SAINT-ETIENNE. Pau succeeded in turn the tables against Saint-Étienne to win 2-1. It was Saint-Étienne to strike first with an early goal of Gaëtan Charbonnier at the 9′. Then it was a penalty in the 75′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Sessi D’Almeida gave the win to Pau in the 78′ minute. Saint-Étienne lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-etienne on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Faouzi Benchabane with the collaboration of Djemel Zitouni and Frédéric Hebrard. The 4th official was Romain Zamo. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 2.83 degrees Celsius or 37.09 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Saint-Étienne

1 - 2

Pau

  • 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
  • 14 Total 11
  • 3 On Target 4
  • 5 Off Target 6
  • 6 Shots blocked 1
  • 87 Attack 84
  • 52 Dangerous attack 40
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 9 Corners 5
Fouls
  • 19 Total 14
  • 3 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Saint-Étienne was in firm control of the ball 58% while Pau was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Saint-Étienne was more pushing with 52 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Pau was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

Saint-Étienne shot 14 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Pau shot 11 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Saint-Étienne received 3 yellow cards (Anthony Briançon, Benjamin Bouchouari and Florian Tardieu). Talking about the opposition, Pau received 3 yellow cards (Sessi D’Almeida, Ousmane Kanté and Moussa Sylla).

Match Timeline

9'
14'
Ousmane Kanté- Yellow
46'
Sessi D'Almeida- sub ->Oumar Ngom
B. Bouchouari- Yellow
54'
62'
Moussa Sylla- Yellow
68'
Khalid Boutaïb- sub ->Mehdi Chahiri
69'
C. Boli- sub ->Mons Bassouamina
Mathieu Cafaro- sub ->Dylan Chambost
69'
69'
Y. Njoh- sub ->Steeve Beusnard
75'
Henri Saivet (penalty)
69'
78'
Sessi D'Almeida(goal)
79'
Lamine Fomba- sub ->Mehdi Chahiri
79'
82'
Florian Tardieu- Yellow
90'
Anthony Briançon - Yellow
90'
90'
Sessi D'Almeida- Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Auxerre
71
37
Angers SCO
67
37
Saint-Étienne
65
37
Paris
58
37
Rodez
57
37
Caen
55
37
Laval
52
37
Guingamp
51
37
Pau
51
37
Grenoble Foot 38
51
37
Amiens SC
50
37
Bastia
49
37
Bordeaux
47
37
Ajaccio
46
37
Annecy
45
37
Dunkerque
45
37
Troyes
40
36
Concarneau
38
37
Quevilly Rouen
35
37
Valenciennes
26
36

After playing this match, Saint-Étienne will stay with 24 points like Guingamp to hold in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, Pau will have 22 points to remain in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Saint-Étienne will play away against Quevilly Rouen on the 18th of May with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Saint-Étienne (1 draw).

Pau will play away agasint Angers SCO on the 4th of May with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Saint-Étienne – Formation

Saint-Étienne
G
E. Green 42.England
7.0
D
M. Nadé 3.France
7.1
D
Dennis Appiah 8.France
6.8
D
Léo Pétrot 19.France
6.3
D
Anthony Briançon 23.France
7.0
90'
M
Florian Tardieu 5.France
7.0
90'
M
B. Bouchouari 6.Morocco
7.1
54'
M
Dylan Chambost 14.France
7.0
69'
M
A. Moueffek 29.Morocco
6.8
F
Ibrahim Sissoko 9.Mali
7.3
F
Richard Wright 10.France
7.9
9'
Substitutes
G
Matthieu Dreyer 1.France
D
B. Djile 48.France
M
Mathieu Cafaro 18.France
6.6
69'
M
Victor Lobry 22.France
6.3
69'
M
Lamine Fomba 26.France
6.6
79'
M
Karim Cissé 32.Guinea
6.4
79'

Saint-Étienne started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Laurent Batlles decided to play with the following team: Etienne Green (7.0), Dennis Appiah (6.8), Anthony Briançon (7.0), Mickael Nade (7.1), Leo Petrot (6.3), Aimen Moueffek (6.8), Benjamin Bouchouari (7.1), Florian Tardieu (7.0), Dylan Chambost (7.0), Gaëtan Charbonnier (7.9) and Ibrahim Sissoko (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Matthieu Dreyer, Mathieu Cafaro (6.6), Victor Lobry (6.3), Lamine Fomba (6.6), Karim Cissé (6.4), Beres Owusu and Bryan Djile Nokoue.

Substitutions

Saint-Étienne made 4 changes: Mons Bassouamina for Karim Cissé (79′), Mehdi Chahiri for Lamine Fomba (79′), Johann Obiang for Victor Lobry (69′) and Dylan Chambost for Mathieu Cafaro (69′).

Player of the match: Gaëtan Charbonnier​

The player that probably impressed the most for Saint-Étienne was Gaëtan Charbonnier.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 38 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 3 crosses.

Pau – Formation

Pau
G
Bingourou Kamara 1.Senegal
7.0
D
Xavier Kouassi 4.Ivory Coast
7.1
D
Ousmane Kanté 19.Guinea
7.3
14'
D
Johann Obiang 23.Gabon
6.7
82'
D
Kenji-Van Boto 24.Madagascar
6.7
M
Moussa Sylla 7.France
7.7
62'
M
Henri Saivet 8.Senegal
7.5
75'
M
Mons Bassouamina 11.France
6.4
69'
M
O. Ngom 18.France
6.4
46'
M
Steeve Beusnard 21.France
7.3
69'
M
Mehdi Chahiri 99.France
7.3
68'
Substitutes
G
M. Jeannin 40.Algeria
D
Antoine Batisse 17.France
6.7
82'
M
Sessi D'Almeida 6.Benin
7.7
46' 90' 78'
M
L. Pirringuel 28.France
M
C. Boli 70.France
7.5
69'
F
Khalid Boutaïb 10.Morocco
7.0
68'
F
Y. Njoh 30.France
6.8
69'

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

Nicolas Usaï played with: Bingourou Kamara (7.0), Kenji-Van Boto (6.7), Xavier Kouassi (7.1), Ousmane Kanté (7.3), Johann Obiang (6.7), Oumar Ngom (6.4), Steeve Beusnard (7.3), Moussa Sylla (7.7), Henri Saivet (7.5), Mons Bassouamina (6.4) and Mehdi Chahiri (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Sessi D’Almeida (7.7), Khalid Boutaïb (7.0), Antoine Batisse (6.7), Lenny Pirringuel, Yonis Njoh (6.8), Mehdi Jeannin and Charles Boli (7.5).

Substitutions

Pau made 5 changes: Oumar Ngom for Sessi D’Almeida (46′), Mons Bassouamina for Charles Boli (69′), Johann Obiang for Antoine Batisse (82′), Mehdi Chahiri for Khalid Boutaïb (68′) and Steeve Beusnard for Yonis Njoh (69′).

Player of the match: Sessi D’Almeida​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Pau was Sessi D’Almeida.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 24 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.

His performance was fantastic also because he commenced the match from the bench before entering in the 46′.

Results of the day

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