NîMES. Nîmes prevails over Laval 1-0 after M. Kone scored just 1 goal (54′).
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 Azzedine Souifi with the assistance of Youssef El Hamzaoui and Mohamed Benkemouche. The 4th official was Tawbane Kani. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 27.2 degrees Celsius or 80.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 47%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Nîmes was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Laval that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Laval was putting more pressure with 68 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyway, Nîmes managed to find the solution to win this match.
Nîmes shot 13 times, 3 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Laval shot 8 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Nîmes received 3 yellow cards (M. Kone, R. Labonne and Y. Benrahou). On the other side, Laval received 4 yellow cards (A. Goncalves, J. Roye, E. Seidou and D. Sylla).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Nîmes will have 7 points like Sochaux, Metz and Laval to remain in the 9th place. On the other side, Laval will stay with 7 points like Sochaux, Metz and Nîmes to hold in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Nîmes will play away against Grenoble Foot 38 on the 30th of August with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Grenoble Foot 38 (0 draws).
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).
Nîmes – Formation
Nîmes
15'
81'
54'
Nîmes adopted the 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
The manager Nicolas Usaï decided to play with the following team: Axel Maraval , Thibault Vargas , Maël Durand de Gevigney , Benoît Poulain , Kelyan Guessoum , Patrick Burner , Ronny Labonne , Lamine Fomba , Jean N’Guessan , Malik Tchokounté and Moussa Koné .
The home team had on the bench: Amjhad Nazih, Yassine Benrahou , Leon Delpech , Niclas Eliasson, Elías Már Ómarsson , Scotty Sadzoute and Marius Zampa.
Nîmes could not rely on the presence of S. Sadzoute (injured).
Substitutions
Nîmes made 4 changes: B. Poulain for S. Sadzoute (15′), M. Tchokounte for E. Omarsson (73′), M. Kone for Y. Benrahou (73′) and J. K. Nguessan for L. Delpech (78′).
Best player: Jean N’Guessan
The player that probably impressed the most for Nîmes was Jean N’Guessan even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 24 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.
Laval – Formation
Laval
Also Laval adopted the 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Olivier Frapolli played with: Alexis Sauvage , Anthony Gonçalves , Marvin Baudry , Yohan Tavares , Pape Djibril Diaw , Edson Seidou , Ryan Ferhaoui , Jimmy Roye , Julien Maggiotti , Kader N’Chobi and Zakaria Naidji .
They had on the bench: Jordan Adeoti, Maxime Hautbois, Rémy Duterte , Steven Nsimba , Geoffray Durbant , Dembo Sylla and Bryan Goncalves.
Substitutions
Laval made 4 changes: Y. N’Chobi for G. Durbant (67′), J. Roye for S. Nsimba (72′), E. Seidou for D. Sylla (85′) and R. Ferhaoui for R. Duterte (85′).
Best player: Julien Maggiotti
The most impressive player for Laval was Julien Maggiotti.
His rating is with 43 passes (74% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 8 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Valenciennes – Saint-Étienne – 2-2
- Paris – Caen – 1-1
- Bordeaux – Guingamp – 0-1
- Le Havre – Amiens SC – 1-1
- Nîmes – Laval – 1-0
- Bastia – Rodez – 0-2
- Sochaux – Niort – 3-0
- Annecy – Grenoble Foot 38 – 0-0
- Metz – Dijon – 1-2
- Quevilly Rouen – Pau – 2-1
