BIZANOS. Ajaccio and Pau draw 1-1. T. Mangani scored the first goal (6′) for Ajaccio. A. Ahoussou settled the score (23′). Pau was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%)
The match was played at the Stade Du Hameau Idron 1 stadium in Bizanos on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Mickaël Leleu who had the assistance of Camille Soriano and Bastien Courbet. The 4th official was Aldric Chancioux. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was hot at 28.74 degrees Celsius or 83.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 36%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Pau had a superior ball possession 59% while Ajaccio was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Pau was more pushing with 53 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Pau to win the match.
Pau shot 16 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Ajaccio shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Pau received 1 yellow card (C. Boli). Talking about the opposition, Ajaccio received 2 yellow cards (Hamza Sakhi and T. Strata).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Pau has 44 points like Guingamp to sit in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Ajaccio will has 39 points to remain in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Pau will play away with Valenciennes on the 13th of April with a 3-2 head to head in favor of Pau (2 draws).
Ajaccio will host Saint-Étienne on the 13th of April with a 5-1 head to head in favor of Saint-Étienne (5 draws).
Pau – Formation
Pau
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Pau started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
The manager Nicolas Usaï decided to play with the following team: Bingourou Kamara , Jordy Gaspar , Xavier Kouassi , A. Ahoussou , C. Boli , I. Mohamed , Moussa Sylla , Sessi D’Almeida , Steeve Beusnard , Mons Bassouamina and Y. Begraoui .
The home team had on the bench: Henri Saivet , Khalid Boutaïb , Louis Mouton , O. Ngom , Kenji-Van Boto, Jean Ruiz and M. Jeannin.
Substitutions
Pau made 4 changes: I. Mohamed for Henri Saivet (64′), Y. Begraoui for Khalid Boutaïb (63′), Steeve Beusnard for Louis Mouton (78′) and Sessi D’Almeida for O. Ngom (78′).
Player of the match: Jordy Gaspar
The most impressive player for Pau was Jordy Gaspar.
His rating is with 51 passes (69% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 13 duels out of 18. He performed 3 crosses.
Ajaccio – Formation
Ajaccio
Ajaccio started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Olivier Pantaloni played with: F. Sollacaro , Mohamed Youssouf , Cédric Avinel , C. Vidal , T. Strata , Thomas Mangani , Hamza Sakhi , Tim Jabol-Folcarelli , Michaël Barreto , B. Touré and Christopher Ibayi .
These were the players on the bench: Mathieu Michel, Stephen Quemper, R. Nouri , M. Soumano , O. Martinez-Jullien, R. Coutinho da Silva and J. Escartin.
Substitutions
Ajaccio made 2 changes: Christopher Ibayi for M. Soumano (61′) and Michaël Barreto for R. Nouri (81′).
Player of the match: Thomas Mangani
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ajaccio was Thomas Mangani.
His rating is with 1 goal, 45 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Paris – Grenoble Foot 38 – 2-1
- Saint-Étienne – Concarneau – 1-0
- Angers SCO – Laval – 1-1
- Rodez – Quevilly Rouen – 3-3
- Guingamp – Amiens SC – 0-0
- Caen – Bordeaux – 0-1
- Bastia – Dunkerque – 1-1
- Pau – Ajaccio – 1-1
- Annecy – Valenciennes – 2-1
