LAVAL. Laval and Pau draw 1-1. A. Cherni scored the first goal (51′) for Laval. M. Sylla settled the score (64′). Laval was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%)
The match was played at the Stade Francis Le Basser stadium in Laval on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Benjamin Lepaysant with the support of Djemel Zitouni and Yannick Boutry. The 4th official was Romain Perpinan.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Laval had a superior ball possession 58% while Pau was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Laval was more pushing with 54 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. However, that was not enough Laval to win the match.
Laval shot 15 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Pau shot 11 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Laval received 2 yellow cards (Yasser Balde and Malik Tchokounté). On the opposite side, Pau received 1 yellow card (Johann Obiang).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Laval has 34 points to sit in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Pau will has 30 points to hold in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Laval will host Auxerre on the 19th of December with a 4-3 head to head statistic in favor of Auxerre (3 draws).
Pau will host Troyes on the 19th of December with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of Troyes (0 draws).
Laval – Formation
Laval
28'
51'
90'
Laval started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Olivier Frapolli decided to play with the following team: Mamadou Samassa , Yasser Balde , Yohan Tavares , Peter Ouaneh , Thibault Vargas , Sam Sanna , Jimmy Roye , Antonin Bobichon , Amin Cherni , Junior Kadile and Malik Tchokounté .
The home team had on the bench: Maxime Hautbois, Remy Labeau Lascary , Pape Djibril Diaw, Noa Mupemba, Titouan Thomas , Jordan Adeoti and Anthony Gonçalves.
Substitutions
Laval made 5 changes: Sam Sanna for Titouan Thomas (81′), Antonin Bobichon for Anthony Gonçalves (90′), Jimmy Roye for Jordan Adeoti (81′), Malik Tchokounté for Noa Mupemba (90′) and Junior Kadile for Remy Labeau Lascary (72′).
Player of the match: Jimmy Roye
The player that probably impressed the most for Laval was Jimmy Roye.
His rating is with 39 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 9.
Pau – Formation
Pau
Pau started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
Nicolas Usaï played with: Bingourou Kamara , Therence Koudou , Ousmane Kanté , Jean Ruiz , Johann Obiang , Charles Boli , Sessi D’Almeida , Louis Mouton , Moussa Sylla , Henri Saivet and Khalid Boutaïb .
They had on the bench: Mons Bassouamina , Antoine Batisse, Oumar Ngom, Steeve Beusnard , Ange Ahoussou, Kenji-Van Boto and Mehdi Jeannin.
Pau could not rely on the presence of Oumar Ngom (injured) and Mons Bassouamina (injured).
Substitutions
Pau made 3 changes: Louis Mouton for Steeve Beusnard (68′), Steeve Beusnard for Oumar Ngom (89′) and Charles Boli for Mons Bassouamina (59′).
Player of the match: Khalid Boutaïb
The most impressive player for Pau was Khalid Boutaïb.
His rating is with 33 passes (73% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 13 duels out of 22.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Troyes – Angers SCO – 1-4
- Valenciennes – Paris – 0-1
- Bordeaux – Saint-Étienne – 0-0
- Rodez – Amiens SC – 2-2
- Grenoble Foot 38 – Annecy – 1-0
- Guingamp – Concarneau – 0-1
- Laval – Pau – 1-1
- Caen – Dunkerque – 1-0
- Auxerre – Ajaccio – 2-0
- Bastia – Quevilly Rouen – 0-0
