NIORT. Niort was in the end too much to handle for Pau with the goal of I. Sissoko (48′ pen), Y. Merdji (73′) and B. Boutobba (81′).

The match was played at the Stade René Gaillard stadium in Niort on Tuesday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Aurélien Petit who was helped by François Boudikian and Nicolas Rodrigues. The 4th official was Julien Rouquette. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was freezing at -1.3 degrees Celsius or 29.68 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Niort was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Pau that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Pau was more aggressive with 52 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 0 were on target. Notwithstanding, Niort was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Niort shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Pau shot 5 times, 0 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Niort didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Pau received 3 yellow cards (V. Lobry, E. Koffi and A. Batisse).

Standings

After playing this contest, Niort will have 28 points to sit in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Pau will stay with 24 points like Guingamp and Quevilly Rouen to sit in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Niort will play away with Caen on the 8th of January with a 5-3 head to head stats in favor of Caen (3 draws).

Pau will host Rodez on the 8th of January with a 4-0 head to head statistic in favor of Rodez (2 draws).

Niort – Formation

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

The manager Sébastien Desabre decided to play with the following team: Quentin Braat (6.8), Joris Moutachy (7.1), Guy-Marcelin Kilama (7.0), Ibrahima Sory Conté (6.8), Lenny Vallier (6.8), Dylan Louiserre (7.3), Yohan Cassubie (6.6), Bilal Boutobba (7.6), Moataz Zemzemi (6.8), Yanis Merdji (7.5) and Ibrahim Sissoko (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Samy Benchama, Bryan Passi, Mathieu Michel, Bradley Matufueni Mbondo, Samuel Renel (6.5), Joseph Mendes and Brahima Doukansy.

Substitutions

Niort made 2 changes: M. Al Zamzamy for S. Renel (71′) and I. Sissoko for J. Mendes (90′).

Best player: Ibrahim Sissoko​

The most impressive player for Niort was Ibrahim Sissoko.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 16 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 7.

Pau – Formation

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

Didier Tholot played with: Alexandre Olliero (5.9), Erwin Koffi (6.1), Xavier Kouassi (6.6), Antoine Batisse (6.4), Kenji Van Boto (6.8), Jovan Nišić (7.1), Mahamadou Dembele (6.6), Romain Armand (6.7), Victor Lobry (6.6), Jean Lambert Evan’s Allan (7.0) and Zakaria Naidji (6.6).

They had on the bench: Louis Bury, Benjamin Bertrand, Samuel Essende (6.5), Eddy Sylvestre (7.1), Ebenezer Assifuah (6.3), Djibril Dianessy and Charly Keita (6.5).

Substitutions

Pau made 4 changes: R. Armand for E. Sylvestre (66′), Z. Naidji for C. Keita (71′), J. Evans for E. Assifuah (71′) and J. Nisic for S. Essende (79′).

Best player: Jovan Nišić​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Pau was Jovan Nišić.

His rating is (7.1) with 51 passes (90% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 10.

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