NICE. Reims and Nice didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday..

F. Balogun didn’t score a decisive penalty (55′). That would have allowed Reims to win the match.​

The match was played at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice. The referee was Marc Bollengier assisted by Guillaume Debart and François Boudikian. The 4th official was Robin Chapapria. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 3.8 degrees Celsius or 38.91 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Reims was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Nice that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Nice was more aggressive with 61 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 1 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Nice to win the encounter​.

Reims shot 10 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Nice shot 16 times, 1 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Reims received 1 yellow card (D. Lopy). Regarding the opposition, Nice received 1 yellow card (Jordan Lotomba).

Standings

After this match, Reims will have 34 points to remain in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, Nice will have 38 points to remain in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Reims will host Toulouse on the 26th of February with a 7-2 head to head statistic in favor of Toulouse (5 draws).

Nice will play away agasint Monaco on the 26th of February with a 18-9 head to head statistic in favor of Monaco (10 draws).

Reims – Formation

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

The manager Didier Digard decided to play with the following team: Yehvann Diouf (7.1), Thomas Foket (6.3), Cheick Keita (7.4), Yunis Abdelhamid (7.4), Thibault De Smet (6.9), Azor Matusiwa (7.1), Dion Lopy (6.6), Junya Ito (6.6), Alexis Flips (6.1), Myziane Maolida (6.3) and Folarin Balogun (5.9).

The home team had on the bench: Jens Cajuste (6.5), Alexandre Olliero, Mitchell Van Bergen (6.9), Valentin Atangana Edoa, Kaj Sierhuis, Arbër Zeneli, Maxime Busi (6.8), Kamory Doumbia and Samuel Koeberle.

Substitutions

Reims made 4 changes: Alexis Flips for Jens Cajuste (61′), Myziane Maolida for Mitchell Van Bergen (61′), C. Keita for Maxime Busi (71′) and F. Balogun for Pablo Rosario (90′).

Best player: Yunis Abdelhamid​

The player that probably impressed the most for Reims was Yunis Abdelhamid.

His rating is (7.4) with 75 passes (93% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7.

Nice – Formation

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

William Still played with: Kasper Schmeichel (7.4), Jordan Lotomba (7.3), Jean-Clair Todibo (7.1), Dante (7.2), Melvin Bard (7.6), Aaron Ramsey (7.8), Hicham Boudaoui (7.0), Khéphren Thuram (7.2), Gaëtan Laborde (7.2), Terem Moffi (6.3) and Sofiane Diop (7.2).

These were the players on the bench: Badredine Bouanani (6.6), Youssouf Ndayishimiye (6.8), Teddy Boulhendi, Antoine Mendy, Alexis Beka Beka, Ross Barkley, Billal Brahimi (6.5), Pablo Rosario and Reda Belahyane.

Substitutions

Nice made 5 changes: Sofiane Diop for Bilal Brahimi (66′), Aaron Ramsey for Youssouf Ndayishimiye (76′), Gaëtan Laborde for B. Bouanani (76′), Terem Moffi for Ross Barkley (90′) and Khéphren Thuram for Kaj Sierhuis (90′).

Best player: Aaron Ramsey​

The player that probably impressed the most for Nice was Aaron Ramsey.

His rating is (7.8) with 57 passes (89% accurate) and 3 key passes. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Strasbourg – Angers SCO – 2-1
• Nice – Reims – 0-0