Nîmes 3-2 Niort: result and report
Ligue 2 · Saturday 28 January 2023
Result
Nîmes 3-2 Niort
Ligue 2 · Saturday 28 January 2023, 18:00 UTC · half-time 3-1
Nîmes 3-2 Niort: match report
Nîmes beat Niort 3-2 in Ligue 2 on Saturday 28 January 2023. It was 3-1 at half-time.
Malik Tchokounté opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Nîmes's goals came from Malik Tchokounté (12', penalty), Pablo Pagis (17') and Pablo Pagis (35'). Niort scored through Bilal Boutobba (30') and S. Benchamma (63').
Discipline: Nîmes received 1 yellow card; Niort received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nîmes were 20th on 16 points from 19 and Niort 19th on 17 points from 19. Nîmes went on to finish that season 19th with 36 points, and Niort 20th with 29.
Nîmes lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Niort in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Pablo Pagis of Nîmes (8.7), ahead of Nicolas Benezet (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Nîmes wins, 2 draws and 4 for Niort.
Going into the match Nîmes's last five read L-L-D-L-D and Niort's L-D-W-D-D.
Key events
- 12'Penalty goal · Malik Tchokounté
- 17'Goal · Pablo Pagis
- 30'Goal · Bilal Boutobba
- 35'Goal · Pablo Pagis
- 39'Yellow card · Kévin Rocheteau
- 44'Yellow card · Malik Tchokounté
- 53'Yellow card · D. Durivaux
- 63'Goal · S. Benchamma
Head-to-head
Team news
Nîmes line-up (4-2-3-1)
Axel Maraval, K. Guessoum, Maël de Gevigney, Nasser Djiga, Patrick Burner, Joseph Romeric Lopy, Jean N'Guessan, Rafiki Saïd, Pablo Pagis, Nicolas Benezet, Malik Tchokounté
Niort line-up (4-4-2)
Mathieu Michel, Dylan Durivaux, Bryan Passi, Guy-Marcelin Kilama, Lenny Vallier, Amadou Sagna, Samy Benchamma, Charles Kabore, Samuel Renel, Bilal Boutobba, Kevin Rocheteau