Nîmes 3-0 Châteauroux: result and report

Ligue 2 · Saturday 20 January 2018

Result

Nîmes 3-0 Châteauroux

Ligue 2 · Saturday 20 January 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Nîmes · Châteauroux · Ligue 2 predictions

Nîmes 3-0 Châteauroux: match report

Nîmes defeated Châteauroux 3-0 in Ligue 2 on Saturday 20 January 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.

R. Ripart opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Nîmes's goals came from R. Ripart (30'), Umut Bozok (68', penalty) and R. Alioui (81'). Châteauroux did not score.

Discipline: Nîmes received 1 yellow card; Châteauroux received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nîmes were 2nd on 40 points from 20 and Châteauroux 9th on 34 points from 21. Nîmes went on to finish that season 2nd with 73 points, and Châteauroux 9th with 60.

Nîmes lined up in a 4-4-2 and Châteauroux in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Romain Del Castillo of Nîmes (8.9), ahead of Rachid Alioui (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Nîmes wins, 0 draws and 4 for Châteauroux.

Going into the match Nîmes's last five read W-L-W-W-W and Châteauroux's W-W-D-W-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Christophe MandanneChâteauroux
  • 27'Yellow card · Richard-Quentin SamnickChâteauroux
  • 29'Yellow card · Cheick TraoréChâteauroux
  • 30'Goal · R. RipartNîmes · 1-0
  • 58'Yellow card · Pierrick ValdiviaNîmes
  • 68'Penalty goal · Umut BozokNîmes · 2-0
  • 81'Goal · R. AliouiNîmes · 3-0

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Nîmes 3, draws 0, Châteauroux 4.

Team news

Nîmes line-up (4-4-2)

Baptiste Valette, Gaëtan Paquiez, Fethi Harek, Anthony Briançon, Sofiane Alakouch, Pierrick Valdivia, Romain Del Castillo, Théo Valls, Renaud Ripart, Rachid Alioui, Umut Bozok

Châteauroux line-up (3-4-3)

Remy Pillot, Yannick M'Bone, Richard-Quentin Samnick, Grégory Bourillon, Chaker Alhadhur, Sidy Sarr, Opa Sangante, Cheick Traoré, Oumare Tounkara, Saïd Benrahma, Christophe Mandanne