NIORT. Niort and Nîmes didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday..
The match was played at the Stade René Gaillard stadium in Niort on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Marc Bollengier assisted by Matthieu Lombard and Jean-Paul Neves Gouveia. The 4th official was Yohan Gagnant. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.9 degrees Celsius or 42.58 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Niort was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Nîmes that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Niort was more pushing with 92 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 0 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Niort to win the match.
Niort shot 10 times, 0 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Nîmes shot 3 times, 0 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Niort received 1 yellow card (J. Mendes). On the other side, Nîmes received 2 yellow cards (A. Cubas and L. Fomba).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Niort will have 41 points like Amiens SC and Dijon to hold in the 11th place. Regarding the opposition, Nîmes will have 40 points to sit in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Niort will play away with Nancy on the 16th of April with a 3-3 head to head.
Nîmes will host Sochaux on the 16th of April with a 5-2 head to head record in favor of Sochaux (2 draws).
Niort – Formation
Niort
81'
90'Niort started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Sébastien Desabre decided to play with the following team: .
Substitutions
Niort made 3 changes: B. Doukansy for Y. Cassubie (63′), M. Zemzemi for Y. Merdji (72′) and L. Vallier for J. Mendes (81′).
Nîmes – Formation
Nîmes
Nîmes started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Nicolas Usaï played with: .
Nîmes could not rely on the presence of P. Martinez (injured).
Substitutions
Nîmes made 3 changes: Y. Benrahou for E. Omarsson (80′), N. Eliasson for J. Ponceau (80′) and K. Guessoum for P. Martinez (88′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Quevilly Rouen – Rodez – 2-0
- Sochaux – Nancy – 1-0
- Le Havre – Dunkerque – 2-1
- Guingamp – Toulouse – 2-4
- Grenoble Foot 38 – Caen – 0-2
- Niort – Nîmes – 0-0
- Auxerre – Valenciennes – 1-0
- Amiens SC – Bastia – 0-0
- Ajaccio – Pau – 2-1
