AJACCIO. Ajaccio had a remarkable comeback against Strasbourg.

Ajaccio remained in players after C. Vidal received a red card in the 80′. Nonetheless, Ajaccio still was capable to win this match playing only with 10 players​.

Y. Belaili didn’t score a penalty (63′) for Ajaccio.​

The match was played at the Stade François Coty stadium in Ajaccio on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. In front of 7,203 spectators.​ The referee was Mathieu Vernice with the support of Florian Gonçalves de Araujo and Alexandre Viala. The 4th official was Gaël Angoula. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 13 degrees Celsius or 55.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 51%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Ajaccio was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Strasbourg that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Ajaccio had a more offensive attitude with 39 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Ajaccio won the match​.

Ajaccio shot 14 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Strasbourg shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Ajaccio didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Strasbourg received 4 yellow cards (R. Pierre-Gabriel, T. Delaine, M. Le Marchand and C. Dagba).

(Ajaccio) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (80′).

Standings

After playing this contest, Ajaccio will have 11 points to hold in the 17th place. On the other side, Strasbourg will stay with 10 points like Brest to remain in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Ajaccio will play away with Nantes on the 13th of November with a 6-3 head to head in favor of Nantes (1 draw).

Strasbourg will host Lorient on the 13th of November with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Lorient (3 draws).

Ajaccio – Formation

Ajaccio started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Olivier Pantaloni decided to play with the following team: Benjamin Leroy (6.5), Mohamed Youssouf (6.4), Clement Vidal (6.3), Ismaël Diallo (6.9), Youssouf Koné (6.7), Riad Nouri (7.2), Vincent Marchetti (7.4), Mathieu Coutadeur (6.6), Youssef Belaïli (8.3), Mounaim El Idrissy (7.6) and Romain Hamouma (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Francois-Joseph Sollacaro, Qazim Laci, Kevin Spadanuda, Mickaël Alphonse (6.7), Yoann Touzghar, Cyrille Bayala (6.2), Thomas Mangani (6.2), Yanis Cimignani and Mickaël Barreto.

Substitutions

Ajaccio made 4 changes: Y. Belaili for C. Bayala (73′), R. Hamouma for M. Alphonse (80′), M. Coutadeur for T. Mangani (85′) and R. Nouri for Y. Touzghar (85′).

Best player: Youssef Belaïli​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ajaccio was Youssef Belaïli.

His rating is (8.3) with 2 goals, 32 passes (71% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 5 crosses.

Strasbourg – Formation

Strasbourg started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Julien Stéphan played with: Matz Sels (6.1), Alexander Djiku (6.4), Gerzino Nyamsi (6.4), Maxime Le Marchand (5.8), Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel (5.8), Sanjin Prcić (6.5), Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (7.2), Thomas Delaine (5.6), Habib Diallo (6.4), Ludovic Ajorque (6.8) and Kévin Gameiro (7.9).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Habib Diarra, Eiji Kawashima, Colin Dagba (7.0), Jean-Eudes Aholou, Dimitri Liénard (6.5), Ismael Doukoure, Lucas Perrin (6.9), Lebo Mothiba (6.8) and Adrien Thomasson (6.8).

Substitutions

Strasbourg made 5 changes: T. Delaine for D. Lienard (54′), R. Pierre-Gabriel for C. Dagba (55′), L. Ajorque for L. Mothiba (55′), S. Prcic for A. Thomasson (73′) and M. Le Marchand for L. Perrin (73′).

Best player: Kévin Gameiro​

The most impressive player for Strasbourg was Kévin Gameiro.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 25 passes (88% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.​

• Angers SCO – Lens – 1-2
• Ajaccio – Strasbourg – 4-2