TOULOUSE. Toulouse crushes Dijon 4-1 with goals of N. Ngoumou (24′), R. Nicolaisen (44′), R. Ratao (65′) and A. Onaiwu (81′). On the other side, Dijon scored with A. Scheidler (33′). Toulouse was definitely better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadium de Toulouse (Toulouse) stadium in Toulouse on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Marc Bollengier with the support of Ludovic Reyes and Yannick Boutry. The 4th official was Gaetan Martin. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9 degrees Celsius or 48.13 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Toulouse had a superior ball possession 62% while Dijon was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Toulouse was putting more pressure with 42 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Toulouse won the match.
Toulouse shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Dijon shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Toulouse received 1 yellow card (B. Diakite). On the opposite side, Dijon received 2 yellow cards (S. Coulibaly and A. Fofana).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Toulouse will have 45 points to remain in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Dijon will stay with 29 points like Pau and Rodez to sit in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Toulouse will play away with Valenciennes on the 12th of February with a 7-7 head to head record.
Dijon will play away agasint Bastia on the 19th of February with a 7-2 head to head statistic in favor of Dijon (5 draws).
Toulouse – Formation
Toulouse
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Toulouse started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Philippe Montanier decided to play with the following team: Maxime Dupé , Mikkel Desler , Anthony Rouault , Rasmus Nicolaisen , Bafodé Diakité , Denis Genreau , Stijn Spierings , Branco Van den Boomen , Nathan N’Goumou , Ado Onaiwu and Rafael Ratão .
The home team had on the bench: Mamady Bangre, Yanis Begraoui, Logan Costa, Moussa Diarra , Naatan Skyttä, Isak Pettersson and Sam Sanna .
Substitutions
Toulouse made 3 changes: D. Genreau for M. Diarra (73′), N. Ngoumou for S. Sanna (83′) and R. Ratao for Y. Begraoui (88′).
Best player: Branco Van den Boomen
The most impressive player for Toulouse was Branco Van den Boomen even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 52 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 6 crosses.
Dijon – Formation
Dijon
Dijon started with a 3-5-1-1 line-up (3-5-1-1).
Patrice Garande played with: Baptiste Reynet , Senou Coulibaly , Bruno Ecuele Manga , Daniel Congré , Cheik Traoré , Wilitty Younoussa , Lucas Deaux , Yassine Benzia , Christopher Rocchia , Valentin Jacob and Aurelien Scheidler .
These were the players on the bench: Adama Fofana , Saturnin Allagbe, Mickaël Le Bihan , Mihai Alexandru Dobre , Jessy Pi , Romain Philippoteaux and Frédéric Sammaritano.
Dijon could not rely on the presence of J. Pi (injured).
Substitutions
Dijon made 5 changes: V. Jacob for J. Pi (44′), D. Congre for M. Le Bihan (66′), C. Rocchia for A. Fofana (67′), W. Younoussa for A. Dobre (67′) and A. Scheidler for R. Philippoteaux (78′).
Best player: Aurelien Scheidler
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Dijon was Aurelien Scheidler.
His rating is with 1 goal, 21 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Bastia – Pau – 1-1
- Guingamp – Auxerre – 1-1
- Nancy – Caen – 1-1
- Nîmes – Dunkerque – 0-1
- Niort – Le Havre – 0-0
- Quevilly Rouen – Grenoble Foot 38 – 1-0
- Rodez – Valenciennes – 0-0
- Sochaux – Amiens SC – 1-1
- Toulouse – Dijon – 4-1
