LE HAVRE. Sochaux overcomes Le Havre 1-0 after Y. Kitala scored just 1 goal (65′).
The match was played at the Stade Océane stadium in Le Havre on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 4 spectators. The referee was Marc Bollengier with the help of Manuela Nicolosi and Frédéric Hebrard. The 4th official was Léo Beulet. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 9.6 degrees Celsius or 49.35 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Le Havre was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Sochaux that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Le Havre was more aggressive with 64 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Sochaux was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Le Havre shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sochaux shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Le Havre received 1 yellow card (S. Toure). Talking about the opposition, Sochaux received 2 yellow cards (I. Aaneba and Y. Kitala).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Le Havre will stay with 32 points to sit in the 6th place. On the opposite side, Sochaux will have 36 points like Auxerre and Paris to sit in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Le Havre will play away with Paris on the 17th of January with a 7-4 head to head record in favor of Paris (2 draws).
Sochaux will host Caen on the 15th of January with a 6-2 head to head statistic in favor of Sochaux (4 draws).
Le Havre – Formation
Le Havre started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Paul Le Guen decided to play with the following team: Mathieu Gorgelin , Arouna Sangante , Pierre Gibaud , Isaak Souleymane Toure , Thierno Balde , Victor Lekhal , Alexandre Bonnet , Abdelwahed Wahib , Quentin Cornette , Khalid Boutaïb and Nabil Alioui .
The home team had on the bench: A. Uriev, Fernand Mayembo, Josué Casimir, S. Kumbedi Nseke, Y. Kechta, Elies Mahmoud , Abdoullah Ba and Azamat Uriev.
Substitutions
Le Havre made 2 changes: V. Lekhal for E. Mahmoud (73′) and A. Bonnet for P. I. Ba (73′).
Best player: Arouna Sangante
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Le Havre was Arouna Sangante.
His rating is with 55 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7.
Sochaux – Formation
Sochaux started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Omar Daf played with: Mehdi Jeannin , Valentin Henry , Ismaël Aaneba , Christophe Diedhiou , Marvin Senaya , Ousseynou Thioune , Rassoul Ndiaye , Alan Virginius , Tony Mauricio , Gaetan Weissbeck and Aldo Kalulu .
These were the players on the bench: Malcolm Viltard, Malcolm Viltard, Adama Niane, Quentin Galvez Diarra, Florentin Pogba, Yann Kitala and Hermann Tebily.
Substitutions
Sochaux made 3 changes: A. Virginius for Y. Kitala (64′), A. Kalulu for M. Viltard (87′) and G. Weissbeck for H. Tebily (88′).
Best player: Marvin Senaya
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sochaux was Marvin Senaya even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 31 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Bastia – Quevilly Rouen – 3-0
- Dijon – Nîmes – 1-2
- Grenoble Foot 38 – Auxerre – 0-1
- Le Havre – Sochaux – 0-1
- Pau – Rodez – 4-0
- Valenciennes – Guingamp – 1-1