NIORT. Le Havre defeats Niort 1-0 after V. Lekhal scored a penalty (54′). Le Havre took advantage of its better ball possession (57%).
Y. Kitala squandered a penalty (36′) for Le Havre.
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 Alexandre Perreau Niel who was helped by Yohann Larhant and Bertrand Jouannaud. The 4th official was Maxime Jamet. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 20.9 degrees Celsius or 69.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Le Havre was in firm control of the ball 57% while Niort was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Le Havre was more pushing with 59 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Le Havre won the encounter.
Niort shot 6 times, 0 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Le Havre shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Niort received 3 yellow cards (L. Vallier, B. Passi and G. Kilama). Regarding the opposition, Le Havre received 3 yellow cards (A. Richardson, A. Confais and A. Confais).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Niort will stay with 7 points like Saint-Étienne, Laval, Quevilly Rouen and Pau to sit in the 18th place. Talking about the opposition, Le Havre will have 15 points like Caen to remain in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Niort will play away against Amiens SC on the 17th of September with a 5-3 head to head statistic in favor of Amiens SC (2 draws).
Le Havre will host Annecy on the 17th of September with a 0-0 head to head statistic.
Niort – Formation
Niort started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Ande Dona N\’Doh decided to play with the following team: Mathieu Michel , Ibrahima Sory Conté , Bryan Passi , Guy-Marcelin Kilama , Joris Moutachy , Samy Benchama , Samuel Renel , Lenny Vallier , Bilal Boutobba , Amadou Sagna and Yanis Merdji .
The home team had on the bench: Ryan Bakayoko , Junior Olaitan , Jean Louchet, Bradley Matufueni M’bondo, Yohan Cassubie , Godwin Bentil and Oumar Ngom.
Substitutions
Niort made 2 changes: I. Conte for J. Olaitan (75′) and I. Conte for J. Olaitan (75′).
Best player: Joris Moutachy
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Niort was Joris Moutachy.
His rating is with 17 passes (82% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 5 crosses.
Le Havre – Formation
Le Havre started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Luka Elsner played with: Arthur Desmas , Oualid El Hajjam , Arouna Sangante , Gautier Lloris , Christopher Operi , Amir Richardson , Victor Lekhal , Yassine Kechta , Quentin Cornette , Yann Kitala and Nabil Alioui .
These were the players on the bench: Nolan Mbemba , Alois Confais , Elies Mahmoud , Ylan Gomes , Djamal Moussadek, Josué Casimir and Mathieu Gorgelin.
Substitutions
Le Havre made 6 changes: Y. Kechta for A. Confais (66′), Q. Cornette for J. Casimir (66′), Y. Kitala for Y. Gomes (71′), A. Richardson for E. Mahmoud (86′), N. Alioui for N. Mbemba (86′) and N. Alioui for N. Mbemba (86′).
Best player: Nabil Alioui
The most impressive player for Le Havre was Nabil Alioui even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 23 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 6 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Grenoble Foot 38 – Paris – 1-2
- Saint-Étienne – Bordeaux – 2-0
- Caen – Amiens SC – 3-1
- Nîmes – Bastia – 0-0
- Dijon – Sochaux – 0-2
- Niort – Le Havre – 0-1
- Rodez – Valenciennes – 1-1
- Laval – Pau – 0-1
- Annecy – Quevilly Rouen – 1-0