TROYES. Troyes beats Laval 3-1. Troyes was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Rominigue Kouamé (14′), Luka Ilić (20′) and Rafiki Saïd (79′). Laval reduced the distance with a goal (90′ + 5′) by Malik Tchokounté, but there was not much to do for them.

The match was played at the Stade de l’Aube stadium in Troyes on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Abdelatif Kherradji who was helped by Gilles Lang and Stéphane Panont. The 4th official was Christophe Tani. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 24.42 degrees Celsius or 75.96 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Troyes had a strong ball possession 55% while Laval was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Laval had a more offensive attitude with 75 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, Troyes found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Troyes shot 9 times, 6 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Laval shot 18 times, 4 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Troyes received 1 yellow card (Ismaël Boura). On the other side, Laval received 2 yellow cards (Anthony Gonçalves and Yohan Tavares).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Troyes has 4 points to occupy the 5th place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Laval stays with 3 points (12th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Troyes will play away against Grenoble Foot 38 on the 19th of August with a 5-3 head to head statistic in favor of Troyes (2 draws).

Laval will host Rodez on the 19th of August with a 1-1 head to head.

Troyes – Formation

Troyes started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Patrick Kisnorbo decided to play with the following team: Doğan Alemdar (6.8), Thierno Baldé (7.1), Tanguy Zoukrou (7.5), Niakhate Ndiaye (7.1), Ismaël Boura (7.0), Luka Ilić (8.2), Rominigue Kouamé (7.8), Xavier Chavalerin (7.2), Kyliane Dong (6.6), Kouadou Jaures Assoumou (7.5) and Rafiki Saïd (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Nicolas Lemaitre, Nicolas de Préville, Mouhamed Diop (6.4), Mathis Hamdi, Rudy Kohon, Alexis Lefebvre and Abdoulaye Kante.

Substitutions

Troyes made 3 changes: Kyliane Dong for Mouhamed Diop (66′), Seok-hwa Jeong for Nicolas de Préville (70′) and Rafiki Saïd for Alexis Lefebvre (89′).

Best player: Luka Ilić​

The most impressive player for Troyes was Luka Ilić.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 32 passes (0% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 6 crosses.

Laval – Formation

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

Olivier Frapolli played with: Mamadou Samassa (7.0), Anthony Gonçalves (6.9), Peter Ouaneh (7.5), Yohan Tavares (6.9), Pape Djibril Diaw (6.8), Mohammed Amin Cherni (7.0), Sam Sanna (6.9), Jimmy Roye (6.9), Kevin Tapoko (6.3), Malik Tchokounté (6.8) and Remy Labeau Lascary (6.8).

They had on the bench: Maxime Hautbois, Marvin Baudry, Thibault Vargas (7.2), Junior Kadile (6.6), Yasser Balde (7.0), Zakaria Naidji and William Benard.

Substitutions

Laval made 4 changes: Kevin Tapoko for Junior Kadile (46′), Anthony Gonçalves for Thibault Vargas (46′), Peter Ouaneh for Yasser Balde (67′) and Remy Labeau Lascary for Zakaria Naidji (78′).

Best player: Peter Ouaneh​

The player that probably impressed the most for Laval was Peter Ouaneh.

His rating is (7.5) with 41 passes (0% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9.

Results of the day

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

• Rodez – Saint-Étienne – 2-1
• Grenoble Foot 38 – Paris – 2-0
• Angers SCO – Annecy – 0-0
• Quevilly Rouen – Ajaccio – 0-1
• Troyes – Laval – 3-1
• Guingamp – Dunkerque – 0-1
• Caen – Pau – 2-0
• Auxerre – Amiens SC – 0-1
• Bastia – Valenciennes – 3-0