NANTES. Nantes beat Clermont to win 2-1. It was Nantes to strike first with a goal of A. Girotto at the 38′. Then it was a goal in the 49′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, L. Blas gave the win to Nantes in the 61′ minute with a goal.

Nantes remained in 10 people after S. Corchia received a red card in the 41′. Anyway, Nantes still was capable to win this match playing only with 10 players​. J. Gastien received a red card (30′)​. This red card was one of the reason why Clermont lost the match.

The match was played at the Stade de la Beaujoire – Louis Fonteneau stadium in Nantes on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Romain Lissorgue who had the assistance of Bastien Courbet and Valentin Evrard. The 4th official was Cédric Dos Santos. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 13.6 degrees Celsius or 56.46 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Nantes was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Clermont that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Nantes was more aggressive with 48 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Nantes won the match​.

Nantes shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Clermont shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Nantes received 1 yellow card (Fabio). Regarding the opposition, Clermont didn’t receive any yellow card.

(Nantes) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (41′).

Also, Clermont didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after J. Gastien (Clermont) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (30′).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Nantes will have 17 points like Olympique Marseille and Angers SCO to stay in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, Clermont will stay with 13 points like Montpellier to stay in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Nantes will play away against Montpellier on the 31st of October with a 9-5 head to head record in favor of Nantes (5 draws).

Clermont will host Olympique Marseille on the 31st of October with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Olympique Marseille (0 draws).

Nantes – Formation

Nantes started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Antoine Kombouare decided to play with the following team: Alban Lafont (6.3), Sébastien Corchia (5.5), Jean-Charles Castelletto (6.2), Nicolas Pallois (6.9), Fábio (6.6), Roli Pereira De Sa (6.4), Andrei Girotto (7.2), Pedro Chirivella (7.3), Ludovic Blas (8.6), Randal Kolo Muani (6.5) and Moses Simon (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Charles Traoré, Samuel Moutoussamy, Kalifa Coulibaly, Renaud Emond, Gor Manvelyan, Wylan Cyprien, Marcus Coco, Dennis Appiah (6.3) and Rémy Descamps.

Nantes could not rely on the presence of K. Coulibaly (injured).

Substitutions

Nantes made 3 changes: R. Perreira de Sa for D. Appiah (69′), M. Simon for S. Moutoussamy (90′) and L. Blas for K. Coulibaly (90′).

Best player: Ludovic Blas​

The player that probably impressed the most for Nantes was Ludovic Blas.

His rating is (8.6) with 1 goal, 35 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Clermont – Formation

Clermont started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the other side, Pascal Gastien played with: Arthur Desmas (6.2), Akim Zedadka (6.8), Cedric Hountondji (7.1), Florent Ogier (7.3), Vital N’Simba (6.7), Salis Abdul Samed (6.8), Johan Gastien (5.2), Jodel Dossou (6.2), Jason Berthomier (6.5), Elbasan Rashani (7.0) and Mohamed Bayo (7.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Alidu Seidu, Pierre-Yves Hamel (6.5), Saîf-Eddine Khaoui (7.4), Ouparine Djoco, Jonathan Iglesias (6.8), Jean Claude Billong (6.8), Jim Allevinah (6.4), Oriol Busquets and Arial Mendy.

Substitutions

Clermont made 5 changes: J. Berthomier for J. Iglesias (62′), J. Dossou for J. Allevinah (63′), E. Rashani for S. Khaoui (68′), F. Ogier for J. C. Billong (81′) and M. Bayo for P. Hamel (81′).

Best player: Saîf-Eddine Khaoui​

The player that probably impressed the most for Clermont was Saîf-Eddine Khaoui.

His rating is (7.4) with 11 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 3. He performed 3 crosses.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 68′.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.​

• Nantes – Clermont – 2-1