SAINT-ETIENNE. Saint-Étienne beat Annecy to win 2-1. A penalty from S. Ntamack was decisive in the 87min. It was Saint-Étienne to strike first with a goal of Irvin Cardona at the 10′. Then Ibrahim Sissoko scored again for Saint-Étienne in the 41′ minute. Eventually, Samuel Ntamack reduced the distance for Annecy a penalty (87′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
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 Antoine Valnet with the collaboration of Quentin Guidou and Matthieu Bonnetin. The 4th official was Robin Chapapria. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 6.43 degrees Celsius or 43.57 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 46%.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 7 Total 15
- 4 On Target 5
- 2 Off Target 7
- 1 Shots blocked 3
- 81 Attack 70
- 23 Dangerous attack 35
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 1
- 1 Corners 7
- 7 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 15 Total 17
- 2 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Saint-Étienne was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Annecy that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Annecy was putting more pressure with 35 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. Even so, Saint-Étienne was capable to find the solution to win this contest.
Saint-Étienne shot 7 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Annecy shot 15 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Saint-Étienne received 3 yellow cards (Yvann Maçon, Dylan Chambost and Lamine Fomba). On the opposite side, Annecy didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Saint-Étienne has 41 points to remain in the 4th place. On the opposite side, Annecy will stays with 23 points to hold in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Saint-Étienne will play away against Paris on the 2nd of March with a 2-2 head to head stats.
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 , Dennis Appiah , Anthony Briançon , Mickael Nade , Yvann Maçon , Florian Tardieu , Irvin Cardona , Lamine Fomba , Dylan Chambost , Mathieu Cafaro and Ibrahim Sissoko .
The home team had on the bench: Benjamin Bouchouari , Nathanaël Mbuku , Mahmoud Bentayg, Leo Petrot , Maxence Rivera, Dylan Batubinsika and Etienne Green.
Saint-Étienne could not rely on the presence of Dylan Batubinsika (injured).
Substitutions
Saint-Étienne made 4 changes: Anthony Briançon for Dylan Batubinsika (63′), Irvin Cardona for Nathanaël Mbuku (76′), Mathieu Cafaro for Benjamin Bouchouari (84′) and Mickael Nade for Leo Petrot (85′).
Player of the match: Irvin Cardona
The player that probably impressed the most for Saint-Étienne was Irvin Cardona.
His rating is with 1 goal, 24 passes (67% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.
Annecy – Formation
Annecy
Annecy started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Laurent Guyot played with: Florian Escales , François Lajugie , Hamjatou Soukouna , Gaby Jean , Moïse Mahop , Vincent Pajot , Ahmed Kashi , Yohan Demoncy , Nordine Kandil , Kapitbafan Djoco and Ousmane Camara .
They had on the bench: Michel Diaz, Jonathan Gonçalves, Brian Beyer , Thomas Callens, Samuel Ntamack , Clément Billemaz and Antoine Larose .
Substitutions
Annecy made 5 changes: Vincent Pajot for Clément Billemaz (68′), Nordine Kandil for Antoine Larose (68′), Kapitbafan Djoco for Brian Beyer (68′), Ousmane Camara for Samuel Ntamack (67′) and Moïse Mahop for Michel Diaz (90′).
Player of the match: Antoine Larose
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Annecy was Antoine Larose.
His rating is with 8 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 5.
His performance was fantastic also because he commenced the encounter from the bench before entering in the 68′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Quevilly Rouen – Paris – 0-0
- Saint-Étienne – Annecy – 2-1
- Grenoble Foot 38 – Pau – 0-1
- Concarneau – Laval – 1-3
- Troyes – Dunkerque – 1-2
- Valenciennes – Rodez – 0-2
- Auxerre – Bastia – 1-1
- Bordeaux – Guingamp – 1-0
- Ajaccio – Amiens SC – 0-0
