LE HAVRE. Le Havre defeated Caen to win 2-1. A goal from G. Kyeremeh was decisive in the 90min. It was Le Havre to strike first with an early goal of V. Lekhal at the 7′. Then J. Thiare scored again for Le Havre in the 76′ minute. Eventually, G. Kyeremeh reduced the distance for Caen (90′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the Stade Océane stadium in Le Havre on Friday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Abdelatif Kherradji with the collaboration of Gilles Lang and Nicolas Rodrigues. The 4th official was Willy Bertolotti. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 19.5 degrees Celsius or 67.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Le Havre was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Caen that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Caen had a more offensive attitude with 51 dangerous attacks and 4 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyway, Le Havre was able to find the solution to win this match.
Le Havre shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Caen shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Le Havre received 3 yellow cards (G. Lloris, Y. Kitala and A. Sangante). On the opposite side, Caen received 2 yellow cards (R. Thomas and A. Mendy).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Le Havre will have 12 points like Caen and Valenciennes to soar in the 4th place. On the other side, Caen will stay with 12 points like Le Havre and Valenciennes to move up in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Le Havre will host Annecy on the 17th of September with a 0-0 head to head record.
Caen will play away agasint Grenoble Foot 38 on the 17th of September with a 5-3 head to head statistic in favor of Grenoble Foot 38 (4 draws).
Le Havre – Formation
Le Havre started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Luka Elsner decided to play with the following team: Arthur Desmas , Oualid El Hajjam , Arouna Sangante , Gautier Lloris , Christopher Operi , Nolan Mbemba , Victor Lekhal , Yassine Kechta , Josué Casimir , Yann Kitala and Nabil Alioui .
The home team had on the bench: Amadou Samoura, Zakaria Diallo, Mathieu Gorgelin, Jamal Thiaré , Elies Mahmoud, Alois Confais and Quentin Cornette .
Substitutions
Le Havre made 5 changes: Y. Kitala for J. Thiare (59′), N. Alioui for Q. Cornette (59′), N. Mbemba for A. Confais (64′), J. Casimir for A. Samoura (87′) and Y. Kechta for E. Mahmoud (87′).
Best player: Jamal Thiaré
The most impressive player for Le Havre was Jamal Thiaré.
His rating is with 1 goal, 7 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 3.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 59′.
Caen – Formation
Caen started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Stéphane Moulin played with: Anthony Mandrea , Hugo Vandermersch , Adolphe Teikeu , Ibrahim Cissé , Romain Thomas , Johann Obiang , Quentin Daubin , Djibril Diani , Hianga’a M’Bock , Bilal Brahimi and Alexandre Mendy .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Iyad Mohamed, Godson Kyeremeh , Noe Lebreton , Yannis Clementia, Caleb Zady Sery , Brahim Traoré and Benjamin Jeannot .
Substitutions
Caen made 5 changes: H. Mbock for G. Kyeremeh (46′), A. Teikeu for C. Zady (67′), Q. Daubin for N. Lebreton (77′), A. Mendy for B. Jeannot (77′) and D. Diani for I. Mohamed (88′).
Best player: Bilal Brahimi
The player that probably impressed the most for Caen was Bilal Brahimi.
His rating is with 35 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 13. He performed 7 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Le Havre – Caen – 2-1
- Bastia – Dijon – 1-0
- Amiens SC – Grenoble Foot 38 – 1-0
- Valenciennes – Nîmes – 3-2
- Sochaux – Laval – 4-1
- Metz – Annecy – 0-0
- Quevilly Rouen – Niort – 3-3