NICE. Clermont beat Nice to win 2-1. It was Clermont to strike first with a goal of Muhammed Cham at the 37′. Then it was a goal in the 41′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Saîf-Eddine Khaoui gave the win to Clermont in the 83′ minute with a goal. Nice lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice. The referee was Benoît Millot with the support of Hicham Zakrani and Mathieu Grosbost. The 4th official was Antoine Valnet. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.3 degrees Celsius or 50.56 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Nice was in firm control of the ball 56% while Clermont was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Nice was more aggressive with 46 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. Even so, Clermont managed to find the solution to win this contest.​

Nice shot 15 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Clermont shot 9 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Nice received 1 yellow card (Melvin Bard). On the opposite side, Clermont received 2 yellow cards (Maximiliano Caufriez and Grejohn Kyei).

Standings

After this match, Nice will stay with 45 points like Lorient to remain in the 10th place. On the other side, Clermont will have 46 points to hold in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Nice will play away against Troyes on the 30th of April with a 8-3 head to head statistic in favor of Nice (3 draws).

Clermont will host Reims on the 30th of April with a 7-6 head to head statistic in favor of Reims (6 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 (6.1), Antoine Mendy (6.3), Jean-Clair Todibo (6.8), Dante (6.7), Melvin Bard (6.2), Hicham Boudaoui (6.8), Youssouf Ndayishimiye (6.2), Khéphren Thuram (7.0), Badredine Bouanani (7.6), Terem Moffi (7.3) and Gaëtan Laborde (8.0).

The home team had on the bench: Ayoub Amraoui, Marcin Bulka, Ross Barkley, Jordan Lotomba (6.6), Aaron Ramsey (5.8), Billal Brahimi, Teddy Boulhendi, Reda Belahyane and Pablo Paulino Rosario.

Substitutions

Nice made 4 changes: Antoine Mendy for Jordan Lotomba (65′), Y. Ndayishimiye for Aaron Ramsey (65′), Khéphren Thuram for Ross Barkley (80′) and B. Bouanani for Bilal Brahimi (80′).

Best player: Gaëtan Laborde​

The player that probably impressed the most for Nice was Gaëtan Laborde.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 15 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 4 crosses.

Clermont – Formation

Clermont started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

Pascal Gastien played with: Mory Diaw (7.4), Mehdi Zeffane (6.8), Florent Ogier (6.1), Mateusz Wieteska (7.1), Maximiliano Caufriez (6.9), Jim Allevinah (6.3), Muhammed Cham-Saračević (7.8), Maxime Gonalons (7.2), Johan Gastien (7.4), Elbasan Rashani (6.5) and Grejohn Kyei (7.2).

These were the players on the bench: Stan Berkani, Aïman Maurer, Cheick Konate (6.5), Jérémie Bela (6.6), Saîf-Eddine Khaoui (7.3), Lucas Margueron, Yohann Magnin (6.7), Wabo Oliver Kamdem and Souleymane Cissé.

Substitutions

Clermont made 4 changes: Jim Allevinah for Cheick Oumar Konaté (46′), Elbasan Rashani for Jérémie Bela (60′), Mehdi Zeffane for Yohann Magnin (71′) and Mehdi Zeffane for Saîf-Eddine Khaoui (74′).

Best player: Muhammed Cham-Saračević​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Clermont was Muhammed Cham-Saračević.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 30 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Olympique Lyonnais – Olympique Marseille – 1-2
• Reims – Strasbourg – 0-2
• Nice – Clermont – 1-2
• Ajaccio – Brest – 0-0
• Montpellier – Rennes – 1-0
• Nantes – Troyes – 2-2
• Lorient – Toulouse – 0-1