AMIENS. Amiens SC was after all too much to handle for Niort with the goal of M. Fofana (55′), P. Cisse (60′ pen) and T. Arokodare (75′). Amiens SC capitalized on its superior ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Stade Crédit Agricole de la Licorne stadium in Amiens on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was William Toulliou with the help of Youssef El Hamzaoui and Yannick Boutry. The 4th official was Philippe Lucas. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.3 degrees Celsius or 54.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Amiens SC was in firm control of the ball 60% while Niort was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Amiens SC was putting more pressure with 95 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Amiens SC won the match​.

Amiens SC shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Niort shot 4 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Amiens SC didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Niort received 1 yellow card (J. Moutachy).

Also, Niort didn’t finish the match with 11 players after J. Moutachy (Niort) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (59′).

Standings

After this match, Amiens SC will have 17 points like Bordeaux to hold in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Niort will stay with 7 points like Saint-Étienne and Quevilly Rouen to hold in the 20th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Amiens SC will play away against Rodez on the 1st of October with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Amiens SC (1 draw).

Niort will host Guingamp on the 1st of October with a 7-2 head to head in favor of Guingamp (3 draws).

Amiens SC – Formation

Amiens SC started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).

The manager Philippe Hinschberger decided to play with the following team: Regis Gurtner (7.0), Formose Mendy (8.0), Nicholas Opoku (6.5), Mamadou Fofana (7.2), Jérémy Gélin (7.3), Antoine Leautey (7.5), Mamadou Fofana (7.5), Iron Gomis (7.1), Mattheo Xantippe (7.2), Tolu Arokodare (7.6) and Papiss Demba Cissé (8.0).

The home team had on the bench: Abdourahmane Barry, Mathis Lachuer (6.2), Hassane Bandé (6.4), Sebastian Ring, Ange Chibozo (7.3), Owen Gene (6.8) and Paul Charruau.

Substitutions

Amiens SC made 4 changes: P. Cisse for A. J. Chibozo (71′), J. Gelin for O. Gene (82′), T. Arokodare for H. Bande (82′) and A. Leautey for M. Lachuer (82′).

Best player: Papiss Demba Cissé​

The player that probably impressed the most for Amiens SC was Papiss Demba Cissé.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 13 passes (61% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.

Niort – Formation

Niort started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

Ande Dona N\’Doh played with: Mathieu Michel (5.8), Joris Moutachy (5.0), Ibrahima Sory Conté (6.2), Bryan Passi (6.3), Guy-Marcelin Kilama (6.8), Lenny Vallier (6.1), Moataz Zemzemi (6.6), Samy Benchama (6.0), Charles Kabore (7.0), Amadou Sagna (6.1) and Yanis Merdji (6.2).

These were the players on the bench: Yanis Maronne, Godwin Bentil, Bradley Matufueni M’bondo (6.2), Junior Olaitan (6.6), Sidi Cissé, Ryan Bakayoko and Samuel Renel (6.6).

Niort could not rely on the presence of S. Renel (injured).

Substitutions

Niort made 3 changes: M. Zemzemi for J. Olaitan (46′), C. Kabore for S. Renel (62′) and Y. Merdji for B. Matufueni (85′).

Best player: Charles Kabore​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Niort was Charles Kabore.

His rating is (7.0) with 30 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.​

• Guingamp – Saint-Étienne – 2-1
• Paris – Rodez – 1-2
• Bordeaux – Dijon – 2-1
• Le Havre – Annecy – 2-0
• Pau – Valenciennes – 1-0
• Bastia – Metz – 1-0
• Amiens SC – Niort – 3-0
• Grenoble Foot 38 – Caen – 1-0
• Quevilly Rouen – Laval – 1-3
• Sochaux – Nîmes – 3-1