ANNECY. Annecy tops Ajaccio with a 2-0 win with a goal from S. Shamal (45′) and a goal from M. Adeline (90′). Ajaccio was much superior in terms of ball possession (62%).
The match was played at the Parc des Sports stadium in Annecy on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Pierre Legat with the support of Grégoire Valleteau and Bertrand Jouannaud. The 4th official was Marc Michout. The weather was light snow. The temperature was quite cold at 3.53 degrees Celsius or 38.35 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Ajaccio was in firm control of the ball 62% while Annecy was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Annecy had a more offensive attitude with 50 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Annecy won the match.
Annecy shot 19 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Ajaccio shot 6 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Annecy received 4 yellow cards (Moïse Mahop, Martin Adeline, Jonathan Kodjia and Michel Diaz). Regarding the opposition, Ajaccio received 2 yellow cards (Yacine Bammou and Maxime Chanot ).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Annecy will have 18 points like Bordeaux to hold in the 12th place. On the other side, Ajaccio will stay with 23 points to hold in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ajaccio will host Saint-Étienne on the 13th of April with a 5-1 head to head record in favor of Saint-Étienne (5 draws).
Annecy – Formation
Annecy
83'
22'
90'
Annecy started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Laurent Guyot decided to play with the following team: Florian Escales , Thibault Delphis , Michel Diaz , Gaby Jean , Moïse Mahop , Ahmed Kashi , Martin Adeline , Steve Shamal , Jonathan Kodjia , Nordine Kandil and Samuel Ntamack .
The home team had on the bench: Hamjatou Soukouna, François Lajugie , Kévin Testud , Thomas Callens, Clément Billemaz , Alexy Bosetti and Zakaria Bengueddoudj .
Annecy could not rely on the presence of Clément Billemaz (injured).
Substitutions
Annecy made 4 changes: Ahmed Kashi for Clément Billemaz (22′), Jonathan Kodjia for Kévin Testud (63′), Nordine Kandil for Zakaria Bengueddoudj (80′) and Samuel Ntamack for François Lajugie (80′).
Player of the match: Nordine Kandil
The most impressive player for Annecy was Nordine Kandil even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 17 passes (65% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 13. He performed 10 crosses.
Ajaccio – Formation
Ajaccio
Ajaccio started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).
Olivier Pantaloni played with: Francois-Joseph Sollacaro , Mohamed Youssouf , Maxime Chanot , Cédric Avinel , Thibault Campanini , Yacine Bammou , Vincent Marchetti , Thomas Mangani , Tim Jabol Folcarelli , Valentin Jacob and Yoann Touzghar .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Clement Vidal, Riad Nouri, Ben Hamed Touré , Everson Junior Pereira da Silva, Ghjuvanni Quilichini, Tony Strata and Mehdi Puch-Herrantz.
Ajaccio could not rely on the presence of Ben Hamed Touré (injured).
Substitutions
Ajaccio made 2 changes: Vincent Marchetti for Ben Hamed Touré (73′) and Thibault Campanini for Tony Strata (73′).
Player of the match: Thomas Mangani
The player that probably impressed the most for Ajaccio was Thomas Mangani.
His rating is with 79 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 2 crosses.
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
