TOULOUSE. Pau and Toulouse draw 1-1. J. Nisic scored the first goal (54′) for Pau. B. van equalized (78′). Toulouse was definitely better in terms of ball possession (68%)​

The match was played at the Stadium de Toulouse (Toulouse) stadium in Toulouse on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Frank Schneider with the support of Matthieu Lombard and Cédric Favre. The 4th official was Steven Llewellyn. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 1.2 degrees Celsius or 34.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Toulouse had a superior ball possession 68% while Pau was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Toulouse was more pushing with 87 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Toulouse to win the match​.

Toulouse shot 22 times, 5 on target, 17 off target. Regarding the opposition, Pau shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Toulouse received 3 yellow cards (R. Healey, S. Spierings and A. Rouault). Talking about the opposition, Pau received 3 yellow cards (M. Dembele, Q. Daubin and E. Koffi).

Standings

After playing this match, Toulouse will have 38 points like Ajaccio to sit in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Pau will have 28 points like Niort to hold in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Toulouse will play away with Bastia on the 22nd of January with a 5-3 head to head statistic in favor of Bastia (3 draws).

Pau will host Nîmes on the 22nd of January with a 0-0 head to head record.

Toulouse – Formation

Toulouse started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Philippe Montanier decided to play with the following team: Maxime Dupé (6.5), Mikkel Desler (7.0), Anthony Rouault (7.9), Rasmus Nicolaisen (7.3), Moussa Diarra (7.0), Brecht Dejaegere, Stijn Spierings (7.2), Branco Van den Boomen (8.8), Ado Onaiwu (6.8), Rhys Healey (6.8) and Rafael Ratão (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Naatan Skyttä (6.6), Isak Pettersson, Sam Sanna, Denis Genreau (6.2), Nathan N’Goumou (6.4), Yanis Begraoui and Bafodé Diakité (6.8).

Toulouse could not rely on the presence of D. Genreau (injured).

Substitutions

Toulouse made 4 changes: B. Dejaegere for D. Genreau (5′), R. Ratao for N. Ngoumou (53′), M. Diarra for B. Diakite (74′) and D. Genreau for N. Skytta (74′).

Best player: Branco Van den Boomen​

The player that probably impressed the most for Toulouse was Branco Van den Boomen.

His rating is (8.8) with 1 goal, 86 passes (87% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 17 crosses.

Pau – Formation

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

Didier Tholot played with: Alexandre Olliero (7.8), Mahamadou Dembele (7.4), Xavier Kouassi (6.6), Antoine Batisse (7.3), Erwin Koffi (7.4), Jovan Nišić (7.0), Quentin Daubin (7.3), Kenji Van Boto (6.8), Victor Lobry (6.8), Samuel Essende (7.0) and Zakaria Naidji (6.9).

These were the players on the bench: Farid El Melali (6.7), David Gomis, Ebenezer Assifuah (6.7), Jean Lambert Evan’s Allan, Romain Armand (6.4), Benjamin Bertrand and Eddy Sylvestre.

Pau could not rely on the presence of J. Evans (injured).

Substitutions

Pau made 4 changes: Z. Naidji for E. Assifuah (73′), S. Essende for R. Armand (82′), J. Nisic for F. El Melali (83′) and K. Boto for J. Evans (89′).

Best player: Alexandre Olliero​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Pau was the goalkeeper: Alexandre Olliero. His rating is 7.81. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Guingamp – Grenoble Foot 38 – 0-0
• Nancy – Bastia – 2-1
• Rodez – Dijon – 0-2
• Sochaux – Caen – 3-2
• Toulouse – Pau – 1-1