TOMBLAINE. Dijon was eventually too strong for Nancy with the goal of A. Dobre (23′), V. Jacob (78′) and R. Philippoteaux (80′). Nancy lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stade Marcel-Picot stadium in Tomblaine on Tuesday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Marc Bollengier with the help of Florian Gonçalves de Araujo and Manuela Nicolosi. The 4th official was Marc Michout. The weather was clear. The temperature was freezing at -2.7 degrees Celsius or 27.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Nancy had a strong ball possession 56% while Dijon was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Nancy was more aggressive with 58 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 6 were on target. Notwithstanding, Dijon was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Nancy shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Dijon shot 11 times, 7 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Nancy received 1 yellow card (G. Haag). Talking about the opposition, Dijon received 2 yellow cards (C. Traore and D. Congre).

Standings

After this match, Nancy will stay with 12 points to remain in the 20th place. Talking about the opposition, Dijon will have 23 points like Nîmes to remain in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Nancy will play away against Toulouse on the 10th of January with a 11-4 head to head stats in favor of Toulouse (8 draws).

Dijon will host Nîmes on the 8th of January with a 9-9 head to head record.

Nancy – Formation

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

The manager Benoît Pedretti decided to play with the following team: Nathan Trott (6.2), Thomas Basila (6.4), Giovanni Haag (6.8), William Bianda (6.6), Rosario Latouchent (7.3), Gregoire Lefebvre (6.1), Sieben Dewaele (6.6), Neil El Aynaoui (7.3), Shaquil Delos (6.0), Mamadou Thiam (6.5) and Andrew Jung (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Ogou Akichi, Elliot Simoes (6.8), Kelvin Patrick Joia Rodrigues Araujo, Baptiste Valette, Vinni Triboulet (6.7), Warren Bondo (7.3) and Mickael Biron (6.8).

Nancy could not rely on the presence of E. Simoes (injured).

Substitutions

Nancy made 4 changes: R. Latouchent for E. Simoes (55′), W. Bianda for M. Biron (61′), S. Dewaele for W. Bondo (81′) and M. Thiam for V. Triboulet (81′).

Best player: Neil El Aynaoui​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Nancy was Neil El Aynaoui.

His rating is (7.3) with 36 passes (63% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 14 duels out of 21. He performed 5 crosses.

Dijon – Formation

Dijon started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Patrice Garande played with: Baptiste Reynet (8.4), Ahmad Toure Ngouyamsa (7.8), Senou Coulibaly (6.9), Daniel Congré (6.5), Cheik Traoré (7.3), Jessy Pi (6.8), Wilitty Younoussa (7.5), Romain Philippoteaux (8.1), Valentin Jacob (7.2), Mihai Alexandru Dobre (7.1) and Mickaël Le Bihan (6.6).

They had on the bench: Amir Arli, Matteo Ahlinvi, Erwan Belhadji, Anthony Racioppi, Frédéric Sammaritano, Lucas Deaux (7.8) and Aurelien Scheidler (6.8).

Dijon could not rely on the presence of L. Deaux (injured) and M. Ahlinvi (injured).

Substitutions

Dijon made 4 changes: J. Pi for L. Deaux (46′), M. Le Bihan for A. Scheidler (67′), R. Philippoteaux for A. Arli (84′) and W. Younoussa for M. Ahlinvi (84′).

Best player: Baptiste Reynet​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Dijon was the goalkeeper: Baptiste Reynet. His rating is 8.42. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Ajaccio – Grenoble Foot 38 – 1-0
• Auxerre – Le Havre – 2-3
• Guingamp – Dunkerque – 2-1
• Nancy – Dijon – 0-3
• Nîmes – Toulouse – 1-2
• Niort – Pau – 3-0
• Paris – Amiens SC – 1-0
• Quevilly Rouen – Caen – 2-2
• Rodez – Bastia – 0-0
• Sochaux – Valenciennes – 1-1