Niort 3-2 Laval: result and report

Ligue 2 · Saturday 18 March 2023

Result

Niort 3-2 Laval

Ligue 2 · Saturday 18 March 2023, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Niort 3-2 Laval: match report

Niort defeated Laval 3-2 in Ligue 2 on Saturday 18 March 2023. The half-time score was 1-1.

Antonin Bobichon opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Niort's goals came from Bilal Boutobba (45+2'), Samuel Renel (72') and Kévin Rocheteau (88', penalty). Laval scored through Antonin Bobichon (40') and Simon Elisor (83').

Discipline: Niort received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Laval received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Niort were 20th on 23 points from 27 and Laval 15th on 31 points from 27. Niort went on to finish that season 20th with 29 points, and Laval 14th with 46.

Niort lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Laval in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Charles Kabore of Niort (7.5), level with Bilal Boutobba (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Niort wins, 0 draws and 1 for Laval.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Yellow card · Ibrahima ContéNiort
  • 15'Yellow card · Charles KaboréNiort
  • 40'Goal · Antonin BobichonLaval · 0-1
  • 45+2'Goal · Bilal BoutobbaNiort · 1-1
  • 72'Goal · Samuel RenelNiort · 2-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Bryan GoncalvesLaval
  • 83'Goal · Simon ElisorLaval · 2-2
  • 88'Yellow card · E. SeidouLaval
  • 88'Penalty goal · Kévin RocheteauNiort · 3-2
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Bryan PassiNiort
  • 90+7'Second yellow · Bryan GoncalvesLaval
  • 90+7'Second yellow · Ibrahima ContéNiort

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Niort 0, draws 0, Laval 1.

Team news

Niort line-up (4-1-4-1)

Mathieu Michel, Dylan Durivaux, Guy-Marcelin Kilama, Ibrahima Conté, Quentin Bernard, Charles Kabore, Bilal Boutobba, Samy Benchamma, Samuel Renel, Junior Flemmings, Ryan Bakayoko

Laval line-up (5-4-1)

Alexis Sauvage, Anthony Gonçalves, Marvin Baudry, Yohan Tavares, Bryan Goncalves, Edson Seidou, Antonin Bobichon, Jimmy Roye, Jordan Adeoti, Simon Elisor, Kader N'Chobi