LE HAVRE. Le Havre comes back against Saint-Étienne with a goal on the A. Kader 68′ and a goal on the J. Krasso 85′. Saint-Étienne was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%)

The match was played at the Stade Océane stadium in Le Havre on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Guillaume Paradis who was helped by Ludovic Zmyslony and Nicolas Durand. The 4th official was Pierre Retail. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.5 degrees Celsius or 54.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Saint-Étienne was in firm control of the ball 58% while Le Havre was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Saint-Étienne was more aggressive with 63 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. However, that was not enough Saint-Étienne to win the match​.

Le Havre shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Saint-Étienne shot 14 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Le Havre received 3 yellow cards (Quentin Cornette, Jamal Thiaré and A. Sangante). On the other side, Saint-Étienne received 3 yellow cards (Laurent Batlles, Victor Lobry and Anthony Briançon).

Also, Saint-Étienne didn’t end the match with 11 players after Léo Pétrot (Saint-Étienne) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (79′).

Standings

After playing this contest, Le Havre will have 57 points to hold in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Saint-Étienne will have 33 points like Annecy, Valenciennes and Pau to remain in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Le Havre will host Guingamp on the 8th of April with a 9-5 head to head stats in favor of Le Havre (6 draws).

Saint-Étienne will play away agasint Paris on the 8th of April with a 1-1 head to head stats.

Le Havre – Formation

Le Havre started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Luka Elsner decided to play with the following team: Arthur Desmas (6.0), Oualid El Hajjam (6.5), Arouna Sangante (6.6), Terence Kongolo (6.7), Christopher Operi (7.3), Nolan Mbemba (6.7), Victor Lekhal (7.5), Amir Richardson (7.3), Josué Casimir (7.1), Nabil Alioui (6.9) and Quentin Cornette (6.1).

The home team had on the bench: Elies Mahmoud, Antoine Joujou, Yassine Kechta, Jamal Thiaré (6.9), Mathieu Gorgelin, Alois Confais and Étienne Youte Kinkoue.

Substitutions

Le Havre made 2 changes: Quentin Cornette for Jamal Thiare (60′) and Nabil Alioui for Yassine Kechta (74′).

Best player: Victor Lekhal​

The player that probably impressed the most for Le Havre was Victor Lekhal.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 37 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 8.

Saint-Étienne – Formation

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

Laurent Batlles played with: Gautier Larsonneur (6.3), Saïdou Sow (7.3), Anthony Briançon (6.4), Leo Petrot (6.3), Dennis Appiah (6.3), Benjamin Bouchouari (6.5), Lamine Fomba (6.8), Victor Lobry (6.0), Niels Nkounkou (7.1), Jean-Philippe Krasso (7.0) and Abdoul Kader Bamba (7.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Ibrahima Wadji (6.5), Mathieu Cafaro (6.4), Etienne Green, Dylan Chambost, Lenny Pintor, Jimmy Giraudon and Mickael Nade.

Substitutions

Saint-Étienne made 3 changes: S. Sow for Mathieu Cafaro (63′), Victor Lobry for Ibrahima Wadji (73′) and Abdoul Kader Bamba for Mickael Nade (89′).

Best player: Abdoul Kader Bamba​

The player that probably impressed the most for Saint-Étienne was Abdoul Kader Bamba.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 37 passes (81% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

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