NîMES. Niort overcame Nîmes to win 2-1. It was Niort to strike first with a goal of M. Al Zamzamy at the 25′. Then J. Mendes scored again for Niort in the 51′ minute with a goal. Eventually, N. Eliasson reduced the distance for Nîmes with a goal. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Nîmes was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (67%).
The match was played at the Stade des Costières stadium in Nîmes on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Olivier Thual who was helped by Cyril Saint-Cricq Lompre and Manuela Nicolosi. The 4th official was Guillaume Janin. The weather was mist. The temperature was cold at 14.4 degrees Celsius or 57.94 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Nîmes had a strong ball possession 67% while Niort was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Nîmes was more aggressive with 73 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Niort was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Nîmes shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Niort shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Nîmes received 2 yellow cards (G. Paquiez and K. Guessoum). Talking about the opposition, Niort received 1 yellow card (J. Mendes).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Nîmes will stay with 14 points to stay in the 17th place. Talking about the opposition, Niort will have 21 points like Paris and Pau to stay in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Nîmes will play away against Sochaux on the 6th of November with a 5-1 head to head in favor of Sochaux (2 draws).
Niort will host Nancy on the 6th of November with a 3-2 head to head statistic in favor of Niort (9 draws).
Nîmes – Formation
Nîmes started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Pascal Plancque decided to play with the following team: Lucas Dias , Gaëtan Paquiez , Naomichi Ueda , Kelyan Guessoum , Theo Sainte Luce , Niclas Eliasson , Lamine Fomba , Andrés Cubas , Zinedine Ferhat , Moussa Koné and Yassine Benrahou .
The home team had on the bench: Patrick Burner, Julien Ponceau , Elías Már Ómarsson , Per Kristian Bråtveit, Enzo Philibert, Leon Delpech and Antoine Valerio.
Substitutions
Nîmes made 3 changes: Y. Benrahou for E. Omarsson (67′), L. Fomba for J. Ponceau (67′) and M. Kone for L. Delpech (78′).
Best player: Andrés Cubas
The player that probably impressed the most for Nîmes was Andrés Cubas.
His rating is with 56 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 14.
Niort – Formation
Niort started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the other side, Sébastien Desabre played with: Quentin Braat , Joris Moutachy , Bryan Passi , Guy-Marcelin Kilama , Darline Zidane Yongwa Ngameni , Dylan Louiserre , Brahima Doukansy , Bilal Boutobba , Moataz Zemzemi , Lenny Vallier and Joseph Mendes .
They had on the bench: Samuel Renel, Tom Lebeau, Sidi Cissé, Bradley Matufueni Mbondo, Samy Benchama , Ibrahima Sory Conté and Jean Louchet.
Substitutions
Niort made 3 changes: L. Vallier for S. Benchama (71′), M. Al Zamzamy for S. Renel (89′) and J. Mendes for S. I. Cisse (90′).
Best player: Joseph Mendes
The most impressive player for Niort was Joseph Mendes.
His rating is with 1 goal, 16 passes (56% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 17 duels out of 33.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Toulouse – Guingamp – 2-2
- Bastia – Amiens SC – 0-0
- Caen – Grenoble Foot 38 – 0-1
- Dijon – Paris – 0-1
- Dunkerque – Le Havre – 1-0
- Nancy – Sochaux – 0-0
- Nîmes – Niort – 1-2
- Pau – Ajaccio – 1-0
- Rodez – Quevilly Rouen – 3-0