GRENOBLE. Grenoble Foot 38 beat Rodez to win 2-1. It was Grenoble Foot 38 to strike first with a goal of Mamadou Diarra at the 43′. Then it was a goal in the 45′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Virgiliu Postolachi gave the win to Grenoble Foot 38 in the 84′ minute with a goal. Grenoble Foot 38 made the most of its superior ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Stade des Alpes stadium in Grenoble on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Mikael Lesage who had the assistance of Yannick Boutry and Jean-Paul Neves Gouveia. The 4th official was Guillaume Danglade. The weather was light snow. The temperature was quite cold at 4.65 degrees Celsius or 40.37 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.
Match Statistics
- 58 Ball Possession 42
Shots
- 9 Total 11
- 6 On Target 4
- 1 Off Target 6
- 2 Shots blocked 1
- 112 Attack 99
- 64 Dangerous attack 47
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 5
Fouls
- 7 Total 11
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Grenoble Foot 38 had a strong ball possession 58% while Rodez was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Grenoble Foot 38 was more aggressive with 64 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Grenoble Foot 38 won the match.
Grenoble Foot 38 shot 9 times, 6 on target, 1 off target. On the other side, Rodez shot 11 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Grenoble Foot 38 received 1 yellow card (Jessy Benet). On the opposite side, Rodez received 3 yellow cards (Antoine Valerio, Giovanni Haag and Taïryk Arconte).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Grenoble Foot 38 will have 27 points like Angers SCO to sit in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Rodez will stay with 20 points like Amiens SC to remain in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Grenoble Foot 38 will host Saint-Étienne on the 23rd of April with a 5-4 head to head record in favor of Saint-Étienne (2 draws).
Rodez will play away agasint Saint-Étienne on the 11th of May with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of Rodez (2 draws).
Grenoble Foot 38 – Formation
Grenoble Foot 38
43'
14'
68'
Grenoble Foot 38 started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Vincent Hognon decided to play with the following team: Brice Maubleu , Gaëtan Paquiez , Adrien Monfray , Mamadou Diarra , Arial Mendy , Theo Valls , Dante Rigo , Jessy Benet , Lenny Joseph , Pape Meissa Ba and Mohamed Amine Sbai .
The home team had on the bench: Abdoulie Sanyang , Loïc Nestor, Abiezer Jeno, Bobby Allain, Virgiliu Postolachi , Natanael Ntolla and Mathys Tourraine.
Substitutions
Grenoble Foot 38 made 4 changes: Giovanni Haag for Abiezer Jeno (90′), Mohamed Amine Sbai for Virgiliu Postolachi (68′), Wilitty Younoussa for Natanael Ntolla (77′) and Pape Meissa Ba for Abdoulie Sanyang (69′).
Player of the match: Jessy Benet
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Grenoble Foot 38 was Jessy Benet even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 46 passes (89% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 6 crosses.
Rodez – Formation
Rodez
Rodez started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Didier Santini played with: Lionel Mpasi-Nzau , Lucas Buades , Ahmad Toure Ngouyamsa , Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao , Joris Chougrani , Raphael Lipinski , Wilitty Younoussa , Giovanni Haag , Lorenzo Rajot , Taïryk Arconte and Killian Corredor .
They had on the bench: Sébastien Cibois, Kévin Boma , Waniss Taibi , Antoine Valerio , Clément Depres , Yannis Verdier and Akim Abdallah .
Substitutions
Rodez made 5 changes: Raphael Lipinski for Antoine Valerio (66′), Joris Chougrani for Kévin Boma (79′), Joris Chougrani for Clément Depres (82′), Raphael Lipinski for Waniss Taibi (83′) and Theo Valls for Akim Abdallah (66′).
Player of the match: Joris Chougrani
The player that probably impressed the most for Rodez was Joris Chougrani.
His rating is with 43 passes (60% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Paris – Bordeaux – 1-2
- Saint-Étienne – Pau – 1-2
- Amiens SC – Concarneau – 1-1
- Quevilly Rouen – Valenciennes – 0-0
- Grenoble Foot 38 – Rodez – 2-1
- Dunkerque – Laval – 0-2
- Troyes – Guingamp – 0-1
- Bastia – Auxerre – 0-0
- Annecy – Ajaccio – 2-0
