MONACO. Nice was ultimately too good for Monaco with the goal of Terem Moffi (8′), Terem Moffi (26′) and Khéphren Thuram (43′). Monaco lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stade Louis II. stadium in Monaco on Sunday and it started at 5:05 pm local time. The referee was Benoît Bastien with the help of Hicham Zakrani and Aurélien Berthomieu. The 4th official was Abdelatif Kherradji. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 7.1 degrees Celsius or 44.8 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Monaco had a strong ball possession 56% while Nice was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Monaco had a more offensive attitude with 85 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyway, Nice found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Monaco shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Nice shot 12 times, 7 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Monaco didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Nice received 1 yellow card (Aaron Ramsey).

Standings

After this encounter, Monaco will stay with 50 points like Lens to remain in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Nice will have 41 points to hold in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Monaco will play away with Troyes on the 5th of March with a 7-3 head to head in favor of Monaco (4 draws).

Nice will host Auxerre on the 3rd of March with a 7-6 head to head statistic in favor of Auxerre (4 draws).

Monaco – Formation

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

The manager Philippe Clement decided to play with the following team: Alexander Nübel (6.4), Chrislain Matsima (6.3), Axel Disasi (6.8), Malang Sarr (6.2), Mohamed Camara (6.2), Krépin Diatta (7.6), Youssouf Fofana (7.0), Eliesse Ben Seghir (6.5), Ismail Jakobs (6.2), Myron Boadu (6.6) and Breel Embolo (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Takumi Minamino, Caio Henrique (6.9), Gelson Martins (6.6), Edan Diop (7.0), Wissam Ben Yedder (6.4), Thomas Didillon, Eliot Matazo, Yllan Okou and Aleksandr Golovin (7.0).

Substitutions

Monaco made 4 changes: Myron Boadu for Aleksandr Golovin (46′), Ismail Jakobs for Caio Henrique (46′), Breel Embolo for Wissam Ben Yedder (46′) and Eliesse Ben Seghir for Gelson Martins (81′).

Best player: Krépin Diatta​

The player that probably impressed the most for Monaco was Krépin Diatta.

His rating is (7.6) with 44 passes (86% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 7 crosses.

Nice – Formation

Nice started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Didier Digard played with: Kasper Schmeichel (7.6), Jordan Lotomba (6.8), Youssouf Ndayishimiye (7.6), Jean-Clair Todibo (7.1), Dante (7.3), Ayoub Amraoui (6.7), Aaron Ramsey (6.4), Hicham Boudaoui (7.4), Khéphren Thuram (8.0), Gaëtan Laborde (7.1) and Terem Moffi (9.0).

These were the players on the bench: Teddy Boulhendi, Sofiane Diop (6.8), Antoine Mendy, Ross Barkley (6.5), Billal Brahimi (6.3), Alexis Beka Beka, Reda Belahyane, Badredine Bouanani (6.4) and Pablo Rosario (7.0).

Substitutions

Nice made 5 changes: Aaron Ramsey for Pablo Rosario (35′), Gaëtan Laborde for Sofiane Diop (71′), Hicham Boudaoui for Ross Barkley (81′), Terem Moffi for Bilal Brahimi (81′) and Gaëtan Laborde for B. Bouanani (81′).

Best player: Terem Moffi​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Nice was Terem Moffi.

His rating is (9.0) with 2 goals, 18 passes (77% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

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

• Olympique Marseille – Paris Saint Germain – 0-3
• Monaco – Nice – 0-3
• Reims – Toulouse – 3-0
• Nantes – Rennes – 0-1
• Clermont – Strasbourg – 1-1
• Ajaccio – Troyes – 2-1
• Lorient – Auxerre – 0-1