TROYES. Dunkerque succeeded in reverse the scoreline against Troyes to win 2-1. It was Troyes to strike first with a penalty of Rafiki Saïd at the 18′. Then it was a goal in the 34′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Julien Anziani gave the win to Dunkerque in the 81′ minute.
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 Mikael Lesage with the assistance of Frédéric Hebrard and Ludovic Zmyslony. The 4th official was Christophe Tani. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was quite cold at 6.19 degrees Celsius or 43.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Troyes was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Dunkerque that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Troyes was more aggressive with 73 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Dunkerque was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Troyes shot 11 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Dunkerque shot 4 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Troyes received 1 yellow card (Abdu Conté). On the opposite side, Dunkerque received 1 yellow card (Yohan Bilingi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Troyes stays with 30 points like Bastia and Dunkerque to sit in the 16th place. Regarding the opposition, Dunkerque will has 30 points like Bastia and Troyes to remain in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Troyes will play away against Guingamp on the 2nd of March with a 6-4 head to head in favor of Guingamp (4 draws).
Dunkerque will host Concarneau on the 2nd of March with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Concarneau (0 draws).
Troyes – Formation
Troyes
65'
38'
18'
Troyes started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager David Guion decided to play with the following team: Doğan Alemdar , Emmanuel Ntim , Mehdi Tahrat , Niakhate Ndiaye , Abdu Conté , Mouhamed Diop , Xavier Chavalerin , Rafiki Saïd , Youssouf M’Changama , Renaud Ripart and Simon Elisor .
The home team had on the bench: Mamady Bangré , Ismaël Boura , Ante Palaversa , Andreas Bruus , Tanguy Zoukrou, Junior Olaitan and Zacharie Boucher.
Substitutions
Troyes made 5 changes: Abdu Conté for Ismaël Boura (65′), Renaud Ripart for Mamady Bangré (57′), Youssouf M’Changama for Junior Olaitan (58′), Mouhamed Diop for Andreas Bruus (81′) and Rafiki Saïd for Ante Palaversa (81′).
Player of the match: Rafiki Saïd
The player that probably impressed the most for Troyes was Rafiki Saïd.
His rating is with 1 goal, 26 passes (65% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 4 crosses.
Dunkerque – Formation
Dunkerque
Dunkerque started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Luís Manuel Ferreira de Castro played with: Mohamed Koné , Benjaloud Youssouf , Opa Sangante , Bram Lagae , Yohan Bilingi , Gessime Yassine , Jean-Philippe Gbamin , Julien Anziani , Achraf Laâziri , Gaëtan Courtet and Enzo Bardeli .
These were the players on the bench: Lucas Lavallée, Rémy Boissier , Samy Baghdadi, Junior Senneville, Elhadj Bah, Rayan Ghrieb and Aïman Maurer .
Substitutions
Dunkerque made 5 changes: Gessime Yassine for Aïman Maurer (80′), Jean-Philippe Gbamin for Rémy Boissier (68′), Achraf Laâziri for Rayan Ghrieb (68′), Julien Anziani for Samy Baghdadi (88′) and Gaëtan Courtet for Elhadj Bah (88′).
Player of the match: Gaëtan Courtet
The player that probably impressed the most for Dunkerque was Gaëtan Courtet.
His rating is with 1 goal, 19 passes (68% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 17. He performed 1 cross.
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
