AJACCIO. Ajaccio prevails over Saint-Étienne with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by C. Ibayi (17′) and a goal from C. Vidal (45′). Saint-Étienne was surely superior in terms of ball possession (66%).​

The match was played at the Stade François Coty stadium in Ajaccio on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Pierre Legat who had the assistance of Grégoire Valleteau and Ludovic Zmyslony. The 4th official was Brendan Roffet. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 20.63 degrees Celsius or 69.13 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Saint-Étienne was in firm control of the ball 66% while Ajaccio was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Saint-Étienne was more pushing with 43 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Ajaccio succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Ajaccio shot 7 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Saint-Étienne shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Ajaccio received 1 yellow card (R. Nouri). On the opposite side, Saint-Étienne received 2 yellow cards (M. Bentayg and B. Bouchouari).

Also, Saint-Étienne didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Thomas Monconduit (Saint-Étienne) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (84′).

Standings

After this encounter, Ajaccio has 42 points to sit in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Saint-Étienne will stays with 54 points like Angers SCO to hold in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Ajaccio will host Caen on the 20th of April with a 8-5 head to head in favor of Caen (4 draws).

Saint-Étienne will host Bordeaux on the 20th of April with a 13-13 head to head record.

Ajaccio – Formation

Ajaccio adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Olivier Pantaloni decided to play with the following team: F. Sollacaro (7.9), Mohamed Youssouf  (7.5), Cédric Avinel (7.0), C. Vidal (7.5), T. Strata (7.1), Michaël Barreto (7.1), Tim Jabol-Folcarelli (6.7), Thomas Mangani (7.1), Hamza Sakhi  (6.4), B. Touré (6.3) and Christopher Ibayi (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Mathieu Michel, Stephen Quemper, R. Nouri, Yoann Touzghar (7.0), M. Soumano (6.8), O. Martinez-Jullien and J. Escartin.

Substitutions

Ajaccio made 3 changes: Hamza Sakhi  for R. Nouri (90′), B. Touré for M. Soumano (57′) and Christopher Ibayi for Yoann Touzghar (67′).

Player of the match: F. Sollacaro​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ajaccio was the goalkeeper: F. Sollacaro. His rating is 7.85. He performed 3 saves.

Saint-Étienne – Formation

Also Saint-Étienne adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Olivier Dall’Oglio played with: Gautier Larsonneur (6.6), A. Moueffek (6.7), Dylan Batubinsika (6.4), M. Nadé (7.0), Léo Pétrot (6.8), Florian Tardieu (6.7), Nathanaël Mbuku (7.5), B. Bouchouari (6.6), Dylan Chambost (6.4), Mathieu Cafaro (6.4) and Irvin Cardona (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Thomas Monconduit (5.7), Ibrahim Sissoko, M. Bentayg (6.8), M. Rivera (6.7), Anthony Briançon  (7.1), Lamine Fomba and E. Green.

Substitutions

Saint-Étienne made 4 changes: Dylan Batubinsika for Anthony Briançon  (66′), Léo Pétrot for Thomas Monconduit (66′), B. Bouchouari for M. Bentayg (66′) and Mathieu Cafaro for M. Rivera (80′).

Player of the match: Nathanaël Mbuku​

The player that probably impressed the most for Saint-Étienne was Nathanaël Mbuku.

His rating is 7.5 with 15 passes (73% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Troyes – Paris – 1-2
• Ajaccio – Saint-Étienne – 2-0
• Quevilly Rouen – Auxerre – 4-3
• Dunkerque – Guingamp – 0-1
• Laval – Annecy – 0-3
• Valenciennes – Pau – 1-4
• Caen – Rodez – 1-0
• Bordeaux – Bastia – 2-3
• Concarneau – Amiens SC – 0-0