Niort 3-2 Bourg-en-Bresse: result and report

Ligue 2 · Friday 3 February 2017

Result

Niort 3-2 Bourg-en-Bresse

Ligue 2 · Friday 3 February 2017, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Niort 3-2 Bourg-en-Bresse: match report

Niort won against Bourg-en-Bresse 3-2 in Ligue 2 on Friday 3 February 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Yanis Merdji opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Niort's goals came from A. Dabasse (76'), J. Choplin (81') and Jimmy Roye (89', penalty). Bourg-en-Bresse scored through Yanis Merdji (43') and Yanis Merdji (69').

Discipline: Niort received 2 yellow cards; Bourg-en-Bresse received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Niort were 11th on 30 points from 22 and Bourg-en-Bresse 9th on 31 points from 22. Niort went on to finish that season 10th with 49 points, and Bourg-en-Bresse 15th with 44.

Niort lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Bourg-en-Bresse in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Yanis Merdji of Bourg-en-Bresse (8.0), ahead of David Kiki (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Niort wins, 2 draws and 1 for Bourg-en-Bresse.

Going into the match Niort's last five read D-W-D-L-D and Bourg-en-Bresse's W-W-W-D-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Yellow card · Yanis MerdjiBourg-en-Bresse
  • 43'Goal · Yanis MerdjiBourg-en-Bresse · 0-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Vital NsimbaBourg-en-Bresse
  • 68'Yellow card · Laurent AgouaziNiort
  • 69'Goal · Yanis MerdjiBourg-en-Bresse · 0-2
  • 76'Goal · A. DabasseNiort · 1-2
  • 81'Goal · J. ChoplinNiort · 2-2
  • 85'Yellow card · Julien FabriBourg-en-Bresse
  • 86'Yellow card · J. NirloBourg-en-Bresse
  • 87'Yellow card · Antoine PonroyBourg-en-Bresse
  • 89'Penalty goal · Jimmy RoyeNiort · 3-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Jimmy RoyeNiort

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Niort 0, draws 2, Bourg-en-Bresse 1.

Team news

Niort line-up (4-1-4-1)

Saturnin Allagbé, David Kiki, Junior Sambia, Jérémy Choplin, Dylan Bronn, David Djigla, Laurent Agouazi, Aliou Dembélé, Jimmy Roye, Romain Grange, Ande Dona Ndoh

Bourg-en-Bresse line-up (4-2-3-1)

Julien Fabri, Antoine Ponroy, Florent Perradin, Vital Nsimba, Pizitho Ange Digbeu, Romain Del Castillo, Julien Bègue, Jimmy Nirlo, Sebastien Chere, Loïc Damour, Yanis Merdji