Laval 2-1 Caen: result and report
Ligue 2 · Saturday 2 September 2023
Result
Laval 2-1 Caen
Ligue 2 · Saturday 2 September 2023, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Laval 2-1 Caen: match report
Laval defeated Caen 2-1 in Ligue 2 on Saturday 2 September 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Ali Abdi opened the scoring in the 77th minute. Laval's goals came from Thibault Vargas (90+2') and Malik Tchokounté (90+5', penalty). Caen scored through Ali Abdi (77').
Discipline: Laval received 4 yellow cards; Caen received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Laval were 7th on 7 points from 4 and Caen 1st on 12 points from 4. Laval went on to finish that season 7th with 55 points, and Caen 6th with 58.
Laval lined up in a 5-4-1 and Caen in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Thibaut Vargas of Laval (8.5), ahead of Malik Tchokounté (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Laval wins, 2 draws and 4 for Caen.
Going into the match Laval's last five read D-W-L-W and Caen's W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 44'Yellow card · Quentin Daubin
- 45'Yellow card · Olivier Frapolli
- 56'Yellow card · Junior Kadile
- 61'Yellow card · Anthony Mandrea
- 77'Goal · Ali Abdi
- 78'Yellow card · Thibault Vargas
- 88'Yellow card · Loïs Martins
- 90+2'Goal · Thibault Vargas
- 90+4'Yellow card · Valentin Henry
- 90+5'Penalty goal · Malik Tchokounté
Head-to-head
Team news
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Laval line-up (5-4-1)
Mamadou Samassa, Anthony Gonçalves, Marvin Baudry, Yohan Tavares, Pape Djibril Diaw, Amin Cherni, Thibaut Vargas, Jimmy Roye, Sam Sanna, Junior Kadile, Malik Tchokounté
Caen line-up (4-4-2)
Anthony Mandréa, Valentin Henry, Emmanuel Ntim, Romain Thomas, Ali Abdi, Godson Kyeremeh, Quentin Daubin, Brahim Traoré, Luis Díaz, Bilal Brahimi, Alexandre Mendy