SAINT-ETIENNE. Saint-Étienne demolishes Troyes 5-0 with goals of Niakhate Ndiaye (16′ own), Ibrahim Sissoko (38′), Nathanaël Mbuku (51′), Yvann Maçon (63′) and Anthony Briançon (78′).

The match was played at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-etienne on Monday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Azzedine Souifi with the assistance of Ludovic Zmyslony and Frédéric Hebrard. The 4th official was Tifenn LeProdhomme. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 6.32 degrees Celsius or 43.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Saint-Étienne was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Troyes that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Saint-Étienne was more aggressive with 57 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Saint-Étienne won the match​.

Saint-Étienne shot 18 times, 11 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Troyes shot 9 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Saint-Étienne received 5 yellow cards (Irvin Cardona, Thomas Monconduit, Anthony Briançon, Mathieu Cafaro and Mickael Nade). Regarding the opposition, Troyes received 1 yellow card (Doğan Alemdar).

Standings

After this contest, Saint-Étienne has 35 points like Amiens SC to sit in the 7th place. On the other side, Troyes will stays with 27 points to sit in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Saint-Étienne will play away with Angers SCO on the 17th of February with a 8-3 head to head stats in favor of Saint-Étienne (5 draws).

Troyes will host Grenoble Foot 38 on the 17th of February with a 5-3 head to head in favor of Troyes (3 draws).

Saint-Étienne – Formation

Saint-Étienne adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Olivier Dall’Oglio decided to play with the following team: Gautier Larsonneur (7.1), Dennis Appiah (7.0), Anthony Briançon (8.1), Mickael Nade (7.1), Yvann Maçon (8.4), Thomas Monconduit (7.3), Nathanaël Mbuku (8.2), Aimen Moueffek (6.8), Dylan Chambost (8.9), Mathieu Cafaro (7.3) and Ibrahim Sissoko (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Benjamin Bouchouari (7.0), Irvin Cardona (6.4), Mahmoud Bentayg, Leo Petrot (7.3), Maxence Rivera (6.7), Lamine Fomba (6.8) and Etienne Green.

Substitutions

Saint-Étienne made 5 changes: Ibrahim Sissoko for Irvin Cardona (65′), Thomas Monconduit for Lamine Fomba (75′), Nathanaël Mbuku for Benjamin Bouchouari (66′), Mathieu Cafaro for Maxence Rivera (80′) and Mickael Nade for Leo Petrot (66′).

Player of the match: Dylan Chambost​

The player that probably impressed the most for Saint-Étienne was Dylan Chambost even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.9 with 42 passes (93% accurate) and 2 key passes. He performed 3 crosses.

Troyes – Formation

Also Troyes adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

David Guion played with: Doğan Alemdar (7.1), Emmanuel Ntim (6.4), Mehdi Tahrat (6.0), Niakhate Ndiaye (6.3), Ismaël Boura (6.4), Abdoulaye Raslan Kanté (6.6), Andreas Bruus (6.4), Youssouf M’Changama (6.6), Xavier Chavalerin (6.8), Rafiki Saïd (6.6) and Simon Elisor (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Mamady Bangré (6.7), Abdu Conté (6.3), Renaud Ripart (7.1), Tanguy Zoukrou, Junior Olaitan (6.4), Mouhamed Diop (7.0) and Zacharie Boucher.

Troyes could not rely on the presence of Abdu Conté (injured).

Substitutions

Troyes made 5 changes: Ismaël Boura for Abdu Conté (45′), Andreas Bruus for Mamady Bangré (46′), Rafiki Saïd for Junior Olaitan (46′), Simon Elisor for Renaud Ripart (66′) and Youssouf M’Changama for Mouhamed Diop (79′).

Player of the match: Simon Elisor​

The player that probably impressed the most for Troyes was Simon Elisor.

His rating is 7.3 with 15 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 12 duels out of 17.

Results of the day

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

• Saint-Étienne – Troyes – 5-0