Razvan Lucescu’s team were clearly superior to their opponents, completely dominating all areas of the pitch, but they did not have the required cutting edge in the final third to get the goal they were looking for and as a result had to settle for a goalless draw.

One of the top players on display was Soualiho Meïté. The French midfielder had a busy game in the middle for the home side, in his first start for the club. He put in endless running, and was the main link between his team’s defence and attack, and helped in every area of the pitch.

And so in the poll for the Fans’ Man of the Match, Meïté claimed first place with a percentage of 37.47% and won the individual award, leaving Kirill Despodov in second place with 17.41%, who was  deprived a debut goal by VAR, and finally the podium was completed by Baba with 10.55% from another good performance.