SAINT-ETIENNE. Nîmes and Saint-Étienne draw 1-1. J. Thomasen scored the first goal (32′) for Nîmes. J. Krasso settled the score (45′) with a penalty. Saint-Étienne was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (68%)
The match was played at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-etienne on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Mathieu Vernice who was helped by Quentin Guidou and Florian Gonçalves de Araujo. The 4th official was Louis Lungeri.
Match Statistics
- ! 68 Ball Possession 32
Shots
- 14 Total 5
- 7 On Target 1
- 7 Off Target 4
- 1 Shots blocked 0
- 109 Attack 73
- 89 Dangerous attack 27
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 1 Penalties 0
- 12 Corners 1
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 15 Total 13
- 2 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Saint-Étienne was in firm control of the ball 68% while Nîmes was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Saint-Étienne had a more offensive attitude with 89 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 7 were on target. However, that was not enough Saint-Étienne to win the match.
Saint-Étienne shot 14 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Nîmes shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Saint-Étienne received 2 yellow cards (Y. Neyou and S. Palencia). Regarding the opposition, Nîmes didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Saint-Étienne has -2 points to occupy the 20th place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Nîmes has 1 points (13th).
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Saint-Étienne will host Bastia on the 30th of August with a 7-1 head to head statistic in favor of Saint-Étienne (2 draws).
Nîmes will host Rodez on the 13th of August with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Nîmes (1 draw).
Saint-Étienne – Formation
Saint-Étienne
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Saint-Étienne started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Laurent Batlles decided to play with the following team: Etienne Green , Sergi Palencia , Jimmy Giraudon , Mickael Nade , Gabriel Silva , Mahdi Camara , Yvan Neyou , Victor Lobry , Adil Aouchiche , Jean-Philippe Krasso and Ayman Aiki .
The home team had on the bench: Louis Mouton , Noah Raveyre, Abdoulaye Bakayoko, Mathieu Cafaro , Maxence Rivera , Aimen Moueffek and Saïdou Sow.
Substitutions
Saint-Étienne made 4 changes: A. Aiki for M. Cafaro (58′), A. Aouchiche for M. Rivera (63′), V. Lobry for A. Moueffek (78′) and Y. Neyou for L. Mouton (79′).
Best player: Victor Lobry
The player that probably impressed the most for Saint-Étienne was Victor Lobry.
His rating is with 47 passes (91% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 4 crosses.
Nîmes – Formation
Nîmes
Nîmes started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Nicolas Usaï played with: Lucas Dias , Thibault Vargas , Maël Durand de Gevigney , Benoît Poulain , Kelyan Guessoum , Niclas Eliasson , Jean N’Guessan , Lamine Fomba , Jens Jakob Thomasen , Moussa Koné and Malik Tchokounté .
They had on the bench: Yassine Benrahou , Leon Delpech , Elías Már Ómarsson , Scotty Sadzoute, Ronny Labonne , Patrick Burner and Axel Maraval.
Substitutions
Nîmes made 4 changes: M. Kone for Y. Benrahou (64′), M. Tchokounte for E. Omarsson (64′), J. K. Nguessan for R. Labonne (81′) and J. Thomasen for L. Delpech (81′).
Best player: Lucas Dias
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Nîmes was the goalkeeper: Lucas Dias. His rating is 7.41. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Paris – Quevilly Rouen – 2-1
- Saint-Étienne – Nîmes – 1-1
- Grenoble Foot 38 – Sochaux – 1-0
- Niort – Bastia – 1-4
- Amiens SC – Annecy – 1-0
- Valenciennes – Le Havre – 1-0
- Laval – Guingamp – 1-2
- Pau – Dijon – 0-0
- Rodez – Bordeaux – 0-3
