PAU vs Laval 3-2

PAU beat Laval 3-2 at Nouste Camp after a late goal from Trevis Dago and a red card for Julien Maggiotti in stoppage time. Laval twice pulled the game level, but PAU went back in front after the break and held on through the closing stages.

PAU struck first in the 18th minute when Anthony Briançon finished from Jessy Benet for 1-0. Laval replied three minutes later, with Mathys Houdayer scoring from Ethan Clavreul to make it 1-1, and that was the half-time score.

Babacar Leye restored PAU’s lead in the 55th minute from Jeremy Sebas, who had come on in the 45th minute, and Hacene Benali made it 3-1 in the 76th minute from Mathys Tourraine, who had also come off the bench in the 45th minute. Laval made three changes in the 61st minute and another two in the 81st, then pulled one back in the 90th minute when Trevis Dago, introduced in the 61st minute, scored from C. Gourichy, also a 61st-minute substitute, to leave it 3-2.

The numbers were tight despite PAU’s win. Laval had 57% of the ball and 476 passes to PAU’s 358, while PAU had more shots, 16 to 11, and more on target, 8 to 5. PAU also finished with 1.94 expected goals against Laval’s 1.81, while Laval won 5 corners to 3 and had 5 saves to PAU’s 3.

There were two bookings for each side. PAU’s yellow cards went to Axel Bamba in the 30th minute and Hacene Benali in the 57th, while Laval’s were shown to Alessio Beaudouin in the 36th minute and Mathys Houdayer in the 64th. Julien Maggiotti was sent off for Laval in the 90+6th minute.