Saint-Étienne 1-1 Troyes: Draw on Friday

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SAINT-ETIENNE. Troyes and Saint-Étienne draw 1-1. L. Mothiba scored the first goal (19') for Troyes. R. Boudebouz settled the score 1-1 (67') with a penalty.

SAINT-ETIENNE. Troyes and Saint-Étienne draw 1-1. L. Mothiba scored the first goal (19′) for Troyes. R. Boudebouz settled the score 1-1 (67′) with a penalty. Saint-Étienne was far superior when it came to possession ball (62%)​

The match was played at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-etienne on Friday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Romain Lissorgue with the help of Huseyin Ocak and Julien Aube. The 4th official was Arnaud Baert.

Match Statistics

Saint-Étienne was in firm control of the ball 62% while Troyes was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Saint-Étienne was more aggressive with 47 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. However, this did not suffice for Saint-Étienne to win the match​.

Saint-Étienne shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Troyes shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Saint-Étienne received 2 yellow cards (E. Mangala and W. Khazri). On the other side, Troyes received 2 yellow cards (X. Chavalerin and E. Palmer-Brown).

After playing this contest, Saint-Étienne will have 26 points to stay in the 18th place. On the opposite side, Troyes will have 28 points like Clermont to stay in the 15th place.

Match Events

  • 11'
    11'

    H. Moukoudi

    F. Sacko

  • 19'
    19'

    L. Mothiba

  • 55'
    55'

    Y. Touzghar

    L. Mothiba

  • 62'
    62'

    E. Mangala

  • 63'
    63'

    Y. Larouci

    A. Conte

  • 63'
    63'

    T. Dingome

    I. Ugbo

  • 65'
    65'

    Xavier Chavalerin

  • 65'
    65'

    Erik Palmer-Brown

  • 67'
    67'

    R. Boudebouz (Penalty)

  • 69'
    69'

    W. Khazri

  • 73'
    73'

    A. Nordin

    S. Thioub

  • 83'
    83'

    Aimen Moueffek

    Mickaël Nade

  • 83'
    83'

    Adil Aouchiche

    Wahbi Khazri

  • 88'
    88'

    A. Rami

    O. El Hajjam

Next match

In the next match in the Troyes will host Reims on the 3rd of April with a 3-0 head to head in favor of Troyes (2 draws).

Saint-Étienne: Formation and Lineups

Saint-Étienne started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Pascal Dupraz chose to play with the following team: .

Substitutes

Saint-Étienne made 4 changes: F. Sacko for H. Moukoudi (11′), S. Thioub for A. Nordin (73′), W. Khazri for A. Aouchiche (83′) and M. Nade for A. Moueffek (83′).

Troyes: Formation and Lineups

Troyes started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

On the opposite side, Bruno Irles played with: .

Substitutes

Troyes made 4 changes: L. Mothiba for Y. Touzghar (55′), A. Conte for Y. Larouci (63′), I. Ugbo for T. Dingome (63′) and O. El Hajjam for A. Rami (88′).

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