ANNECY. Laval beats Annecy 1-0 after J. Maggiotti scored just 1 goal (14′). Annecy was much better in terms of ball possession (63%).​

The match was played at the Parc des Sports stadium in Annecy on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Antoine Valnet with the help of Gilles Lang and Stephan Luzi. The 4th official was Valentin Giorgetti. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 28.6 degrees Celsius or 83.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 23%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Annecy had a strong ball possession 63% while Laval was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Annecy had a more offensive attitude with 62 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 1 were on target. Nevertheless, Laval found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Annecy shot 8 times, 1 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Laval shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Annecy received 1 yellow card (B. Mendy). Talking about the opposition, Laval received 3 yellow cards (Y. Balde, E. Seidou and K. Tapoko).

Standings

After this encounter, Annecy stays with 0 points to occupy the 19th place in the table. On the opposite side, Laval has 3 points (9th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Annecy will play away with Dijon on the 30th of August with a 0-0 head to head.

Laval will host Le Havre on the 30th of August with a 8-5 head to head statistic in favor of Le Havre (6 draws).

Annecy – Formation

Annecy started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).

The manager Laurent Guyot decided to play with the following team: Florian Escales (6.1), Francois Lajugie (6.9), Bissenty Mendy (7.0), Gaby Jean (7.2), Ahmed Kashi (7.1), Arnold Temanfo (6.2), Alexandre Philiponeau (6.8), Madyen El Jaouhari (6.2), Maxime Bastian (6.7), Alexy Bosetti (6.6) and Dion Moise Sahi (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Thomas Callens, Clement Billemaz (6.5), Ibrahima Baldé (6.7), Kevin Farade (6.4), Kevin Testud (6.9), Jonathan Gonçalves and Jean-Jacques Rocchi (6.4).

Annecy could not rely on the presence of K. Testud (injured).

Substitutions

Annecy made 5 changes: M. El Jaouhari for K. Testud (31′), M. S. Dion for C. Billemaz (63′), A. Phliponeau for K. Farade (64′), A. Bosetti for I. Balde (81′) and M. Bastian for J. Rocchi (81′).

Best player: Gaby Jean​

The player that probably impressed the most for Annecy was Gaby Jean.

His rating is (7.2) with 94 passes (72% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 13.

Laval – Formation

Laval started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Olivier Frapolli played with: Alexis Sauvage (6.8), Anthony Gonçalves (6.1), Yasser Balde (6.8), Yohan Tavares (7.0), Marvin Baudry (7.5), Edson Seidou (6.7), Sam Sanna (7.1), Jimmy Roye (6.8), Julien Maggiotti (7.4), Geoffray Durbant (7.6) and Kader N’Chobi (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Maxime Hautbois, Pape Djibril Diaw, Jordan Adeoti (6.6), Rémy Duterte (6.2), Steven Nsimba, Kevin Tapoko (6.1) and Zakaria Naidji (6.3).

Substitutions

Laval made 4 changes: Y. N’Chobi for Z. Naidji (64′), G. Durbant for J. Adeoti (73′), E. Seidou for R. Duterte (88′) and J. Maggiotti for K. Tapoko (88′).

Best player: Geoffray Durbant​

The player that probably impressed the most for Laval was Geoffray Durbant even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 21 passes (47% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 14 duels out of 25. He hit the woodwork once times.

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