DUNKERQUE. Dunkerque and Grenoble Foot 38 didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Grenoble Foot 38 was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Stade Marcel-Tribut stadium in Dunkerque on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Azzedine Souifi with the support of Yann Thenard and Jean-Paul Neves Gouveia. The 4th official was Elian Douart. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 23.08 degrees Celsius or 73.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.​

Match Statistics​

  • 41 Ball Possession 59
Shots
  • 5 Total 18
  • 4 On Target 5
  • 0 Off Target 12
  • 1 Shots blocked 1
  • 89 Attack 85
  • 49 Dangerous attack 71
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 3 Corners 6
  • 3 Off Sides 3
Fouls
  • 13 Total 9
  • 1 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 1 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Grenoble Foot 38 was in firm control of the ball 59% while Dunkerque was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Grenoble Foot 38 was putting more pressure with 71 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Grenoble Foot 38 to win the contest​.

Dunkerque shot 5 times, 4 on target, 0 off target. On the other side, Grenoble Foot 38 shot 18 times, 5 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Dunkerque received 1 yellow card (Billy Koumetio). On the other side, Grenoble Foot 38 received 2 yellow cards (Arial Mendy and Adrien Monfray).

Match Timeline

29'
48'
Arial Mendy- Yellow
52'
Alain Ipiélé- sub ->Enzo Bardeli
58'
58'
63'
Virgiliu Postolachi- sub ->Pape Meissa Ba
64'
Abdoulie Sanyang- sub ->Eddy Sylvestre
Benjaloud Youssouf- sub ->Julien Anziani
63'
70'
Adrien Monfray- Yellow
82'
Natanaël Ntolla- sub ->Mohamed Amine Sbai
84'

Standings

After playing this match, Dunkerque will have 6 points like Paris and Ajaccio to hold in the 17th place. Talking about the opposition, Grenoble Foot 38 will have 10 points to remain in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Dunkerque will play away with Angers SCO on the 18th of May with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Angers SCO (0 draws).

Grenoble Foot 38 will host Saint-Étienne on the 23rd of April with a 5-4 head to head statistic in favor of Saint-Étienne (2 draws).

Dunkerque – Formation

Dunkerque
G
Arnaud Balijon 16.France
8.5
D
Yohan Bilingi 7.France
7.0
D
Opa Sangante 26.Guinea-Bissau
6.7
D
B. Koumetio 89.France
6.0
29'
M
Rémy Boissier 5.France
7.0
M
Tidiane Keita 8.France
7.1
M
Julien Anziani 10.France
7.3
63'
M
Enzo Bardeli 20.France
6.6
58'
M
Driss Trichard 22.France
6.4
58'
M
Demba Thiam 28.France
6.4
F
Armand Gnanduillet 21.France
7.1
84'
Substitutes
G
L. Lavallee 1.France
D
Benjaloud Youssouf 19.Comoros
6.6
63'
D
Hugo Gambor 23.Central African Republic
7.0
58'
M
Á. Orelién 29.Panama
F
Amadou Ba-Sy 11.France
6.4
84'
F
Moussa Guel 14.Ivory Coast
F
Alain Ipiélé 17.France
6.7
58'

Dunkerque started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Mathieu Chabert decided to play with the following team: Arnaud Balijon (8.5), Yohan Bilingi (7.0), Opa Sangante (6.7), Billy Koumetio (6.0), Demba Thiam (6.4), Tidiane Keita (7.1), Rémy Boissier (7.0), Driss Trichard (6.4), Julien Anziani (7.3), Armand Gnanduillet (7.1) and Enzo Bardeli (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Lucas Lavallée, Amadou Ba-Sy (6.4), Moussa Guel, Alain Ipiélé (6.7), Benjaloud Youssouf (6.6), Hugo Gambor (7.0) and Ángel Orelien.

Substitutions

Dunkerque made 4 changes: Julien Anziani for Benjaloud Youssouf (63′), Armand Gnanduillet for Amadou Ba-Sy (84′), Driss Trichard for Hugo Gambor (58′) and Enzo Bardeli for Alain Ipiélé (58′).

Best player: Arnaud Balijon​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Dunkerque was the goalkeeper: Arnaud Balijon. His rating is 8.47. He performed 5 saves.

Grenoble Foot 38 – Formation

Grenoble Foot 38
G
Brice Maubleu 1.France
7.9
D
Mamadou Diarra 4.Senegal
7.5
D
Adrien Monfray 5.France
7.8
70'
D
Gaëtan Paquiez 29.France
7.3
D
Arial Mendy 77.Senegal
7.0
48'
M
Dante Rigo 6.Belgium
7.3
M
Jessy Benet 8.France
7.3
M
Eddy Sylvestre 10.France
6.6
64'
M
Amine Sbaï 11.France
7.7
82'
F
Pape Meïssa Ba 7.Senegal
7.3
63'
F
Lenny Joseph 19.France
7.3
Substitutes
G
Bobby Allain 16.France
D
Loïc Nestor 14.Guadeloupe
D
M. Tourraine 39.France
M
Saikou Touray 70.Gambia
F
Abdoulie Sanyang 2.Gambia
7.0
64'
F
Virgiliu Postolachi 17.Moldova
6.8
63'
F
Natanaël Ntolla 22.France
6.8
82'

Grenoble Foot 38 started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Vincent Hognon played with: Brice Maubleu (7.9), Gaëtan Paquiez (7.3), Adrien Monfray (7.8), Mamadou Diarra (7.5), Arial Mendy (7.0), Jessy Benet (7.3), Dante Rigo (7.3), Eddy Sylvestre (6.6), Lenny Joseph (7.3), Pape Meissa Ba (7.3) and Mohamed Amine Sbai (7.7).

These were the players on the bench: Abdoulie Sanyang (7.0), Loïc Nestor, Bobby Allain, Virgiliu Postolachi (6.8), Natanael Ntolla (6.8), Mathys Tourraine and Saikou Touray.

Substitutions

Grenoble Foot 38 made 3 changes: Eddy Sylvestre for Abdoulie Sanyang (64′), Pape Meissa Ba for Virgiliu Postolachi (63′) and Mohamed Amine Sbai for Natanael Ntolla (82′).

Best player: Brice Maubleu​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Grenoble Foot 38 was the goalkeeper: Brice Maubleu. His rating is 7.85. He performed 4 saves.

Results of the day

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