LAVAL. Laval conquered Niort to win 2-1. It was Laval to strike first with a goal of J. Roye at the 14′. Then it was a goal in the 24′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, J. Maggiotti gave the win to Laval in the 58′ minute with a goal. Laval was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stade Francis Le Basser stadium in Laval on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Mikael Lesage with the assistance of Julien Pacelli and Nicolas Durand. The 4th official was Tifenn LeProdhomme. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 22.7 degrees Celsius or 72.77 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Laval had a strong ball possession 62% while Niort was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Laval was more pushing with 79 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Laval won the match.
Laval shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Niort shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
None of the teams received any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Laval will have 17 points to remain in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, Niort will stay with 11 points like Saint-Étienne to hold in the 20th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Laval will host Valenciennes on the 12th of November with a 4-1 head to head stats in favor of Valenciennes (3 draws).
Niort will host Nîmes on the 12th of November with a 7-6 head to head record in favor of Nîmes (1 draw).
Laval – Formation
Laval started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Olivier Frapolli decided to play with the following team: Alexis Sauvage , Yasser Balde , Yohan Tavares , Bryan Goncalves , Anthony Gonçalves , Sam Sanna , Jimmy Roye , Julien Maggiotti , Edson Seidou , Geoffray Durbant and Zakaria Naidji .
The home team had on the bench: Maxime Hautbois, Marvin Baudry, Ryan Ferhaoui, Jordan Adeoti, Rémy Duterte, Kader N’Chobi and Dembo Sylla.
Substitutions
Laval made 4 changes: S. Sanna for Y. N’Chobi (72′), B. Goncalves for M. Baudry (83′), J. Maggiotti for J. Adeoti (83′) and Z. Naidji for D. Sylla (90′).
Best player: Julien Maggiotti
The most impressive player for Laval was Julien Maggiotti.
His rating is with 1 goal, 44 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 7 crosses.
Niort – Formation
Niort started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Ande Dona N\’Doh played with: Mathieu Michel , Dylan Durivaux , Ibrahima Sory Conté , Bradley Matufueni M’bondo , Joris Moutachy , Charles Kabore , Samy Benchama , Bilal Boutobba , Moataz Zemzemi , Amadou Sagna and Junior Olaitan .
They had on the bench: Samuel Renel, Yanis Maronne, Guy-Marcelin Kilama , Ryan Bakayoko, Kevin Rocheteau , Yanis Merdji and Lenny Vallier .
Substitutions
Niort made 4 changes: C. Kabore for G. Kilama (33′), S. Benchama for K. Rocheteau (68′), J. Olaitan for Y. Merdji (75′) and D. Durivaux for L. Vallier (76′).
Best player: Charles Kabore
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Niort was Charles Kabore.
His rating is with 10 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 2.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Bastia – Paris – 0-1
- Nîmes – Bordeaux – 1-0
- Pau – Amiens SC – 2-1
- Dijon – Guingamp – 1-1
- Valenciennes – Caen – 1-1
- Rodez – Grenoble Foot 38 – 0-1
- Laval – Niort – 2-1
- Annecy – Sochaux – 2-1
- Quevilly Rouen – Le Havre – 0-1