DUNKERQUE. Dunkerque prevails over Saint-Étienne 1-0 after O. Sangante scored just 1 goal (81′).

The match was played at the Stade Marcel-Tribut stadium in Dunkerque on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Ahmed Taleb who had the assistance of Djemel Zitouni and Quentin Guidou. The 4th official was Edgar Barenton. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 11.19 degrees Celsius or 52.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 43%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Saint-Étienne had a superior ball possession 55% while Dunkerque was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Saint-Étienne was putting more pressure with 79 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyway, Dunkerque succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Dunkerque shot 7 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Saint-Étienne shot 12 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Dunkerque received 1 yellow card (Tidiane Keita). Regarding the opposition, Saint-Étienne received 2 yellow cards (Thomas Monconduit and Gautier Larsonneur).

Standings

After playing this match, Dunkerque has 23 points like Bastia and Annecy to hold in the 18th place. Regarding the opposition, Saint-Étienne will stays with 32 points like Guingamp and Paris to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Dunkerque will play away with Rodez on the 10th of February with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Rodez (2 draws).

Saint-Étienne will host Troyes on the 10th of February with a 7-2 head to head stats in favor of Saint-Étienne (6 draws).

Dunkerque – Formation

Dunkerque started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Luís Manuel Ferreira de Castro decided to play with the following team: Arnaud Balijon (7.7), Benjaloud Youssouf (6.8), Alioune Ba (7.3), Opa Sangante (7.9), Yohan Bilingi (7.0), Gessime Yassine (7.0), Jean-Philippe Gbamin (7.0), Enzo Bardeli (7.9), Elhadj Bah (7.3), Gaëtan Courtet (7.7) and Samy Baghdadi (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Tidiane Keita (6.7), François Mughe (6.3), Junior Senneville, Armand Gnanduillet, Bram Lagae (6.7), Rayan Ghrieb (7.3) and Mohamed Koné.

Dunkerque could not rely on the presence of Bram Lagae (injured).

Substitutions

Dunkerque made 4 changes: Elhadj Bah for François Mughe (55′), Samy Baghdadi for Tidiane Keita (56′), Gessime Yassine for Rayan Ghrieb (78′) and Alioune Ba for Bram Lagae (33′).

Player of the match: Enzo Bardeli​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Dunkerque was Enzo Bardeli even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 7.9 with 44 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross.

Saint-Étienne – Formation

Saint-Étienne started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Olivier Dall’Oglio played with: Gautier Larsonneur (7.0), Dennis Appiah (6.3), Anthony Briançon (6.4), Leo Petrot (6.8), Yvann Maçon (6.0), Florian Tardieu (7.3), Nathanaël Mbuku (7.0), Thomas Monconduit (6.4), Dylan Chambost (7.9), Mathieu Cafaro (7.3) and Ibrahima Wadji (7.7).

They had on the bench: Mickael Nade, Benjamin Bouchouari (6.4), Irvin Cardona (6.8), Lamine Fomba (6.4), Aimen Moueffek (6.6), Cheikh Fall and Etienne Green.

Substitutions

Saint-Étienne made 4 changes: Thomas Monconduit for Lamine Fomba (78′), Florian Tardieu for Aimen Moueffek (78′), Nathanaël Mbuku for Benjamin Bouchouari (71′) and Ibrahima Wadji for Irvin Cardona (71′).

Player of the match: Dylan Chambost​

The player that probably impressed the most for Saint-Étienne was Dylan Chambost.

His rating is 7.9 with 48 passes (73% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Dunkerque – Saint-Étienne – 1-0
• Angers SCO – Rodez – 2-1
• Amiens SC – Paris – 1-1
• Grenoble Foot 38 – Caen – 5-1
• Concarneau – Valenciennes – 1-0
• Troyes – Bordeaux – 2-1
• Guingamp – Annecy – 1-4
• Laval – Quevilly Rouen – 2-4
• Pau – Auxerre – 2-2