AUXERRE. Le Havre defeated Auxerre. Auxerre was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (68%).​

Le Havre remained in 10 after I. Boura received a double yellow card in the 68′. Nevertheless, Le Havre still found a way to win this contest playing only with 10 players​. On the other side, also G. Charbonier received a red card (90′)​. This double yellow card was one of the reason why Auxerre lost the match.

The match was played at the Stade de l’Abbé Deschamps stadium in Auxerre on Tuesday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Pierre Legat who was helped by Michel Dolmadjian and Yannick Boutry. The 4th official was Aurélien Saunier. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was freezing at -1.3 degrees Celsius or 29.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

Auxerre

2 - 3

Le Havre

  • ! 68 Ball Possession 32
Shots
  • 9 Total 8
  • 5 On Target 5
  • 4 Off Target 3
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 78 Attack 66
  • 82 Dangerous attack 41
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 7 Corners 4
  • 5 Off Sides 4
Fouls
  • 17 Total 12
  • 5 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 1 Red Card 1
Other
  • 2 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Auxerre had a strong ball possession 68% while Le Havre was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Auxerre was putting more pressure with 82 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyway, Le Havre was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Auxerre shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Le Havre shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Auxerre received 4 yellow cards (G. Charbonier, G. Hein, M. Autret and Q. Bernard). On the opposite side, Le Havre received 3 yellow cards (I. Boura, Y. Fofana and A. Bonnet).

G. Charbonier (Auxerre) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (90′).

Also, Le Havre didn’t finish the match with 11 players after I. Boura (Le Havre) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (68′).

Match Timeline

3'
11'
17'
Gauthier Hein- Yellow
35'
41'
42'
61'
63'
68'
70'
Lassine Sinayoko- sub ->R. Dugimont
77'
79'
86'
86'
90'
90'
90'
90'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Toulouse
79
38
Ajaccio
75
38
Auxerre
74
38
Paris
70
38
Sochaux
68
38
Guingamp
58
38
Caen
50
38
Le Havre
50
38
Nîmes
49
38
Pau
49
38
Dijon
47
38
Bastia
46
38
Niort
46
38
Amiens SC
44
38
Grenoble Foot 38
44
38
Valenciennes
44
38
Rodez
43
38
Quevilly Rouen
40
38
Dunkerque
31
38
Nancy
27
38

After playing this contest, Auxerre will stay with 33 points like Sochaux to remain in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Le Havre will have 32 points to hold in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Auxerre will play away against Grenoble Foot 38 on the 8th of January with a 4-2 head to head record in favor of Auxerre (4 draws).

Le Havre will host Sochaux on the 8th of January with a 9-5 head to head statistic in favor of Le Havre (2 draws).

Auxerre – Formation

Auxerre
G
D. Léon 16.French Guiana
5.1
D
Alexandre Coeff 20.France
6.5
90'
D
Quentin Bernard 3.France
7.0
90'
D
Jubal 4.Brazil
6.5
D
Paul Joly 26.France
7.7
M
Mathias Autret 29.France
7.3
63'
M
B. Touré 12.Mali
7.6
M
Hamza Sakhi 22.Morocco
7.5
M
Remy Dugimont 21.France
7.1
77'
M
Gauthier Hein 7.France
6.9
35'
F
Richard Wright 19.France
8.1
90' 17', 90'
Substitutes
G
Théo De Percin 40.Martinique
D
I. Mohamed 34.Comoros
M
Aly Ndom 6.France
M
Mohamed Ben Fredj 14.Tunisia
90'
F
O. Camara 32.France
F
Lassine Sinayoko 25.Mali
6.6
77'
F
Nicolas Mercier 11.France

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

The manager Jean-Marc Furlan decided to play with the following team: Donovan Leon (5.1), Paul Joly (7.7), Jubal (6.5), Alexandre Coeff (6.5), Quentin Bernard (7.0), Birama Toure (7.6), Gauthier Hein (6.9), Hamza Sakhi (7.5), Mathias Autret (7.3), Remy Dugimont (7.1) and Gaëtan Charbonnier (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: A. Ndom, Oumar Camara, M. Ben Fredj, I. Mohamed, Lassine Sinayoko (6.6), Nicolas Mercier and Théo De Percin.

Substitutions

Auxerre made 2 changes: R. Dugimont for L. Sinayoko (77′) and A. Coeff for M. Ben Fredj (90′).

Best player: Gaëtan Charbonnier​

The most impressive player for Auxerre was Gaëtan Charbonnier.

His rating is (8.1) with 2 goals, 23 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 20. He performed 1 cross.

Le Havre – Formation

Le Havre
G
Yahia Fofana 30.France
7.7
79'
D
Pierre Gibaud 27.France
6.2
D
Arouna Sangante 29.Senegal
6.8
D
Souleymane Touré 6.France
7.1
M
Ismaël Boura 20.Comoros
7.1
68' 3'
M
Thierno Baldé 4.France
6.4
86'
M
Victor Lekhal 22.Algeria
6.5
M
Amir Richardson 24.France
6.3
F
Khalid Boutaïb 9.Morocco
7.4
70' 61'
F
Quentin Cornette 11.France
7.7
86'
F
Nabil Alioui 10.France
7.3
41'
Substitutes
G
M. Koné 16.France
D
A. Wahib 2.Morocco
6.3
70'
M
Alexandre Bonnet 17.France
6.3
86' 90'
M
Abdoullah Ba 15.France
M
Nolan Mbemba 18.France
6.1
86'
M
Aristide Wam 26.Cameroon
F
Pape Ibnou Ba 25.Mauritania

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

Paul Le Guen played with: Yahia Fofana (7.7), Arouna Sangante (6.8), Pierre Gibaud (6.2), Isaak Souleymane Toure (7.1), Thierno Balde (6.4), Amir Richardson (6.3), Victor Lekhal (6.5), Ismaël Boura (7.1), Quentin Cornette (7.7), Khalid Boutaïb (7.4) and Nabil Alioui (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Abdelwahed Wahib (6.3), Pape Ibnou Ba, Alexandre Bonnet (6.3), Abdoullah Ba, Nolan Mbemba (6.1), Aristide Wam and Mohamed Koné.

Substitutions

Le Havre made 3 changes: K. Boutaib for A. Wahid (70′), Q. Cornette for A. Bonnet (86′) and T. Balde for N. Mbemba (86′).

Best player: Quentin Cornette​

The player that probably impressed the most for Le Havre was Quentin Cornette even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.7) with 25 passes (88% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

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