Charbonnier pulls ASSE out of the Niort quagmire / Ligue 2 / J19 / Niort-Saint-Étienne (0-1) / January 16, 2023 / SOFOOT.com

Niort 0-1 Saint-Etienne

Goal: Charbonnier (86^e)

The lights are green!

Winner of Laval six days earlier, Saint-Étienne chained on the lawn of Niort, a direct opponent in the battle for maintenance (0-1). Benjamin Bouchouari touched wood after a stint from Mathieu Cafaro (7^e), thus announcing the color of a match rather to the advantage of the Greens. The doorman of the Chamois Mathieu Michel held the barracks for a long time, impeccable on the attempts of Cafaro (53^e), Victor Lobry (60^e), Bouchouari (71^e) or Kader Bamba (85).^e)… But Gaëtan Charbonnier ended up freezing the René-Gaillard stadium in fox, after a strike from Bamba on the bar (0-1, 86^e).

The Chamois sent shivers through the Saint-Etienne surface, but generally lacked sharpness, like Bilal Boutobba, who lacked power in his head (62^e) and who put too much in his center towards Yanis Merdji (70^e). And when the Algerian finally set the sights, Gautier Larsonneur diverted his shot (83^e). Now undefeated for three days, ASSE passed Niort and came back to three points behind the first non-relegation player, Dijon.

Still alive, still standing.

Niort (4-2-3-1): Michel – Durivaux (Abessolo, 90^e), Passi, Kilama, Vallier – Zemzemi, Benchama – Olaitan (Moutachy, 69^e), Boutobba, Renel (Sagna, 68^e) – Merdji (Rocheteau, 90^e). Coach : Rui Almeida.

Saint-Etienne (4-4-2): Larsonneur – Appiah, Briançon, Sow, Pétrot (Monconduit, 73^e) – Cafaro (Bamba, 65^e), Moueffek, Bouchouari (Nkounkou, 74^e), Lobry – Krasso (Wadji, 90^e+3), Coalman. Coach : Laurent Batlles.