NICE. Montpellier beats Nice 1-0 after F. Mollet scored just 1 goal (80′). Nice was surely superior in terms of ball possession (69%).
The match was played at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Antony Gautier with the support of Mikael Berchebru and Huseyin Ocak. The 4th official was Aurélien Petit. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7 degrees Celsius or 44.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.
Match Statistics
- ! 69 Ball Possession 31
Shots
- 22 Total 9
- 6 On Target 2
- 16 Off Target 7
- 4 Shots blocked 3
- 129 Attack 93
- 81 Dangerous attack 17
- 74 Ball safe 88
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 2
Fouls
- 9 Total 8
- 2 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Nice had a superior ball possession 69% while Montpellier was struggling with a 31% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Nice was has a more offensive attitude with 81 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 6 were on target. Notwithstanding, Montpellier found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Nice shot 22 times, 6 on target, 16 off target. Talking about the opposition, Montpellier shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Nice received 2 yellow cards (K. Thuram and M. Bard). On the other side, Montpellier didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Nice will stay with 23 points like Olympique Marseille to hold in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Montpellier will have 19 points like Olympique Lyonnais to hold in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Nice will play away with Clermont on the 21st of November with a 0-0 head to head record.
Montpellier will play away agasint Rennes on the 20th of November with a 10-9 head to head stats in favor of Rennes (8 draws).
Nice – Formation
Nice
58'
77'
Nice started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Christophe Galtier decided to play with the following team: Walter Benítez , Youcef Atal , Jean-Clair Todibo , Dante , Melvin Bard , Lucas Da Cunha , Mario Lemina , Khépren Thuram , Hassane Kamara , Andy Delort and Amine Gouiri .
The home team had on the bench: Marcin Bułka, Flavius Daniliuc, Jordan Lotomba , Pablo Rosario , Alexis Claude-Maurice , Morgan Schneiderlin, Calvin Stengs, Kasper Dolberg , Hicham Boudaoui and Teddy Boulhendi.
Nice could not rely on the presence of J. Lotomba (injured).
Substitutions
Nice made 5 changes: H. Kamara for A. Claude-Maurice (46′), Y. Atal for J. Lotomba (58′), M. Lemina for P. Rosario (68′), L. Da Cunha for K. Dolberg (68′) and K. Thuram for C. Stengs (90′).
Best player: Lucas Da Cunha
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Nice was Lucas Da Cunha.
His rating is with 19 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 6 crosses.
Montpellier – Formation
Montpellier
80'
Montpellier started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
Talking about the opposition, Olivier Dall’Oglio played with: Jonas Omlin , Junior Sambia , Maxime Estève , Mamadou Sakho , Mihailo Ristić , Florent Mollet , Jordan Ferri , Joris Chotard , Stephy Mavididi , Sepe Elye Wahi and Valère Germain .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Sacha Delaye, Nicholas Selson Gioacchini , Béni Makouana , Mathías Suárez, Dimitry Bertaud, Arnaud Souquet, Nicolas Cozza, Leo Leroy and Ambroise Oyongo.
Substitutions
Montpellier made 3 changes: E. Wahi for N. Gioacchini (67′), S. Mavididi for B. Makouana (82′) and M. Esteve for A. Souquet (90′).
Best player: Maxime Estève
The player that probably impressed the most for Montpellier was Maxime Estève even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 23 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 9.
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
