NîMES. Nîmes prevails over Rodez 1-0 after E. Omarsson scored just 1 goal (62′).

Y. Benrahou didn’t convert a penalty (62′) for Nîmes.​

The match was played at the Stade des Costières stadium in Nîmes on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Aurélien Petit with the support of Julien Pacelli and Camille Soriano. The 4th official was Steven Llewellyn. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 26.4 degrees Celsius or 79.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Nîmes was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Rodez that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Nîmes was putting more pressure with 68 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Nîmes won the match​.

Nîmes shot 13 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Rodez shot 11 times, 2 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Nîmes received 1 yellow card (K. Guessoum). On the other side, Rodez received 2 yellow cards (R. Boissier and L. Mouyokolo).

Standings

After this contest, Nîmes has 1 points to occupy the 13th place in the standings. Regarding the opposition, Rodez stays with 1 points (17th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Nîmes will play away with Grenoble Foot 38 on the 30th of August with a 3-2 head to head statistic in favor of Grenoble Foot 38 (0 draws).

Rodez will host Metz on the 30th of August with a 0-0 head to head record.

Nîmes – Formation

Nîmes adopted the 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Nicolas Usaï decided to play with the following team: Lucas Dias (7.4), Thibault Vargas (8.2), Maël Durand de Gevigney (7.2), Benoît Poulain (7.1), Kelyan Guessoum (7.1), Scotty Sadzoute (7.3), Jens Jakob Thomasen (6.9), Lamine Fomba (6.9), Jean N’Guessan (6.6), Elías Már Ómarsson (6.2) and Malik Tchokounté (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Niclas Eliasson, Ronny Labonne (6.6), Moussa Koné (6.8), Leon Delpech, Yassine Benrahou (6.4), Axel Maraval and Patrick Burner (6.4).

Nîmes could not rely on the presence of Y. Benrahou (injured).

Substitutions

Nîmes made 4 changes: J. Thomasen for Y. Benrahou (56′), E. Omarsson for M. Kone (64′), S. Sadzoute for P. Burner (83′) and M. Tchokounte for R. Labonne (83′).

Best player: Thibault Vargas​

The most impressive player for Nîmes was Thibault Vargas even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.2) with 36 passes (80% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 12 crosses.

Rodez – Formation

Also Rodez adopted the 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Laurent Peyrelade played with: Sébastien Cibois (7.1), Nassim Ouammou (6.2), Loris Mouyokolo (6.2), Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao (7.0), Bradley Danger (7.3), Abdel Hakim Abdallah (6.5), Remy Boissier (6.5), Lorenzo Rajot (7.2), Antoine Valerio (7.1), Joseph Mendes (6.1) and Killian Corredor (6.5).

These were the players on the bench: Noa Savignac (6.8), Plamedi Buni Jorge (7.0), Lionel M’Pasi, Grégory Coelho (6.1), Kévin Boma, Clément Depres (6.2) and Hatim Far (7.0).

Substitutions

Rodez made 5 changes: A. Valerio for H. Far (72′), A. H. Abdallah for G. Coelho (72′), L. Rajot for C. Depres (72′), N. Ouammou for N. Savignac (83′) and R. Boissier for B. J. Plamedi (88′).

Best player: Bradley Danger​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Rodez was Bradley Danger.

His rating is (7.3) with 65 passes (92% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 4.

Results of the day

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

• Guingamp – Paris – 0-0
• Le Havre – Pau – 1-1
• Nîmes – Rodez – 1-0
• Dijon – Caen – 2-2
• Bastia – Grenoble Foot 38 – 3-0
• Metz – Valenciennes – 2-0
• Sochaux – Amiens SC – 0-1
• Annecy – Laval – 0-1
• Bordeaux – Niort – 1-0