Nîmes 3-2 Pau: result and report
Ligue 2 · Saturday 29 April 2023
Result
Nîmes 3-2 Pau
Ligue 2 · Saturday 29 April 2023, 17:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Nîmes 3-2 Pau: match report
Nîmes defeated Pau 3-2 in Ligue 2 on Saturday 29 April 2023. The half-time score was 2-1.
Rafiki Saïd opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Nîmes's goals came from Rafiki Saïd (2'), Malik Tchokounté (44') and K. Guessoum (90+3'). Pau scored through Henri Saivet (17') and Y. Begraoui (84', penalty).
Discipline: Nîmes received 3 yellow cards; Pau received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nîmes were 19th on 29 points from 32 and Pau 13th on 40 points from 32. Nîmes went on to finish that season 19th with 36 points, and Pau 13th with 47.
Nîmes lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Pau in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Malik Tchokounté of Nîmes (8.5), ahead of Thibaut Vargas (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nîmes win, 1 draw and 1 for Pau.
Going into the match Nîmes's last five read L-L-L-W-L and Pau's W-W-D-L-W.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Rafiki Saïd
- 17'Goal · Henri Saivet
- 27'Yellow card · D. Abzi
- 44'Goal · Malik Tchokounté
- 45+1'Yellow card · Antoine Batisse
- 45+3'Yellow card · Xavier Kouassi
- 69'Yellow card · Quentin Boisgard
- 80'Yellow card · K. Guessoum
- 82'Yellow card · Axel Maraval
- 84'Penalty goal · Y. Begraoui
- 85'Yellow card · Maël de Gevigney
- 90+3'Goal · K. Guessoum
Head-to-head
Team news
Nîmes line-up (4-2-3-1)
Axel Maraval, Ronny Labonne, Benoît Poulain, Maël de Gevigney, K. Guessoum, Jean N'Guessan, Joseph Romeric Lopy, Thibaut Vargas, Pablo Pagis, Rafiki Saïd, Malik Tchokounté
Pau line-up (4-4-2)
Jérôme Prior, Erwin Koffi, Xavier Laglais Kouassi, Jean Ruiz, Abzi Diyaeddine, Yanis Begraoui, Steeve Beusnard, Antoine Batisse, Quentin Boisgard, Henri Saivet, Mons Bassouamina