SAINT-ETIENNE. Saint-Étienne and Laval didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Saint-Étienne was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-etienne on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Nicolas Rainville who was helped by Florent Marmion and Bertrand Jouannaud. The 4th official was Alexandre Perreau Niel. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was quite cold at 3.03 degrees Celsius or 37.45 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.
Match Statistics
- 59 Ball Possession 41
Shots
- 14 Total 9
- 4 On Target 3
- 6 Off Target 5
- 4 Shots blocked 2
- 88 Attack 73
- 37 Dangerous attack 37
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 6
- 4 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 14 Total 13
- 0 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Saint-Étienne was in firm control of the ball 59% while Laval was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Saint-Étienne was more pushing with 37 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Saint-Étienne to win the match.
Saint-Étienne shot 14 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Laval shot 9 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
None of the teams received any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Saint-Étienne has 29 points like Caen to sit in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Laval will has 35 points like Grenoble Foot 38 to sit in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Saint-Étienne will play away with Pau on the 23rd of January with a 1-1 head to head stats.
Laval will host Paris on the 23rd of January with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Laval (2 draws).
Saint-Étienne – Formation
Saint-Étienne
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Saint-Étienne started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Olivier Dall’Oglio decided to play with the following team: Gautier Larsonneur , Yvann Maçon , Dennis Appiah , Mickael Nade , Leo Petrot , Florian Tardieu , Dylan Chambost , Benjamin Bouchouari , Aimen Moueffek , Mathieu Cafaro and Irvin Cardona .
The home team had on the bench: Maxence Rivera , Lamine Fomba , Cheikh Fall, Etienne Green, Mathis Amougou , Bryan Djile Nokoue and Darling Bladi.
Substitutions
Saint-Étienne made 2 changes: Irvin Cardona for Maxence Rivera (78′) and Benjamin Bouchouari for Lamine Fomba (74′).
Player of the match: Florian Tardieu
The most impressive player for Saint-Étienne was Florian Tardieu.
His rating is with 81 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 10 duels out of 15.
Laval – Formation
Laval
Laval started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Olivier Frapolli played with: Mamadou Samassa , Yasser Balde , Yohan Tavares , Pape Djibril Diaw , Thibault Vargas , Sam Sanna , Jimmy Roye , Antonin Bobichon , Amin Cherni , Junior Kadile and Malik Tchokounté .
These were the players on the bench: Maxime Hautbois, Marvin Baudry, Titouan Thomas, Remy Labeau Lascary , Jordan Adeoti, Pablo Pagis and Anthony Gonçalves.
Substitutions
Laval made 3 changes: Junior Kadile for Remy Labeau Lascary (69′), Jimmy Roye for Titouan Thomas (87′) and Antonin Bobichon for Pablo Pagis (81′).
Player of the match: Thibault Vargas
The most impressive player for Laval was Thibault Vargas.
His rating is with 32 passes (72% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 14 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Paris – Annecy – 2-1
- Saint-Étienne – Laval – 0-0
- Bastia – Angers SCO – 2-0
- Rodez – Pau – 2-1
- Quevilly Rouen – Guingamp – 0-1
- Grenoble Foot 38 – Dunkerque – 2-2
- Troyes – Ajaccio – 3-1
- Valenciennes – Amiens SC – 0-1
- Caen – Concarneau – 1-0
