LE HAVRE. Nantes snatched a late win Le Havre 1-0 after A. Kader scored just 1 goal (90′). Nantes made the most of its superior ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Stade Océane stadium in Le Havre on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Hakim Ben El Hadj assisted by Christophe Mouysset and Cyril Mugnier. The 4th official was Romain Perpinan. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 12.12 degrees Celsius or 53.82 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Nantes was in firm control of the ball 56% while Le Havre was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Le Havre was more aggressive with 64 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 1 were on target. Still, Nantes succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Le Havre shot 10 times, 1 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Nantes shot 12 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Le Havre received 3 yellow cards (Daler Kuzyaev, Samuel Grandsir and Emmanuel Sabbi). Regarding the opposition, Nantes received 2 yellow cards (Nicolas Pallois and Abdoul Kader Bamba).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Le Havre stays with 28 points to remain in the 15th place. On the other side, Nantes will has 31 points to remain in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Le Havre will host Metz on the 21st of April with a 6-4 head to head statistic in favor of Le Havre (8 draws).
Nantes will host Rennes on the 21st of April with a 17-4 head to head stats in favor of Rennes (8 draws).
Le Havre – Formation
Le Havre
46'
83'
Le Havre started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
The manager Luka Elsner decided to play with the following team: Gautier Lloris, Oussama Targhalline, Arthur Desmas , Loïc Nego , Arouna Sangante , Étienne Youté Kinkoué , Yoann Salmier , Christopher Operi , Daler Kuzyaev , Abdoulaye Touré , Yassine Kechta , Emmanuel Sabbi and André Ayew .
The home team had on the bench: Mathieu Gorgelin, Mohamed Bayo , Steve Ngoura , Oualid El Hajjam, Aloïs Confais, S. Ebonog , Samuel Grandsir , Y. Gomis and Josue Casimir .
Substitutions
Le Havre made 4 changes: Loïc Nego for Josue Casimir (46′), Emmanuel Sabbi for Mohamed Bayo (88′), André Ayew for Samuel Grandsir (88′) and Yassine Kechta for Steve Ngoura (71′).
Player of the match: Arouna Sangante
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Le Havre was Arouna Sangante.
His rating is with 37 passes (76% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.
Nantes – Formation
Nantes
90'
Nantes started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Antoine Kombouare played with: Alban Lafont , Kelvin Amian , Jean-Charles Castelletto , Nicolas Pallois , Jean-Kévin Duverne , Samuel Moutoussamy , Pedro Chirivella , Florent Mollet , Boris Savic , Matthis Abline , Mostafa Mohamed .
These were the players on the bench: Marcus Coco, Abdoul Kader Bamba , Stredair Appuah, Denis Petrić, A. Mahamoud, Bénie Traoré , Nathan Zézé, Nicolas Cozza and Douglas Augusto .
Substitutions
Nantes made 4 changes: Mostafa Mohamed for Bénie Traoré (66′), Samuel Moutoussamy for Douglas Augusto (79′), Florent Mollet for Abdoul Kader Bamba (79′) and Matthis Abline for Marcus Coco (90′).
Player of the match: Nicolas Pallois
The player that probably impressed the most for Nantes was Nicolas Pallois even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 61 passes (92% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 6.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Olympique Lyonnais – Brest – 4-3
- Le Havre – Nantes – 0-1
- Clermont – Montpellier – 1-1
