LE MANS. Paris recovers against Le Havre with a goal on the K. Boutaib 60′ and a goal on the N. Alioui 63′.

The match was played at the MMArena stadium in Le Mans on Monday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Bartolomeu Varela who had the assistance of Stéphane Panont and Ludovic Reyes. The 4th official was Julien Schmitt. The weather was mist. The temperature was quite cold at 5.9 degrees Celsius or 42.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 100%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Paris was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Le Havre that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Paris was putting more pressure with 61 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Paris to win the match​.

Paris shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Le Havre shot 16 times, 6 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Paris received 1 yellow card (S. Chergui). Talking about the opposition, Le Havre didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this encounter, Paris will have 37 points to sit in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Le Havre will have 33 points to hold in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Paris will play away against Auxerre on the 22nd of January with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of Paris (4 draws).

Le Havre will host Rodez on the 22nd of January with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Le Havre (3 draws).

Paris – Formation

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

The manager Thierry Laurey decided to play with the following team: Vincent Demarconnay (6.5), Samir Sophian Chergui (6.8), Ousmane Camara (6.2), Maxime Bernauer (7.6), Yoan Koré (6.2), Jonathan Iglesias (6.9), Check Oumar Diakite (6.8), Mahamé Siby (6.2), Jaouen Hadjam (6.6), Alimami Gory (7.9) and Gaëtan Laura (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Axel Bamba (6.4), Warren Caddy (6.9), Julien Lopez (6.6), Yohan Demoncy (6.8), Migouel Alfarela (6.6), Ivan Filipović and Noe Masevo.

Substitutions

Paris made 5 changes: N. Masevo Muanda for A. Bamba (40′), A. Gory for W. Caddy (64′), C. O. Diakite for Y. Demoncy (64′), M. Siby for M. Alfarela (77′) and G. Laura for J. Lopez (77′).

Best player: Alimami Gory​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Paris was Alimami Gory.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 14 passes (64% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 4.

Le Havre – Formation

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

Paul Le Guen played with: Yahia Fofana (6.1), Arouna Sangante (6.6), Pierre Gibaud (6.9), Isaak Souleymane Toure (6.2), Thierno Balde (7.6), Abdoullah Ba (7.0), Victor Lekhal (6.4), Ismaël Boura (6.4), Quentin Cornette (7.7), Khalid Boutaïb (8.0) and Nabil Alioui (7.6).

These were the players on the bench: Abdelwahed Wahib, Elies Mahmoud, Himad Abdelli (6.8), Fernand Mayembo (7.2), Nolan Mbemba, Mathieu Gorgelin and Alexandre Bonnet (6.8).

Substitutions

Le Havre made 4 changes: A. Ba for H. Abdelli (46′), V. Lekhal for A. Bonnet (46′), S. Toure for F. Mayembo (46′) and Q. Cornette for E. Mahmoud (86′).

Best player: Khalid Boutaïb​

The player that probably impressed the most for Le Havre was Khalid Boutaïb.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 34 passes (76% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 18.

Results of the day

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

• Paris – Le Havre – 2-2