DUNKERQUE. Guingamp tops Dunkerque 1-0 after J. Siwe scored just 1 goal (58′). Dunkerque was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (62%).
The match was played at the Stade Marcel-Tribut stadium in Dunkerque on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Nicolas Rainville who was helped by Bertrand Jouannaud and Stéphane Panont. The 4th official was Alexis Guillon. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 17.99 degrees Celsius or 64.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Dunkerque had a strong ball possession 62% while Guingamp was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Guingamp was more aggressive with 72 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Guingamp won the contest.
Dunkerque shot 10 times, 0 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Guingamp shot 14 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Dunkerque received 2 yellow cards (Opa Sangante and Nehemiah Fernandez ). On the opposite side, Guingamp received 2 yellow cards (Pierre Lemonnier and Dylan Louiserre).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Dunkerque stays with 38 points to sit in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Guingamp will has 47 points like Rodez and Pau to sit in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Dunkerque will play away against Amiens SC on the 20th of April with a 3-0 head to head statistic in favor of Amiens SC (3 draws).
Guingamp will host Bastia on the 20th of April with a 8-7 head to head in favor of Bastia (11 draws).
Dunkerque – Formation
Dunkerque
64'
70'
Dunkerque started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Luís Manuel Ferreira de Castro decided to play with the following team: M. Koné , Benjaloud Youssouf , Opa Sangante , B. Lagae , Nehemiah Fernandez , Rayan Ghrieb , Jean-Philippe Gbamin , Julien Anziani , Gessime Yassine , Enzo Bardeli and E. Bah .
The home team had on the bench: Alioune Ba, Loïc Bessilé , Tidiane Keita , Samy Baghdadi , Achraf Laâziri , Arnaud Balijon and Aïman Maurer .
Substitutions
Dunkerque made 4 changes: Gessime Yassine for Achraf Laâziri (77′), Julien Anziani for Samy Baghdadi (70′), Rayan Ghrieb for Aïman Maurer (70′) and Jean-Philippe Gbamin for Tidiane Keita (87′).
Player of the match: M. Koné
The most impressive player for Dunkerque was the goalkeeper: M. Koné. His rating is 8.36. He performed 5 saves.
Guingamp – Formation
Guingamp
58'
Guingamp started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Stéphane Dumont played with: Enzo Basilio , L. Maronnier , Donatien Gomis , Pierre Lemonnier , L. Vallier , Dylan Louiserre , Victor Lobry , Mehdi Merghem , Baptiste Guillaume , Amadou Sagna and A. El Ouazzani .
These were the players on the bench: Baptiste Roux, Kalidou Sidibé , Jacques Siwe , Lebogang Phiri, Hugo Picard , Ugo Bonnet and Babacar Niasse.
Guingamp could not rely on the presence of Jacques Siwe (injured).
Substitutions
Guingamp made 4 changes: Baptiste Guillaume for Jacques Siwe (19′), Amadou Sagna for Hugo Picard (77′), Mehdi Merghem for Kalidou Sidibé (76′) and A. El Ouazzani for Ugo Bonnet (88′).
Player of the match: Pierre Lemonnier
The player that probably impressed the most for Guingamp was Pierre Lemonnier even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 40 passes (93% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 7.
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
