At ASSE, Hungarian midfielder Aron Csongvai confirmed his role as an essential player after ten days of Ligue 2. After the 1-0 against Nantes, he is the only Green to have played the entire match time, totaling 995 minutes, according to EVECT statistics. This figure places him at the top of the team's playing time rankings, overtaking his teammate Sohaib Naïr, who, after a withdrawal, drops to fourth place with 893 minutes.
The departure of Naïr, who was ill before the duel against the Canaries, shook up the hierarchy of minutes. Kévin Pedro and Maxime Bernauer thus crossed his threshold, recording 949 and 894 minutes respectively. Among the other players, Augustine Boakye, who scored the decisive goal against Nantes, finds himself in fifth place with 872 minutes, while Julien Le Cardinal follows with 818 minutes. Gautier Larsonneur, injured, sees his ranking drop to seventh position with 788 minutes. João Ferreira, Mahmoud Jaber and Chico Lamba have also gained ground in the rotation.
In total, six ASSE players participated in the first ten matches of the season. In addition to Csongvai, Pedro, Bernauer, Irvin Cardona, Thierno Ballo and Joshua Duffus were present. Duffus, despite only having 267 minutes, was always selected for matches. This distribution of minutes shows that coach Ian Cathro favors a solid core around Csongvai, whom he considers a key element of defense and midfield.
With his record number of minutes, Csongvai consolidates his status as the Greens' most used player. ASSE therefore seems to be counting on him for the next stages of the campaign, while the club may have to consider reinforcement, particularly at left back, for January in order to support the already heavy workload.