TROYES. Troyes bested Ajaccio 3-1 thanks to R. Saïd who scored in the 33rd and 71st minute. Ajaccio lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Stade de l’Aube stadium in Troyes on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Karim Abed with the support of Djemel Zitouni and Ludovic Zmyslony. The 4th official was Romain Zamo. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was quite cold at 0.72 degrees Celsius or 33.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Ajaccio was in firm control of the ball 56% while Troyes was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Ajaccio was more aggressive with 63 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Troyes was capable to find the solution to win this contest.
Troyes shot 12 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Ajaccio shot 9 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Troyes received 1 yellow card (Mouhamed Diop). On the other side, Ajaccio received 1 yellow card (Maxime Chanot ).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Troyes has 23 points to sit in the 14th place. On the opposite side, Ajaccio will stays with 30 points like Guingamp, Rodez and Paris to remain in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Troyes will play away against Concarneau on the 23rd of January with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Troyes (1 draw).
Ajaccio will play away against Dunkerque on the 23rd of January with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Ajaccio (1 draw).
Troyes – Formation
Troyes
76'
33', 71'
13'
Troyes started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager David Guion decided to play with the following team: Doğan Alemdar , Ismaël Boura , Tanguy Zoukrou , Mehdi Tahrat , Abdu Conté , Abdoulaye Raslan Kanté , Andreas Bruus , Mouhamed Diop , Xavier Chavalerin , Rafiki Saïd and Simon Elisor .
The home team had on the bench: Nicolas de Préville , Junior Olaitan , Kyliane Dong , Zacharie Boucher, Yvann Titi, Rudy Kohon and Derek Mazou-Sacko .
Troyes could not rely on the presence of Nicolas de Préville (injured).
Substitutions
Troyes made 4 changes: Rafiki Saïd for Kyliane Dong (76′), Andreas Bruus for Junior Olaitan (76′), Simon Elisor for Nicolas de Préville (81′) and Mouhamed Diop for Derek Mazou-Sacko (85′).
Player of the match: Rafiki Saïd
The player that probably impressed the most for Troyes was Rafiki Saïd.
His rating is with 2 goals, 19 passes (74% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.
Ajaccio – Formation
Ajaccio
Ajaccio started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Olivier Pantaloni played with: Mathieu Michel , Mohamed Youssouf , Maxime Chanot , Clement Vidal , Stephen Quemper , Tim Jabol Folcarelli , Thomas Mangani , Mehdi Puch-Herrantz , Valentin Jacob , Yoann Touzghar and Moussa Soumano .
They had on the bench: Riad Nouri , Francois-Joseph Sollacaro, Everson Junior Pereira da Silva , Tony Strata, Ricardo Coutinho da Silva, Anthony Khelifa and Josué Escartin.
Substitutions
Ajaccio made 2 changes: Mehdi Puch-Herrantz for Everson Junior Pereira da Silva (69′) and Yoann Touzghar for Riad Nouri (69′).
Player of the match: Valentin Jacob
The player that probably impressed the most for Ajaccio was Valentin Jacob.
His rating is with 1 goal, 34 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 10. He performed 7 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
