NANTES. Nantes bounces back against Troyes with a penalty kick on the M. Baldé 64′ and a goal on the W. Odobert 90′.
The match was played at the Stade de la Beaujoire – Louis Fonteneau stadium in Nantes on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Jérémie Pignard with the support of Laurent Coniglio and Huseyin Ocak. The 4th official was Faouzi Benchabane. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15 degrees Celsius or 58.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Nantes was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Troyes that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Nantes was more pushing with 92 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 9 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Nantes to win the match.
Nantes shot 19 times, 9 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Troyes shot 9 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Nantes received 1 yellow card (Fabien Centonze). On the other side, Troyes didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Nantes will have 32 points like Strasbourg and Brest to hold in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Troyes will have 22 points like Ajaccio to sit in the 18th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Nantes will host Strasbourg on the 7th of May with a 7-6 head to head record in favor of Nantes (2 draws).
Troyes will host Paris Saint Germain on the 7th of May with a 11-0 head to head statistic in favor of Paris Saint Germain (3 draws).
Nantes – Formation
Nantes
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90'
71'
Nantes started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Antoine Kombouare decided to play with the following team: Alban Lafont , Fabien Centonze , Jean-Charles Castelletto , Nicolas Pallois , Quentin Merlin , Ludovic Blas , Moussa Sissoko , Samuel Moutoussamy , Moses Simon , Mostafa Mohamed and Andy Delort .
The home team had on the bench: Jaouen Hadjam, Evann Guessand , Sébastien Corchia, Florent Mollet , Marcus Coco , João Victor , Denis Petrić and Ignatius Ganago .
Substitutions
Nantes made 5 changes: Andy Delort for Igniatius Ganago (71′), Q. Merlin for João Victor (71′), Moses Simon for Evann Guessand (86′), Moussa Sissoko for Florent Mollet (86′) and Ludovic Blas for Marcus Coco (86′).
Best player: Ludovic Blas
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Nantes was Ludovic Blas.
His rating is with 36 passes (86% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 14 duels out of 26. He performed 13 crosses.
Troyes – Formation
Troyes
Troyes started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Patrick Kisnorbo played with: Gauthier Gallon , Tanguy Zoukrou , Adil Rami , Erik Palmer-Brown , Andreas Bruus , Rominigue Kouamé , Lucien Agoumé , Yasser Larouci , Wilson Odobert , Jeff Reine-Adélaïde and Mama Baldé .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Ante Palaversa, Jackson Gabriel Porozo Vernaza, Yoann Salmier, Papa Ndiaga Yade, Mateusz Lis, Derek Mazou-Sacko, Rudy Kohon, Ryan Fage and Ike Ugbo .
Substitutions
Troyes made 2 changes: Jeff Reine-Adélaïde for Ike Ugbo (72′) and A. Rami for Yoann Salmier (83′).
Best player: Gauthier Gallon
The player that probably impressed the most for Troyes was the goalkeeper: Gauthier Gallon. His rating is 8.41. He performed 7 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Olympique Lyonnais – Olympique Marseille – 1-2
- Reims – Strasbourg – 0-2
- Nice – Clermont – 1-2
- Ajaccio – Brest – 0-0
- Montpellier – Rennes – 1-0
- Nantes – Troyes – 2-2
- Lorient – Toulouse – 0-1
