RODEZ. Bordeaux was ultimately too much to handle for Rodez with the goal of D. Ignatenko (4′), D. Bakwa (14′) and M. De Lima (90′). Bordeaux was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stade Paul Lignon stadium in Rodez on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Ruddy Buquet with the collaboration of Stephan Pignatelli and Stephan Luzi. The 4th official was Guillaume Janin. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 29.8 degrees Celsius or 85.68 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 39%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Bordeaux had a strong ball possession 67% while Rodez was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bordeaux was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Bordeaux won the encounter.​

Rodez shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Bordeaux shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Rodez received 3 yellow cards (P. Bardy, R. Boissier and C. Depres). On the other side, Bordeaux received 1 yellow card (S. Gregersen).

P. Bardy (Rodez) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (36′).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Rodez stays with 1 points to occupy the 17th place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, Bordeaux has 4 points (2nd).

Next matches

In the next match in the Bordeaux will host Quevilly Rouen on the 30th of August with a 0-0 head to head record.

Rodez – Formation

Rodez started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

The manager Laurent Peyrelade decided to play with the following team: Sébastien Cibois (6.1), Grégory Coelho (6.4), Pierre Bardy (4.8), Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao (6.7), Joris Chougrani (5.8), Abdel Hakim Abdallah (7.0), Killian Corredor (6.7), Bradley Danger (6.3), Remy Boissier (6.8), Nassim Ouammou (6.6) and Joseph Mendes (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Plamedi Buni Jorge, Hatim Far (6.2), Lionel M’Pasi, Noa Savignac (6.3), Clément Depres (6.7), Antoine Valerio (6.1) and Lorenzo Rajot.

Substitutions

Rodez made 4 changes: G. Coelho for A. Valerio (61′), N. Ouammou for H. Far (61′), K. Corredor for N. Savignac (71′) and J. Mendes for C. Depres (72′).

Best player: Abdel Hakim Abdallah​

The most impressive player for Rodez was Abdel Hakim Abdallah.

His rating is (7.0) with 29 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 5 crosses.

Bordeaux – Formation

Bordeaux started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

David Guion played with: Gaetan Poussin (7.3), Malcom Bokele (7.1), Stian Gregersen (7.3), Junior Mwanga (7.4), Jacques Ekomie (7.4), Danylo Ignatenko (7.7), Tom Lacoux (6.9), Fransérgio (7.4), Dilane Bakwa (7.8), Josh Maja (6.8) and Logan Delaurier-Chaubet (7.1).

They had on the bench: Lenny Pirringuel, Junior Onana (6.5), Issouf Sissokho (6.2), Lucas Rocrou, Rafał Strączek, Emeric Depussay and Marvin de Lima (7.5).

Substitutions

Bordeaux made 5 changes: D. Ignatenko for J. Onana (71′), T. Lacoux for I. Sissokho (78′), J. Ekomie for E. Depussay (90′), J. Maja for L. Rocrou (90′) and L. Delaurier-Chaubet for M. De Lima (90′).

Best player: Dilane Bakwa​

The most impressive player for Bordeaux was Dilane Bakwa.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 19 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9.

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