LE HAVRE. Montpellier conquers Le Havre with a 2-0 win with a goal from J. Ferri (72′) and a goal from C. Jullien (80′).

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 Mathieu Vernice with the help of Julien Garrigues and Laurent Coniglio. The 4th official was Ali Djedid. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 14.23 degrees Celsius or 57.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Le Havre was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Montpellier that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Le Havre was more aggressive with 65 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Montpellier was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Le Havre shot 14 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Montpellier shot 14 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Le Havre received 2 yellow cards (J. Casimir and Loïc Nego). On the other side, Montpellier received 2 yellow cards (Modibo Sagnan and Becir Omeragic).

Standings

After this contest, Le Havre stays with 27 points to hold in the 15th place. On the other side, Montpellier will has 29 points to sit in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Le Havre will play away against Lens on the 7th of April with a 7-3 head to head record in favor of Le Havre (8 draws).

Montpellier will host Lorient on the 7th of April with a 12-7 head to head record in favor of Montpellier (9 draws).

Le Havre – Formation

Le Havre started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Luka Elsner decided to play with the following team: Arthur Desmas (7.0), A. Sangante (7.0), Étienne Youté Kinkoué (7.0), Gautier Lloris (7.3), Christopher Operi, Oualid El Hajjam (6.8), Y. Kechta (7.5), Abdoulaye Touré (7.0), Loïc Nego (7.0), Daler Kuzyaev (7.5), Emmanuel Sabbi (7.7) and André Ayew  (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Rassoul Ndiaye, M. Gorgelin, A. Joujou (6.3), Yoann Salmier, J. Casimir (6.7), Aloïs Confais, S. Ebonog, Samuel Grandsir (6.6) and Mohamed Bayo (6.8).

Substitutions

Le Havre made 5 changes: Y. Kechta for A. Joujou (78′), Oualid El Hajjam for Samuel Grandsir (78′), Emmanuel Sabbi for J. Casimir (65′), Loïc Nego for Mohamed Bayo (65′) and Abdoulaye Touré for Rassoul Ndiaye (89′).

Player of the match: Emmanuel Sabbi​

The most impressive player for Le Havre was Emmanuel Sabbi.

His rating is 7.7 with 25 passes (64% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 14. He performed 3 crosses.

Montpellier – Formation

Montpellier started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Michel Der Zakarian played with: Benjamin Lecomte (7.3), E. Tchato (7.0), Kiki Kouyaté (7.0), Modibo Sagnan (7.3), L. Mincarelli Davin (8.1), Becir Omeragic (7.3), Issiaga Sylla, Mousa Tamari (6.3), Téji Savanier  (8.1), J. Ferri (7.9), Arnaud Nordin (7.7) and Akor Adams (6.6).

They had on the bench: Christopher Jullien (7.5), D. Bertaud, T. Sainte-Luce, S. Delaye, K. Fayad, Yann Karamoh (6.4), Tanguy Coulibaly (7.0), Silvan Hefti and L. Leroy.

Montpellier could not rely on the presence of Christopher Jullien (injured).

Substitutions

Montpellier made 5 changes: Mousa Tamari for Yann Karamoh (73′), Akor Adams for Tanguy Coulibaly (73′), Kiki Kouyaté for Christopher Jullien (60′), J. Ferri for L. Leroy (89′) and E. Tchato for Silvan Hefti (89′).

Player of the match: Téji Savanier ​

The most impressive player for Montpellier was Téji Savanier  even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.1 with 62 passes (76% accurate) and 6 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.​

• Olympique Marseille – Paris Saint Germain – 0-2
• Le Havre – Montpellier – 0-2
• Clermont – Toulouse – 0-3
• Nice – Nantes – 1-2
• Lorient – Brest – 0-1
• Strasbourg – Rennes – 2-0