NIORT. Niort bested Paris to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Niort to strike first with a goal of B. Boutobba at the 56′. Then M. Zemzemi scored again for Niort in the 61′ minute. Eventually, W. Caddy reduced the distance for Paris (73′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Paris lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Stade René Gaillard stadium in Niort on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Remi Landry with the assistance of Youssef El Hamzaoui and Mohamed Benkemouche. The 4th official was Jordane Lomi. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 23.7 degrees Celsius or 74.71 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Paris had a superior ball possession 56% while Niort was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Paris was putting more pressure with 83 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Niort was able to find the solution to win this match.
Niort shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Paris shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Niort received 5 yellow cards (L. Vallier, S. Benchama, J. Moutachy, I. Conte and C. Kabore). Talking about the opposition, Paris didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Niort will host Valenciennes on the 30th of August with a 6-6 head to head.
Paris will play away agasint Amiens SC on the 30th of August with a 5-0 head to head record in favor of Paris (0 draws).
Niort – Formation
Niort
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72'
56'
Niort adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Sébastien Desabre decided to play with the following team: Mathieu Michel , Joris Moutachy , Ibrahima Sory Conté , Guy-Marcelin Kilama , Lenny Vallier , Samy Benchama , Charles Kabore , Bilal Boutobba , Moataz Zemzemi , Amadou Sagna and Kevin Rocheteau .
The home team had on the bench: Junior Olaitan , Dylan Durivaux, Yanis Merdji , Sidi Cissé, Jean Louchet, Godwin Bentil and Bradley Matufueni M’bondo.
Substitutions
Niort made 3 changes: A. Sagna for Y. Merdji (72′), K. Rocheteau for G. K. Bentil (72′) and C. Kabore for J. Olaitan (80′).
Best player: Bilal Boutobba
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Niort was Bilal Boutobba.
His rating is with 1 goal, 38 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 16. He performed 3 crosses.
Paris – Formation
Paris
Also Paris adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Thierry Laurey played with: Ivan Filipović , Julien Le Cardinal , Samir Sophian Chergui , Maxime Bernauer , Florent Hanin , Cyril Mandouki , Moustapha Name , Alimami Gory , Julien López , Mehdi Chahiri and Pierre-Yves Hamel .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Jaouen Hadjam , Check Oumar Diakité, Setigui Karamoko , Warren Caddy , Loup Gueho, Morgan Guilavogui and Vincent Demarconnay.
Substitutions
Paris made 4 changes: M. Chahiri for M. Guilavogui (46′), P. Hamel for W. Caddy (65′), A. Gory for S. Karamoko (65′) and F. Hanin for J. Hadjam (65′).
Best player: Moustapha Name
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Paris was Moustapha Name.
His rating is with 75 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 14. He performed 2 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
