LE PETIT-QUEVILLY. Le Havre had a surprising win over Quevilly Rouen with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Abline (16′) and a goal from Q. Cornette (65′). Quevilly Rouen lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Stade Robert Diochon stadium in Le Petit-Quevilly on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Marc Bollengier assisted by Bertrand Jouannaud and Ludovic Reyes. The 4th official was Ali Djedid.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Quevilly Rouen had a superior ball possession 60% while Le Havre was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Quevilly Rouen had a more offensive attitude with 89 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Le Havre was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Quevilly Rouen shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Le Havre shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Quevilly Rouen received 2 yellow cards (Y. Boe-Kane and D. Bansais). Regarding the opposition, Le Havre didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Quevilly Rouen will stay with 29 points to hold in the 17th place. On the opposite side, Le Havre will have 41 points to sit in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Quevilly Rouen will play away against Guingamp on the 12th of March with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Guingamp (1 draw).

Le Havre will host Nîmes on the 12th of March with a 7-3 head to head in favor of Le Havre (9 draws).

Quevilly Rouen – Formation

Quevilly Rouen started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Fabien Mercadal decided to play with the following team: Nicolas Lemaitre (6.4), Damon Bansais (6.2), Romain Padovani (6.8), Yann Boé-Kane (6.5), Gustavo Sangaré (6.8), Alassane Diaby (6.2), Kalidou Sidibe (6.5), Sami Belkorchia (6.4), Florian Jozefzoon (6.3), Issa Soumaré (7.0) and Cheick Tidiane Sabaly (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Yassine Bahassa (6.7), Bridge Ndilu (6.3), Aron Van Lare, Ottman Dadoune (6.6), Romain Lejeune, Manoubi Haddad (6.3) and Souleymane Djimou Cisse.

Substitutions

Quevilly Rouen made 4 changes: A. Diaby for O. Dadoune (68′), F. Jozefzoon for M. Haddad (68′), C. Sabaly for Y. Bahassa (74′) and I. Soumare for B. Ndilu (81′).

Best player: Cheick Tidiane Sabaly​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Quevilly Rouen was Cheick Tidiane Sabaly.

His rating is (7.0) with 25 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.

Le Havre – Formation

Le Havre started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Paul Le Guen played with: Yahia Fofana (7.0), Thierno Balde (7.1), Fernand Mayembo (7.0), Pierre Gibaud (7.4), Ismaël Boura (7.7), Amir Richardson (7.1), Quentin Cornette (7.8), Jean-Pascal Fontaine (7.2), Himad Abdelli (6.6), Nabil Alioui (6.8) and Matthis Abline (7.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Pape Ibnou Ba (6.2), Isaak Souleymane Toure, Nolan Mbemba (7.0), Abdoullah Ba (7.3), Abdelwahed Wahib, Mathieu Gorgelin and Arouna Sangante (6.5).

Substitutions

Le Havre made 4 changes: N. Alioui for A. Ba (80′), Q. Cornette for N. Mbemba (80′), M. Abline for P. I. Ba (80′) and F. Mayembo for A. Sangante (83′).

Best player: Quentin Cornette​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Le Havre was Quentin Cornette.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 23 passes (65% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 11. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Sochaux – Guingamp – 1-0
• Nancy – Grenoble Foot 38 – 0-1
• Rodez – Auxerre – 1-3
• Quevilly Rouen – Le Havre – 0-2
• Dijon – Caen – 1-0
• Niort – Ajaccio – 0-1
• Nîmes – Paris – 1-1
• Bastia – Valenciennes – 1-1
• Pau – Amiens SC – 2-1