NICE. Nice was finally too much to handle for Ajaccio with the goal of Dante (3′), Billal Brahimi (70′) and Billal Brahimi (90′). Nice was much better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice. The referee was Stéphanie Frappart who was helped by Mikael Berchebru and Hicham Zakrani. The 4th official was William Toulliou. The weather was clear. The temperature was freezing at -2.8 degrees Celsius or 26.96 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 42%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Nice had a superior ball possession 62% while Ajaccio was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Ajaccio had a more offensive attitude with 37 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 4 were on target. Still, Nice found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Nice shot 13 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Ajaccio shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Nice received 1 yellow card (Hicham Boudaoui). Talking about the opposition, Ajaccio didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this match, Nice will have 37 points to hold in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Ajaccio will stay with 18 points like Strasbourg to sit in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Nice will play away against Monaco on the 26th of February with a 18-9 head to head record in favor of Monaco (10 draws).

Ajaccio will play away agasint Lorient on the 19th of February with a 7-3 head to head in favor of Lorient (5 draws).

Nice – Formation

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

The manager Didier Digard decided to play with the following team: Kasper Schmeichel (7.4), Antoine Mendy (6.8), Jean-Clair Todibo (7.0), Dante (7.6), Jordan Lotomba (6.8), Aaron Ramsey (6.9), Hicham Boudaoui (6.6), Khéphren Thuram (6.7), Badredine Bouanani (7.0), Terem Moffi (6.4) and Gaëtan Laborde (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Teddy Boulhendi, Youssouf Ndayishimiye (7.1), Melvin Bard, Mattia Viti, Sofiane Diop (6.8), Ross Barkley (6.1), Alexis Beka Beka, Pablo Rosario and Bilal Brahimi (7.6).

Substitutions

Nice made 5 changes: B. Bouanani for Bilal Brahimi (66′), Khéphren Thuram for Sofiane Diop (66′), Hicham Boudaoui for Youssouf Ndayishimiye (66′), Gaëtan Laborde for Ross Barkley (78′) and Aaron Ramsey for Pablo Rosario (85′).

Best player: Dante​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Nice was Dante.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 142 passes (94% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3.

Ajaccio – Formation

Ajaccio started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Olivier Pantaloni played with: Benjamin Leroy (6.0), Mohamed Youssouf (7.1), Oumar Gonzalez (6.2), Cedric Avinel (6.8), Mickaël Alphonse (6.9), Clement Vidal (6.6), Cyrille Bayala (6.4), Florian Chabrolle (6.6), Mickaël Barreto (6.7), Riad Nouri (7.0) and Mounaim El Idrissy (6.8).

They had on the bench: Francois-Joseph Sollacaro, Anthony Khelifa, Mehdi Puch-Herrantz, Romain Hamouma (6.7), Jean Fiacre Kouamé Botué, Ruan Potó, Moussa Djitté (6.4), Moussa Soumano, Lebas da Silva and Mehdi Puch-Herrantz.

Substitutions

Ajaccio made 3 changes: M. El Idrissy for Moussa Djitté (74′), Riad Nouri for Romain Hamouma (74′) and Cyrille Bayala for Ruan Potó (82′).

Best player: Mohamed Youssouf​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ajaccio was Mohamed Youssouf.

His rating is (7.1) with 36 passes (91% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Nice – Ajaccio – 3-0