermont – 0-1
- Troyes – Monaco – 2-2
- Reims – Ajaccio – 1-0
- Strasbourg – Brest – 0-1
