French Ligue 2

FT Friday, January 15, 2016
Niort WDWWD 3
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Sochaux WLWWL 2
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NIO123
SOC202
Stade Bonal

Match Report

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Head to Head

SOC leads series 2-1-1

Lineups

SOC

  1. 30Papa Demba CamaraG
  2. 25Julien FaussurierD
  3. 27Pierre GibaudD
  4. 6Jeando FuchsD
  5. 4Adolphe TeikeuD
  6. 21Marco IlaimaharitraM
  7. 11Raphael CaceresM
  8. 33Thomas RobinetM
  9. 22Florien TardieuM
  10. 24Thomas GuerbertM
  11. 18Sekou CisséF

Substitutes

  1. 12Jean-Pascal MignotSUB
  2. 16Maxence PrevotSUB
  3. 34Sofiane DahamSUB
  4. 17Marcus ThuramSUB
  5. 19Karl Toko EkambiSUB

NIO

  1. 1Paul DelecroixG
  2. 3David KikiD
  3. 21Jeremy ChoplinD
  4. 23Tristan LahayeD
  5. 5Matthieu SansD
  6. 14Chafik TigroudjaM
  7. 8Faïz SelemaniM
  8. 19Jimmy RoyeM
  9. 24Djiman KoukouM
  10. 18Kevin RocheteauM
  11. 12Seydou KoneF

Substitutes

  1. 33Junior SambiaSUB
  2. 16Saturnin AllagbéSUB
  3. 9Ande Dona NdohSUB
  4. 26Messaoud BouardjaSUB
  5. 7David DjiglaSUB

Timeline

  1. 2' Sekou Cissé (Sochaux) Goal at 2'
  2. 18' David Kiki (Niort) Yellow Card at 18'
  3. 24' Sekou Cissé (Sochaux) Yellow Card at 24'
  4. 40' Adolphe Teikeu (Sochaux) Own Goal at 40'
  5. 45' Messaoud Bouardja (Niort) Substitution at 45'
  6. 45'+1' Sekou Cissé (Sochaux) Goal at 46'
  7. 47' Thomas Robinet (Sochaux) Yellow Card at 47'
  8. 48' Chafik Tigroudja (Niort) Goal at 48'
  9. 62' Karl Toko Ekambi (Sochaux) Substitution at 62'
  10. 68' Marcus Thuram (Sochaux) Substitution at 68'
  11. 71' Junior Sambia (Niort) Substitution at 71'
  12. 79' Seydou Kone (Niort) Goal at 79'
  13. 80' Ande Dona Ndoh (Niort) Substitution at 80'

Ligue 2 News

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