Niort 2-1 Nîmes: result and report
Ligue 2 · Tuesday 24 September 2013
Result
Niort 2-1 Nîmes
Ligue 2 · Tuesday 24 September 2013, 18:55 UTC · half-time 1-0
Niort 2-1 Nîmes: match report
Niort defeated Nîmes 2-1 in Ligue 2 on Tuesday 24 September 2013. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Jimmy Roye opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Niort's goals came from Jimmy Roye (35') and Kévin Rocheteau (86', penalty). Nîmes scored through Ousmane Cissokho (90+1').
Discipline: Niort received no yellow cards; Nîmes received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Niort were 13th on 8 points from 7 and Nîmes 17th on 6 points from 7. Niort went on to finish that season 5th with 58 points, and Nîmes 15th with 44.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Niort win, 0 draws and 1 for Nîmes.
Going into the match Niort's last five read L-D-W-D-D and Nîmes's L-D-D-L-W.
Key events
- 35'Goal · Jimmy Roye
- 37'Yellow card · Romain Sartre
- 61'Yellow card · Samir Benmeziane
- 86'Penalty goal · Kévin Rocheteau
- 87'Yellow card · Benoît Poulain
- 90+1'Goal · Ousmane Cissokho
Head-to-head
Team news
Niort line-up
Paul Delecroix, Johan Letzelter, Quentin Bernard, Nicolas Pallois, Mouhamadou Diaw, Jimmy Roye, David Fleurival, Djiman Waidi Kokou, Simon Hébras, Greg Houla, Emiliano Sala
Nîmes line-up
Cyrille Merville, Jérémy Cordoval, Jean-Alain Fanchone, Mohamed Benyahia, Benoît Poulain, Romain Sartre, Mouri Ogounbiyi, Pierre Bouby, Ousmane Cissokho, Anthony Koura, Samir Benmeziane