AJACCIO. Auxerre overcomes Ajaccio 1-0 after I. Soumaré scored just 1 goal (27′). Auxerre made the most of its better ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stade François Coty stadium in Ajaccio on Monday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Benoît Millot who was helped by Florent Marmion and Mohamed Benkemouche. The 4th official was William Toulliou. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 13.57 degrees Celsius or 56.43 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 100%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Auxerre had a strong ball possession 56% while Ajaccio was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Ajaccio was more pushing with 39 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 7 were on target. Even so, Auxerre succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Ajaccio shot 14 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Auxerre shot 8 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Ajaccio received 3 yellow cards (B. Touré, Olivier Pantaloni and Christopher Ibayi). On the other side, Auxerre received 2 yellow cards (Saad Agouzoul and C. Akpa).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Ajaccio stays with 38 points like Bordeaux to remain in the 13th place. On the other side, Auxerre will has 58 points to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Ajaccio will play away with Pau on the 6th of April with a 4-1 head to head record in favor of Ajaccio (2 draws).

Auxerre will host Troyes on the 6th of April with a 10-8 head to head in favor of Troyes (6 draws).

Ajaccio – Formation

Ajaccio adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Olivier Pantaloni decided to play with the following team: F. Sollacaro (6.8), Mohamed Youssouf  (6.4), Cédric Avinel (7.5), C. Vidal (7.3), T. Strata (6.8), Valentin Jacob (7.0), Tim Jabol-Folcarelli (6.6), Michaël Barreto (8.1), Stephen Quemper (6.4), Christopher Ibayi (7.0) and B. Touré (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Mathieu Michel, R. Nouri (6.7), M. Soumano (6.7), O. Martinez-Jullien (6.4), R. Coutinho da Silva (6.7), A. Khelifa and J. Escartin.

Ajaccio could not rely on the presence of R. Nouri (injured).

Substitutions

Ajaccio made 2 changes: Valentin Jacob for R. Nouri (50′) and Stephen Quemper for M. Soumano (68′).

Player of the match: Michaël Barreto​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ajaccio was Michaël Barreto.

His rating is 8.1 with 60 passes (80% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 16. He performed 3 crosses.

Auxerre – Formation

Also Auxerre adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Christophe Pélissier played with: D. Léon (8.5), Paul Joly (7.3), Jubal  (7.0), Théo Pellenard (7.5), C. Akpa (7.8), Issa Soumaré (7.8), Elisha Owusu (7.0), Rayan Raveloson (7.3), Gaëtan Perrin (7.3), Florian Ayé (6.3) and Ado Onaiwu (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Saad Agouzoul (6.8), N. Buayi-Kiala, E. Maddy, Lassine Sinayoko (6.8), Assane Dioussé (6.8), K. Danois and Théo De Percin.

Auxerre could not rely on the presence of Saad Agouzoul (injured).

Substitutions

Auxerre made 3 changes: Jubal  for Saad Agouzoul (43′), Gaëtan Perrin for Assane Dioussé (75′) and Issa Soumaré for Lassine Sinayoko (62′).

Player of the match: D. Léon​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Auxerre was the goalkeeper: D. Léon. His rating is 8.47. He performed 7 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Ajaccio – Auxerre – 0-1