SAINT-ETIENNE. Saint-Étienne beats Quevilly Rouen 4-2. Saint-Étienne took advantage of its superior ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-etienne on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Pierre Legat who was helped by Julien Pacelli and Grégoire Valleteau. The 4th official was Charlie Sorel.

Match Statistics​

Saint-Étienne

4 - 2

Quevilly Rouen

  • 59 Ball Possession 41
Shots
  • 20 Total 15
  • 9 On Target 7
  • 11 Off Target 8
  • 2 Shots blocked 5
  • 141 Attack 115
  • 75 Dangerous attack 63
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 8 Corners 5
Fouls
  • 13 Total 13
  • 1 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Saint-Étienne was in firm control of the ball 59% while Quevilly Rouen was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Saint-Étienne had a more offensive attitude with 75 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Saint-Étienne won the match​.

Saint-Étienne shot 20 times, 9 on target, 11 off target. Regarding the opposition, Quevilly Rouen shot 15 times, 7 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Saint-Étienne received 1 yellow card (Samuel Loric). On the opposite side, Quevilly Rouen received 3 yellow cards (Jason Pendant, N. Cissé and J. Krasso).

Match Timeline

Mathieu Cafaro(goal)
21'
32'
Jason Pendant- Yellow
41'
41'
46'
S. Loric- sub ->Jason Pendant
A. Moueffek- sub ->Benjamin Bouchouari
58'
Dylan Chambost(goal)
66'
67'
Lamine Fomba- sub ->Dylan Chambost
67'
68'
69'
Alexandre Bonnet - sub ->Garland Gbellé
70'
N. Cissé- Yellow
73'
77'
M. Camara(goal)Louis Mafouta
81'
81'
S. Loric- Yellow
85'
87'
88'
89'
Till Cissokho(own-goal)

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Le Havre
75
38
Metz
72
38
Bordeaux
69
37
Bastia
60
38
Caen
59
38
Guingamp
55
38
Paris
55
38
Saint-Étienne
53
38
Sochaux
52
38
Grenoble Foot 38
51
38
Quevilly Rouen
50
38
Pau
47
38
Amiens SC
47
38
Laval
46
38
Valenciennes
45
38
Annecy
45
38
Rodez
43
37
Dijon
42
38
Nîmes
36
38
Niort
29
38

After playing this match, Saint-Étienne will have 49 points like Guingamp and Quevilly Rouen to hold in the 9th place. On the opposite side, Quevilly Rouen will stay with 49 points like Saint-Étienne and Guingamp to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Saint-Étienne will host Valenciennes on the 2nd of June with a 8-5 head to head statistic in favor of Saint-Étienne (4 draws).

Quevilly Rouen will play away agasint Niort on the 2nd of June with a 4-0 head to head statistic in favor of Niort (1 draw).

Saint-Étienne – Formation

Saint-Étienne
G
Gautier Larsonneur 30.France
7.3
D
Dennis Appiah 8.France
6.2
D
Anthony Briançon 23.France
6.8
88'
D
Léo Pétrot 19.France
6.3
M
Niels Nkounkou 27.France
6.9
M
Thomas Monconduit 7.France
7.1
67'
M
Mathieu Cafaro 18.France
7.6
21'
M
Dylan Chambost 14.France
7.5
67' 66'
M
B. Bouchouari 6.Morocco
7.2
58'
F
J. Krasso 17.Ivory Coast
7.2
F
Ibrahima Wadji 25.Senegal
6.9
87'
Substitutes
G
E. Green 42.England
D
M. Nadé 3.France
D
Saïdou Sow 4.Guinea
88'
M
Lamine Fomba 26.France
6.4
67'
M
Victor Lobry 22.France
87'
M
A. Moueffek 29.Morocco
6.6
58'
F
Abdoul Kader Bamba 11.France
7.4
67' 81' 73'

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

The manager Laurent Batlles decided to play with the following team: Gautier Larsonneur (7.3), Dennis Appiah (6.2), Anthony Briançon (6.8), Leo Petrot (6.3), Mathieu Cafaro (7.6), Dylan Chambost (7.5), Thomas Monconduit (7.1), Benjamin Bouchouari (7.6), Niels Nkounkou (6.9), Jean-Philippe Krasso (7.2) and Ibrahima Wadji (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Lamine Fomba (6.4), Victor Lobry, Aimen Moueffek (6.7), Mickael Nade, Etienne Green, Saïdou Sow and Abdoul Kader Bamba (7.4).

Substitutions

Saint-Étienne made 5 changes: Benjamin Bouchouari for Aimen Moueffek (58′), Thomas Monconduit  for Kader Bamba (67′), Dylan Chambost for Lamine Fomba (67′), Ibrahima Wadji for Victor Lobry (87′) and Anthony Briançon for Saidou Sow (88′).

Best player: Benjamin Bouchouari​

The player that probably impressed the most for Saint-Étienne was Benjamin Bouchouari even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 46 passes (91% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.

Quevilly Rouen – Formation

Quevilly Rouen
G
Nicolas Lemaître 1.France
6.4
D
Jason Pendant 24.France
6.5
46' 32'
D
Alpha Sissoko 2.France
6.3
41'
D
Till Cissokho 5.France
6.2
D
N. Cissé 20.Mali
6.1
70'
M
G. Gbellé 12.France
6.5
69'
M
Kalidou Sidibé 6.France
6.6
M
Gustavo Sangaré 17.Burkina Faso
6.6
M
Mamady Bangré 7.Burkina Faso
6.8
68' 41'
M
M. Camara 19.France
7.4
85' 77'
F
Louis Mafouta 9.Central African Republic
8.4
Substitutes
G
Yohann Thuram 16.France
D
S. Loric 22.France
6.4
46'
D
Syam Ben Youssef 15.Tunisia
6.6
41'
M
Yann Boé-Kane 13.France
M
Alexandre Bonnet 10.France
6.3
69'
F
Issa Soumaré 45.Senegal
6.5
68'
F
Andrew Jung 29.France
85'

Quevilly Rouen started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Olivier Echouafni played with: Nicolas Lemaitre (6.4), Alpha Sissoko (6.3), Nadjib Cisse (6.1), Till Cissokho (6.2), Jason Pendant (6.5), Garland Gbelle (6.7), Mamady Bangré (6.8), Kalidou Sidibé (6.6), Gustavo Sangaré (6.6), Mamadou Camara (7.4) and Louis Mafouta (8.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Issa Soumaré (6.5), Samuel Loric (6.4), Andrew Jung, Yann Boé-Kane, Syam Ben Youssef (6.6), Alexandre Bonnet (6.4) and Yohann Thuram.

Substitutions

Quevilly Rouen made 5 changes: Alpha Sissoko for Syam Ben Youssef (41′), Jason Pendant for Samuel Loric (46′), Mamady Bangré for Issa Soumaré (68′), Garland Gbellé for Alexandre Bonnet (69′) and M. Camara for Andrew Jung (85′).

Best player: Louis Mafouta​

The most impressive player for Quevilly Rouen was Louis Mafouta.

His rating is (8.4) with 24 passes (66% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

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