LAVAL. Le Havre found a way to reverse the score against Laval. It was Laval to score first with a goal from E. P. Diaw. Nevertheless, later Le Havre found the way to reverse the scoreline scoring 3 consecutive goals with Y. Kitala (49′), J. Thiare (71′) and A. Richardson (78′). Le Havre made the most of its better ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Stade Francis Le Basser stadium in Laval on Tuesday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Aurélien Petit assisted by Frédéric Hebrard and Matthieu Lombard. The 4th official was Félicien Gazon. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 27.4 degrees Celsius or 81.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Le Havre had a superior ball possession 58% while Laval was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Le Havre was putting more pressure with 73 dangerous attacks and 4 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Le Havre won the match.
Laval shot 3 times, 2 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, Le Havre shot 4 times, 4 on target, 0 off target.
Cards
Laval received 3 yellow cards (J. Roye, J. Maggiotti and Z. Naidji). Talking about the opposition, Le Havre received 3 yellow cards (A. Richardson, Q. Cornette and J. Thiare).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Laval will stay with 7 points like Paris and Nîmes to hold in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, Le Havre will have 9 points like Valenciennes and Grenoble Foot 38 to hold in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Laval will play away with Sochaux on the 2nd of September with a 1-1 head to head statistic.
Le Havre will host Caen on the 2nd of September with a 8-7 head to head statistic in favor of Le Havre (9 draws).
Laval – Formation
Laval
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Laval started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
The manager Olivier Frapolli decided to play with the following team: Alexis Sauvage , Anthony Gonçalves , Marvin Baudry , Yohan Tavares , Pape Djibril Diaw , Rémy Duterte , Jordan Adeoti , Jimmy Roye , Julien Maggiotti , Geoffray Durbant and Zakaria Naidji .
The home team had on the bench: Ryan Ferhaoui , M. Hautbois, Edson Seidou , B. Goncalves, Dembo Sylla , Kader N’Chobi and Steven Nsimba .
Substitutions
Laval made 5 changes: J. Adeoti for R. Ferhaoui (70′), R. Duterte for E. Seidou (70′), Z. Naidji for S. Nsimba (75′), G. Durbant for Y. N’Chobi (76′) and A. Goncalves for D. Sylla (82′).
Best player: Jimmy Roye
The player that probably impressed the most for Laval was Jimmy Roye.
His rating is with 40 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.
Le Havre – Formation
Le Havre
Le Havre started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Luka Elsner played with: Arthur Desmas , Oualid El Hajjam , Arouna Sangante , Zakaria Diallo , Christopher Operi , Amir Richardson , Victor Lekhal , Yassine Kechta , Quentin Cornette , Yann Kitala and Nabil Alioui .
These were the players on the bench: Nolan Mbemba , Sael Kumbedi , Elies Mahmoud , M. Gorgelin, Josué Casimir , G. Lloris and Jamal Thiaré .
Substitutions
Le Havre made 5 changes: Q. Cornette for J. Casimir (66′), Y. Kitala for J. Thiare (66′), Y. Kechta for N. Mbemba (72′), N. Alioui for E. Mahmoud (84′) and O. El Hajjam for S. Kumbedi (84′).
Best player: Oualid El Hajjam
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Le Havre was Oualid El Hajjam even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 66 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Amiens SC – Paris – 1-1
- Saint-Étienne – Bastia – 5-0
- Guingamp – Sochaux – 1-2
- Caen – Pau – 1-1
- Dijon – Annecy – 0-2
- Niort – Valenciennes – 0-1
- Grenoble Foot 38 – Nîmes – 3-2
- Rodez – Metz – 1-4
- Laval – Le Havre – 1-3
- Bordeaux – Quevilly Rouen – 4-0
