ANNECY. Rodez topped Annecy to win 2-1. It was Rodez to strike first with an early goal of Andreas Hountondji at the 8′. Then it was a goal in the 55′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Lorenzo Rajot gave the win to Rodez in the 66′ minute with a goal.

The match was played at the Parc des Sports stadium in Annecy on Tuesday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Pierre Gaillouste with the help of Valentin Evrard and Aurélien Drouet. The 4th official was Ali Djedid. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 9.69 degrees Celsius or 49.44 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Annecy was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Rodez that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Rodez had a more offensive attitude with 69 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Rodez won the contest.​

Annecy shot 17 times, 7 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Rodez shot 16 times, 7 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Annecy received 2 yellow cards (Clément Billemaz  and Yacouba Barry). On the opposite side, Rodez received 4 yellow cards (Raphael Lipinski, Clément Depres, Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao and Giovanni Haag).

Standings

After playing this match, Annecy stays with 19 points to sit in the 17th place. On the opposite side, Rodez will has 27 points like Guingamp and Paris to hold in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Rodez will host Pau on the 13th of January with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Rodez (4 draws).

Annecy – Formation

Annecy started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Laurent Guyot decided to play with the following team: Florian Escales (7.3), Thibault Delphis (6.7), Michel Diaz (7.3), Gaby Jean (7.7), Moïse Mahop (6.4), Martin Adeline (7.3), Jonathan Gonçalves (6.3), Yacouba Barry (7.8), Antoine Larose (7.7), Samuel Ntamack (6.8) and Nordine Kandil (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Hamjatou Soukouna, Romain Spano  (6.8), Kévin Testud (6.7), Thomas Callens, Clément Billemaz  (6.6), Jonathan Kodjia (6.8) and Zakaria Bengueddoudj.

Substitutions

Annecy made 4 changes: Jonathan Gonçalves for Kévin Testud (70′), Yacouba Barry for Romain Spano  (80′), Antoine Larose for Clément Billemaz  (70′) and Samuel Ntamack for Jonathan Kodjia (70′).

Player of the match: Nordine Kandil​

The player that probably impressed the most for Annecy was Nordine Kandil.

His rating is 7.8 with 49 passes (72% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 14. He performed 10 crosses.

Rodez – Formation

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

Didier Santini played with: Lionel Mpasi-Nzau (8.1), Ahmad Toure Ngouyamsa (7.7), Bradley Danger (7.1), Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao (7.0), Lucas Buades (7.3), Waniss Taibi (7.7), Giovanni Haag (7.3), Lorenzo Rajot (7.9), Akim Abdallah (6.8), Andreas Hountondji (7.5) and Killian Corredor (8.4).

They had on the bench: Sébastien Cibois, Raphael Lipinski (6.7), Stone Muzalimoja Mambo, Wilitty Younoussa, Antoine Valerio (6.8), Clément Depres (6.8) and Yannis Verdier.

Substitutions

Rodez made 5 changes: Lorenzo Rajot for Antoine Valerio (80′), Andreas Hountondji for Clément Depres (75′), Akim Abdallah for Raphael Lipinski (75′), Lucas Buades for Stone Muzalimoja Mambo (90′) and Waniss Taibi for Wilitty Younoussa (90′).

Player of the match: Killian Corredor​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Rodez was Killian Corredor even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.4 with 23 passes (77% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 14.

Results of the day

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

• Paris – Quevilly Rouen – 2-2
• Saint-Étienne – Bastia – 3-2
• Angers SCO – Guingamp – 1-0
• Concarneau – Grenoble Foot 38 – 0-3
• Dunkerque – Bordeaux – 0-2
• Laval – Auxerre – 1-3
• Pau – Troyes – 1-1
• Annecy – Rodez – 1-2
• Ajaccio – Valenciennes – 2-1
• Amiens SC – Caen – 0-0