NîMES. Nîmes beat Pau.
The match was played at the Stade des Costières stadium in Nîmes on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Aurélien Petit assisted by Stephan Luzi and Grégoire Valleteau. The 4th official was Maxim Plat. The weather was rainy. The temperature was pleasant at 21.2 degrees Celsius or 70.2 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Nîmes was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Pau that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Nîmes was more aggressive with 93 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Nîmes won the match.
Nîmes shot 20 times, 8 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Pau shot 12 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Nîmes received 3 yellow cards (K. Guessoum, Axel Maraval and Maël de Gevigney). On the other side, Pau received 4 yellow cards (D. Abzi, Antoine Batisse , Xavier Kouassi and Quentin Boisgard).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Nîmes will have 32 points to remain in the 18th place. Regarding the opposition, Pau will stay with 40 points to sit in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Nîmes will host Valenciennes on the 6th of May with a 8-1 head to head record in favor of Nîmes (3 draws).
Pau will play away agasint Rodez on the 26th of May with a 4-1 head to head stats in favor of Rodez (3 draws).
Nîmes – Formation
Nîmes
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Nîmes started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Frédéric Bompard decided to play with the following team: Axel Maraval , Ronny Labonne , Benoît Poulain , Maël Durand de Gevigney , Kelyan Guessoum , Jean N’Guessan , Joseph Lopy , Thibault Vargas , Pablo Pagis , Rafiki Saïd and Malik Tchokounté .
The home team had on the bench: Patrick Burner, Sanasi Sy, Steve Ambri , Lucas Dias, Nicolas Benezet , Leon Delpech and Mehdi Zerkane.
Nîmes could not rely on the presence of Nicolas Benezet (injured).
Substitutions
Nîmes made 3 changes: Thibaut Vargas for Nicolas Benezet (65′), Pablo Pagis for Steve Ambri (74′) and Jean N’Guessan for Mehdi Zerkane (87′).
Best player: Malik Tchokounté
The player that probably impressed the most for Nîmes was Malik Tchokounté.
His rating is with 1 goal, 22 passes (50% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 9.
Pau – Formation
Pau
Pau started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Didier Tholot played with: Jérôme Prior , Erwin Koffi , Xavier Kouassi , Jean Ruiz , Abzi Diyaeddine , Yanis Begraoui , Steeve Beusnard , Antoine Batisse , Quentin Boisgard , Henri Saivet and Mons Bassouamina .
These were the players on the bench: Noé Sow, Charles Boli , Mohamed Yattara, Nathan Monzango , Massamba Ndiaye, Eddy Sylvestre and Mayron George .
Pau could not rely on the presence of Eddy Sylvestre (injured), Charles Boli (injured) and Mayron George (injured).
Substitutions
Pau made 4 changes: Henri Saivet for Eddy Sylvestre (36′), D. Abzi for Nathan Monzango (41′), Antoine Batisse for Charles Boli (74′) and Quentin Boisgard for Mayron George (74′).
Best player: Henri Saivet
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Pau was Henri Saivet.
His rating is with 1 goal, 8 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 7.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Rodez – Saint-Étienne – 1-1
- Metz – Paris – 1-1
- Guingamp – Laval – 3-1
- Caen – Le Havre – 1-2
- Nîmes – Pau – 3-2
- Bastia – Amiens SC – 1-1
- Grenoble Foot 38 – Niort – 2-0
- Quevilly Rouen – Annecy – 2-2
- Valenciennes – Bordeaux – 0-2
