SAINT-ETIENNE. Le Havre conquers Saint-Étienne 6-0 after playing a incredible match. Le Havre was surely better in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

Also, Saint-Étienne had 3 players sent off: A. Briancon (31′ for a double yellow card), M. Cafaro (37′ for a red card) and E. Green (66′ for a red card).

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 François Letexier assisted by Mehdi Rahmouni and Julien Haulbert. The 4th official was Tifenn LeProdhomme.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Le Havre had a superior ball possession 63% while Saint-Étienne was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Le Havre was more aggressive with 83 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Le Havre won the encounter.​

Saint-Étienne shot 4 times, 1 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Le Havre shot 14 times, 8 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Saint-Étienne received 3 yellow cards (L. Pintor, A. Briancon and J. Giraudon). On the opposite side, Le Havre received 2 yellow cards (A. Richardson and C. Operi).

A. Briancon (Saint-Étienne) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (31′).

Standings

After playing this match, Saint-Étienne will stay with -1 points to sit in the 20th place. On the other side, Le Havre will have 5 points to lose in the 10th place.

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 record in favor of Saint-Étienne (2 draws).

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

Saint-Étienne – Formation

Saint-Étienne adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Laurent Batlles decided to play with the following team: Etienne Green (5.1), Sergi Palencia (5.6), Jimmy Giraudon (6.6), Anthony Briançon (5.3), Gabriel Silva (6.8), Mahdi Camara (6.1), Louis Mouton (6.7), Victor Lobry (6.6), Lenny Pintor (6.4), Jean-Philippe Krasso (6.4) and Mathieu Cafaro (5.7).

The home team had on the bench: Benjamin Bouchouari (6.0), Mickael Nade (6.1), Ayman Aiki, Yvann Maçon (5.8), Maxence Rivera, Saïdou Sow (5.3) and Noah Raveyre (5.2).

Substitutions

Saint-Étienne made 5 changes: L. Pintor for M. Nade (41′), L. Mouton for S. Sow (46′), S. Gabriel for Y. Macon (46′), J. Giraudon for B. Bouchouari (63′) and V. Lobry for N. Raveyre (68′).

Best player: Gabriel Silva​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Saint-Étienne was Gabriel Silva.

His rating is (6.8) with 22 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 2. He performed 1 cross.

Le Havre – Formation

Also Le Havre adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Luka Elsner played with: Arthur Desmas (7.1), Oualid El Hajjam (6.8), Arouna Sangante (7.9), Gautier Lloris (7.2), Christopher Operi (9.0), Amir Richardson (7.0), Victor Lekhal (7.6), Yassine Kechta (7.1), Josué Casimir (6.8), Yann Kitala (8.5) and Nabil Alioui (8.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Zakaria Diallo, Jamal Thiaré (6.9), Quentin Cornette (7.3), Abdoullah Ba (7.0), Elies Mahmoud (6.7), Sael Kumbedi (6.9) and Mathieu Gorgelin.

Substitutions

Le Havre made 5 changes: N. Alioui for J. Thiare (61′), A. Richardson for A. Ba (61′), J. Casimir for Q. Cornette (67′), O. El Hajjam for S. Kumbedi (68′) and V. Lekhal for E. Mahmoud (73′).

Best player: Christopher Operi​

The player that probably impressed the most for Le Havre was Christopher Operi.

His rating is (9.0) with 2 goals, 51 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 9 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Niort – Paris – 2-1
• Saint-Étienne – Le Havre – 0-6
• Caen – Guingamp – 4-1
• Pau – Sochaux – 0-3
• Amiens SC – Bastia – 3-1
• Valenciennes – Quevilly Rouen – 0-0
• Rodez – Annecy – 2-2
• Laval – Metz – 3-3
• Dijon – Nîmes – 2-1