AMIENS. Saint-Étienne prevails over Amiens SC 1-0 after I. Wadji scored a penalty (50′).

The match was played at the Stade Crédit Agricole de la Licorne stadium in Amiens on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Mikael Lesage with the assistance of Youssef El Hamzaoui and Bertrand Corcuff. The 4th official was Marc Michout. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 19.2 degrees Celsius or 66.58 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Amiens SC was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Saint-Étienne that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Saint-Étienne was putting more pressure with 78 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 1 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Saint-Étienne won the encounter.​

Amiens SC shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Saint-Étienne shot 7 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Amiens SC received 2 yellow cards (S. Ring and M. Fofana). Talking about the opposition, Saint-Étienne received 2 yellow cards (I. Wadji and L. Petrot).

Standings

After playing this match, Amiens SC will stay with 23 points like Le Havre to remain in the 4th place. On the opposite side, Saint-Étienne will have 11 points like Nîmes and Niort to hold in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 2, Amiens SC will play away against Pau on the 5th of November with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of Pau (2 draws).

Saint-Étienne will play away agasint Metz on the 7th of November with a 9-4 head to head in favor of Saint-Étienne (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 (6.3), Formose Mendy (7.0), Abdourahmane Barry (7.2), Mamadou Fofana (6.8), Jérémy Gélin (6.9), Antoine Leautey (7.1), Gaël Kakuta (6.0), Mamadou Fofana (6.9), Sebastian Ring (6.6), Papiss Demba Cissé (6.3) and Tolu Arokodare (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Iron Gomis (6.6), Mattheo Xantippe (6.3), Paul Charruau, Hassane Bandé, Jessy Benet (6.8), Mathis Lachuer and Ange Chibozo (6.4).

Substitutions

Amiens SC made 5 changes: P. Cisse for A. J. Chibozo (64′), M. Fofana for J. Benet (64′), S. Ring for M. Xantippe (77′), A. Leautey for I. Gomis (77′) and J. Gelin for H. Bande (82′).

Best player: Abdourahmane Barry​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Amiens SC was Abdourahmane Barry.

His rating is (7.2) with 54 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6.

Saint-Étienne – Formation

Saint-Étienne started with a 3-5-1-1 line-up (3-5-1-1).

Laurent Batlles played with: Matthieu Dreyer (6.9), Anthony Briançon (7.0), Jules Mouton, Jules Mouton, Jimmy Giraudon (7.0), Leo Petrot (6.8), Anas Namri (7.1), Louis Mouton (6.6), Thomas Monconduit (7.3), Victor Lobry (7.4) and Lenny Pintor (7.1), Dylan Chambost (6.9), Ibrahima Wadji (7.0).

They had on the bench: Aimen Moueffek (6.6), Etienne Green, Benjamin Bouchouari, Jibril Othman, Saïdou Sow, Mickael Nade and Gabriel Silva (6.8).

Substitutions

Saint-Étienne made 4 changes: L. Mouton for A. Moueffek (60′), L. Pintor for S. Gabriel (63′), I. Wadji for B. Bouchouari (82′) and T. Monconduit for J. Othman (82′).

Best player: Victor Lobry​

The player that probably impressed the most for Saint-Étienne was Victor Lobry even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.4) with 47 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

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