LE HAVRE. Reims prevailed over Le Havre to win 2-1. M. Daramy was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Reims to strike first with a goal of Mohamed Daramy at the 64′. Then it was a penalty in the 74′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Mohamed Daramy gave the win to Reims in the 90′ minute with a penalty scoring a double.
Junya Ito didn’t convert a penalty (90′) for Reims.
The match was played at the Stade Océane stadium in Le Havre on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Florent Batta with the support of Valentin Evrard and Laurent Coniglio. The 4th official was Azzedine Souifi. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 7.28 degrees Celsius or 45.1 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Le Havre was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Reims that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Le Havre was more pushing with 48 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyhow, Reims managed to find the solution to win this match.
Le Havre shot 17 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Reims shot 16 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Le Havre received 3 yellow cards (Mathieu Gorgelin, Arouna Sangante and Loïc Nego). On the other side, Reims received 2 yellow cards (Thibault De Smet and Thomas Foket).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Le Havre stays with 24 points to remain in the 14th place. On the opposite side, Reims will has 34 points to sit in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Le Havre will play away against Brest on the 3rd of March with a 9-5 head to head record in favor of Brest (9 draws).
Reims will host Lille on the 3rd of March with a 8-7 head to head in favor of Reims (6 draws).
Le Havre – Formation
Le Havre
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Le Havre started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Luka Elsner decided to play with the following team: Arthur Desmas, Mathieu Gorgelin , Arouna Sangante , Étienne Youté Kinkoué , Gautier Lloris , Christopher Operi , Loïc Nego , Abdoulaye Touré , Yassine Kechta , Emmanuel Sabbi , André Ayew and Mohamed Bayo .
The home team had on the bench: Steve Ngoura , Oualid El Hajjam, Antoine Joujou, Yoann Salmier, Josué Casimir , Aloïs Confais, Simon Ebonog, Samuel Grandsir and Paul Argney.
Substitutions
Le Havre made 2 changes: Mohamed Bayo for Steve Ngoura (85′) and Loïc Nego for Josué Casimir (75′).
Player of the match: Christopher Operi
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Le Havre was Christopher Operi.
His rating is with 47 passes (85% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 12. He performed 18 crosses.
Reims – Formation
Reims
Reims started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
William Still played with: Yehvann Diouf , Thomas Foket , Emmanuel Agbadou , Yunis Abdelhamid , Junya Ito , Marshall Munetsi , Teddy Teuma , Thibault De Smet , Reda Khadra , Oumar Diakité , Keito Nakamura .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Valentin Atangana Edoa , Mohamed Daramy , Therence Koudou , Killian Prouchet, Mamadou Diakhon, Alexandre Olliero, Amir Richardson , Benjamin Stambouli and Sergio Akieme.
Substitutions
Reims made 4 changes: Teddy Teuma for Amir Richardson (63′), Reda Khadra for Therence Koudou (70′), Oumar Diakité for Valentin Atangana Edoa (79′) and Keito Nakamura for Mohamed Daramy (63′).
Player of the match: Mohamed Daramy
The most impressive player for Reims was Mohamed Daramy.
His rating is with 2 goals, 7 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 2. He hit the woodwork once times.
His performance was fantastic also because he began the match from the bench before entering in the 63′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Olympique Marseille – Montpellier – 4-1
- Paris Saint Germain – Rennes – 1-1
- Le Havre – Reims – 1-2
- Lens – Monaco – 2-3
- Nice – Clermont – 0-0
- Toulouse – LOSC Lille – 3-1
