NANTES. Nantes recovers against Strasbourg with a goal on the H. Diallo 44′ and a goal on the A. Thomasson 68′.

The match was played at the Stade de la Beaujoire – Louis Fonteneau stadium in Nantes on Sunday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Clément Turpin with the help of Nicolas Danos and Cyril Gringore. The 4th official was Pierre Legat. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 15.2 degrees Celsius or 59.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Nantes was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Strasbourg that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Nantes was was more pushing with 48 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 5 were on target. However, that was not enough Nantes to win the match​.

Nantes shot 23 times, 5 on target, 18 off target. Regarding the opposition, Strasbourg shot 16 times, 6 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Nantes received 2 yellow cards (N. Pallois and C. Traore). On the opposite side, Strasbourg received 1 yellow card (A. Caci).

Also, Strasbourg didn’t end the match with 11 players after L. Ajorque (Strasbourg) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (51′).

Standings

After playing this contest, Nantes will have 18 points like Strasbourg, Angers SCO and Monaco to hold in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Strasbourg will have 18 points like Angers SCO, Nantes and Monaco to remain in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Nantes will play away with Paris Saint Germain on the 20th of November with a 22-2 head to head stats in favor of Paris Saint Germain (2 draws).

Strasbourg will host Reims on the 21st of November with a 6-4 head to head statistic in favor of Reims (4 draws).

Nantes – Formation

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

The manager Antoine Kombouare decided to play with the following team: Alban Lafont (7.1), Dennis Appiah (6.8), Jean-Charles Castelletto (7.2), Nicolas Pallois (6.2), Fábio (6.9), Andrei Girotto (8.0), Pedro Chirivella (6.4), Randal Kolo Muani (6.8), Ludovic Blas (6.2), Moses Simon (8.0) and Kalifa Coulibaly (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Charles Traoré (6.2), Roli Pereira de Sa, Renaud Emond, Wylan Cyprien (6.5), Willem Geubbels (6.6), Samuel Moutoussamy, Quentin Merlin, Denis Petrić and Marcus Coco.

Substitutions

Nantes made 3 changes: Fabio for C. Traore (66′), K. Coulibaly for W. Cyprien (66′) and P. Chirivella for W. Geubbels (78′).

Best player: Andrei Girotto​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Nantes was Andrei Girotto.

His rating is (8.0) with 28 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 12 duels out of 16. He performed 3 crosses.

Strasbourg – Formation

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

On the opposite side, Julien Stéphan played with: Matz Sels (6.7), Frédéric Guilbert (8.4), Maxime Le Marchand, Lucas Perrin (6.5), Gerzino Nyamsi (7.4), Alexander Djiku (7.4), Anthony Caci (7.4), Ibrahima Sissoko (7.6), Sanjin Prcić (7.5), Adrien Thomasson (8.2) and Habib Diallo (7.2), Ludovic Ajorque (5.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Habib Diarra, Dimitri Liénard (6.6), Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (6.5), Eiji Kawashima, Majeed Waris, Dion Moise Sahi and Nordine Kandil.

Substitutions

Strasbourg made 2 changes: I. Sissoko for J. Bellegarde (81′) and A. Thomasson for D. Lienard (85′).

Best player: Frédéric Guilbert​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Strasbourg was Frédéric Guilbert.

His rating is (8.4) with 35 passes (62% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 15. He performed 10 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Lorient – Brest – 1-2
• Olympique Marseille – Metz – 0-0
• Nantes – Strasbourg – 2-2
• Nice – Montpellier – 0-1
• Reims – Monaco – 0-0
• Rennes – Olympique Lyonnais – 4-1
• Saint-Étienne – Clermont – 3-2