LAVAL. Laval defeated Sochaux to win 2-1. A goal from M. Doumbia was decisive in the 85min. It was Laval to strike first with an early goal of Simon Elisor at the 8′. Then Antonin Bobichon scored again for Laval in the 29′ minute. Eventually, Moussa Doumbia reduced the distance for Sochaux (85′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Sochaux was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (80%).​

The match was played at the Stade Francis Le Basser stadium in Laval on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Karim Abed who was helped by Stephan Luzi and Julien Pacelli. The 4th official was Aurélien Grizon. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 19.7 degrees Celsius or 67.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sochaux had a strong ball possession 80% while Laval was struggling with a 20% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sochaux was more aggressive with 134 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyway, Laval was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Laval shot 10 times, 8 on target, 1 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sochaux shot 25 times, 6 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Laval received 1 yellow card (Y. Baldé). On the other side, Sochaux received 2 yellow cards (Ismaïl Aaneba and Franck Kanouté).

Standings

After this match, Laval will have 34 points to sit in the 17th place. On the opposite side, Sochaux will stay with 52 points like Caen and Bastia to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Laval will host Saint-Étienne on the 13th of May with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Saint-Étienne (0 draws).

Sochaux will host Guingamp on the 13th of May with a 5-1 head to head stats in favor of Sochaux (3 draws).

Laval – Formation

Laval started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

The manager Olivier Frapolli decided to play with the following team: Alexis Sauvage (7.3), Anthony Gonçalves (6.8), Yasser Balde (6.6), Yohan Tavares (7.3), Bryan Goncalves (7.4), Edson Seidou (6.2), Dembo Sylla (6.5), Kevin Tapoko (6.6), Jordan Adeoti (7.5), Antonin Bobichon (7.4) and Simon Elisor (8.0).

The home team had on the bench: Maxime Hautbois, El Hadji Pape Djibril Diaw, Kevin Perrot (6.8), Geoffray Durbant, Sébastien Da Silva, Marvin Baudry and Zakaria Naidji (6.6).

Laval could not rely on the presence of K. Perrot (injured).

Substitutions

Laval made 3 changes: Anthony Gonçalves for Kevin Perrot (54′), Simon Elisor for Zakaria Naidji (80′) and Antonin Bobichon for Marvin Baudry (89′).

Best player: Simon Elisor​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Laval was Simon Elisor.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 12 passes (33% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 18. He hit the woodwork once times.

Sochaux – Formation

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

Olivier Guégan played with: Maxence Prévot (6.5), Julien Faussurier (7.0), Ismaël Aaneba (7.3), Damien Le Tallec (6.6), Yoël Armougom (6.8), Franck Kanouté (6.9), Skelly Alvero (6.1), Tony Mauricio (6.7), Gaetan Weissbeck (7.0), Moussa Doumbia (6.8) and Aldo Kalulu (6.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Daylam Meddah, Mehdi Jeannin, Rassoul N’Diaye, Saad Agouzoul, Maxime Do Couto, Eliezer Mayenda and Ibrahim Sissoko (6.6).

Substitutions

Sochaux made 3 changes: S. Alvero for Ibrahim Sissoko (46′), Tony Mauricio for Samuel Teixeira Do Couto Teixeira Maxime Joze (67′) and Franck Kanouté for Eliezer Mayenda Dossou (77′).

Best player: Ismaël Aaneba​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sochaux was Ismaël Aaneba.

His rating is (7.3) with 88 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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

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