Auxerre used a 5-4-1 formation with Niang as the attacker. The away side switched to a 5-3-2 formation from 69 minutes to 84 minutes. In the 85th minute, Hugo Ektike scored a goal, but Auxerre defender Jeanvier got injured and had to be stretchered off the field. So the away side had to play with ten men. The manager switched the formation to 5-3-1 and kept it till the end of the match.