AUXERRE. Amiens SC beats Auxerre 1-0 after G. Kakuta scored just 1 goal (47′). Auxerre was truly superior in terms of ball possession (69%).​

The match was played at the Stade de l’Abbé Deschamps stadium in Auxerre on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Olivier Thual with the support of Jean-Paul Neves Gouveia and Bertrand Jouannaud. The 4th official was Timothe Bonnot. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was hot at 25.27 degrees Celsius or 77.49 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Auxerre was in firm control of the ball 69% while Amiens SC was struggling with a 31% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Auxerre was more aggressive with 90 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 0 were on target. Notwithstanding, Amiens SC was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Auxerre shot 15 times, 0 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Amiens SC shot 7 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Auxerre didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Amiens SC received 1 yellow card (Louis Mafouta).

Standings

After playing this match, Auxerre stays with 3 points to occupy the 9th place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Amiens SC has 6 points (3rd).

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Auxerre will play away with Angers SCO on the 19th of August with a 5-1 head to head in favor of Angers SCO (5 draws).

Amiens SC will host Bastia on the 19th of August with a 5-2 head to head stats in favor of Bastia (8 draws).

Auxerre – Formation

Auxerre adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Christophe Pélissier decided to play with the following team: Donovan Leon (6.5), Paul Joly (7.9), Jubal (7.2), Saad Agouzoul (6.7), Clément Akpa (7.2), Elisha Owusu (6.7), Rayan Raveloson (7.2), Lassine Sinayoko (6.8), Gauthier Hein (7.3), Gaëtan Perrin (7.2) and Florian Ayé (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Théo Pellenard (7.0), Nathan Buayi-Kiala, Nuno Da Costa (7.0), Assane Dioussé, Ange Loïc N’Gatta, Nicolas Mercier and Théo De Percin.

Auxerre could not rely on the presence of Théo Pellenard (injured).

Substitutions

Auxerre made 3 changes: Saad Agouzoul for Théo Pellenard (62′), Lassine Sinayoko for Nuno Da Costa (63′) and Paul Joly for Assane Dioussé (86′).

Best player: Paul Joly​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Auxerre was Paul Joly.

His rating is (7.9) with 75 passes (0% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 15. He performed 6 crosses.

Amiens SC – Formation

Also Amiens SC adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Omar Daf played with: Régis Gurtner (7.0), Sébastien Corchia (7.5), Nicholas Opoku (7.5), Mamadou Fofana (7.5), Kassoum Ouattara (7.0), Jérémy Gélin (7.0), Kylian Kaïboué (7.3), Antoine Leautey (6.5), Gaël Kakuta (7.9), Abdoul Tapsoba (6.7) and Louis Mafouta (6.8).

They had on the bench: Mamadou Fofana, Youssouf Assogba, Alexis Sauvage, Ange Chibozo, Amadou Ciss (6.9), Owen Gene (6.6) and Mathis Touho.

Substitutions

Amiens SC made 4 changes: Abdoul Tapsoba for Amadou Ciss (46′), Kylian Kaïboué for Owen Gene (78′), Gaël Kakuta for Mamadou Fofana (86′) and Jérémy Gélin for Youssouf Assogba (90′).

Best player: Gaël Kakuta​

The most impressive player for Amiens SC was Gaël Kakuta.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 22 passes (0% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.

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