Niort 3-2 Bourg-en-Bresse: result and report
Ligue 2 · Friday 3 February 2017
Result
Niort 3-2 Bourg-en-Bresse
Ligue 2 · Friday 3 February 2017, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Niort 3-2 Bourg-en-Bresse: match report
Niort won against Bourg-en-Bresse 3-2 in Ligue 2 on Friday 3 February 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Yanis Merdji opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Niort's goals came from A. Dabasse (76'), J. Choplin (81') and Jimmy Roye (89', penalty). Bourg-en-Bresse scored through Yanis Merdji (43') and Yanis Merdji (69').
Discipline: Niort received 2 yellow cards; Bourg-en-Bresse received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Niort were 11th on 30 points from 22 and Bourg-en-Bresse 9th on 31 points from 22. Niort went on to finish that season 10th with 49 points, and Bourg-en-Bresse 15th with 44.
Niort lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Bourg-en-Bresse in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Yanis Merdji of Bourg-en-Bresse (8.0), ahead of David Kiki (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Niort wins, 2 draws and 1 for Bourg-en-Bresse.
Going into the match Niort's last five read D-W-D-L-D and Bourg-en-Bresse's W-W-W-D-D.
Key events
- 32'Yellow card · Yanis Merdji
- 43'Goal · Yanis Merdji
- 54'Yellow card · Vital Nsimba
- 68'Yellow card · Laurent Agouazi
- 69'Goal · Yanis Merdji
- 76'Goal · A. Dabasse
- 81'Goal · J. Choplin
- 85'Yellow card · Julien Fabri
- 86'Yellow card · J. Nirlo
- 87'Yellow card · Antoine Ponroy
- 89'Penalty goal · Jimmy Roye
- 90+1'Yellow card · Jimmy Roye
Head-to-head
Team news
Niort line-up (4-1-4-1)
Saturnin Allagbé, David Kiki, Junior Sambia, Jérémy Choplin, Dylan Bronn, David Djigla, Laurent Agouazi, Aliou Dembélé, Jimmy Roye, Romain Grange, Ande Dona Ndoh
Bourg-en-Bresse line-up (4-2-3-1)
Julien Fabri, Antoine Ponroy, Florent Perradin, Vital Nsimba, Pizitho Ange Digbeu, Romain Del Castillo, Julien Bègue, Jimmy Nirlo, Sebastien Chere, Loïc Damour, Yanis Merdji