NICE. Nice and Brest didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday..

The match was played at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Romain Lissorgue assisted by Valentin Evrard and Ludovic Reyes. The 4th official was Azzedine Souifi. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was hot at 26.83 degrees Celsius or 80.29 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Nice had a strong ball possession 55% while Brest was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Nice was putting more pressure with 64 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 1 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Nice to win the match​.

Nice shot 12 times, 1 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Brest shot 7 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Nice received 1 yellow card (Youcef Atal). Talking about the opposition, Brest received 3 yellow cards (Brendan Chardonnet, Mahdi Camara and Steve Mounié).

Standings

After this encounter, Nice will have 13 points like Reims to remain in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Brest will have 14 points like Monaco to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Nice will host Paris Saint Germain on the 4th of May with a 18-12 head to head stats in favor of Paris Saint Germain (7 draws).

Brest will play away agasint Olympique Lyonnais on the 14th of April with a 5-2 head to head record in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (8 draws).

Nice – Formation

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

The manager Francesco Farioli decided to play with the following team: Marcin Bułka (7.3), Youcef Atal (7.0), Jean-Clair Todibo (7.5), Dante (6.7), Melvin Bard (7.8), Morgan Sanson (7.0), Youssouf Ndayishimiye (7.0), Khéphren Thuram (7.0), Gaëtan Laborde (6.4), Terem Moffi (6.3), Sofiane Diop and Jérémie Boga (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Pablo Rosario (6.8), Romain Perraud, Alexis Claude-Maurice, Badredine Bouanani (6.8), Jordan Lotomba (7.0), Aliou Baldé, Hicham Boudaoui (6.4), Evann Guessand (6.4) and Salvatore Sirigu.

Substitutions

Nice made 5 changes: Youcef Atal for Jordan Lotomba (68′), Morgan Sanson for Hicham Boudaoui (68′), Jean-Clair Todibo for Pablo Rosario (68′), Terem Moffi for Evann Guessand (83′) and Gaëtan Laborde for Badredine Bouanani (74′).

Best player: Melvin Bard​

The most impressive player for Nice was Melvin Bard.

His rating is (7.8) with 39 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.

Brest – Formation

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

Bruno Grougi played with: Marco Bizot (7.0), Kenny Lala (7.3), Brendan Chardonnet (7.1), Lilian Brassier (7.7), Bradley Locko (7.5), Pierre Lees Melou (7.5), Hugo Magnetti (6.7), Romain Del Castillo (6.6), Mahdi Camara (6.7), Jérémy Le Douaron (7.1), Steve Mounié (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Martín Satriano (6.4), Axel Camblan, Adrien Lebeau, Jordan Amavi, Kamory Doumbia (7.5), Julien Le Cardinal, Jonas Martin (6.7), Grégoire Coudert and Mathias Pereira Lage.

Substitutions

Brest made 5 changes: Romain Del Castillo for Julien Le Cardinal (88′), Jérémy Le Douaron for Axel Camblan (89′), Hugo Magnetti for Jonas Martin (69′), Mahdi Camara for Kamory Doumbia (75′) and Steve Mounié for Martín Satriano (75′).

Best player: Lilian Brassier​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Brest was Lilian Brassier.

His rating is (7.7) with 44 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 4.

Results of the day

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

• Reims – Olympique Lyonnais – 2-0
• Le Havre – LOSC Lille – 0-2
• Nice – Brest – 0-0
• Lorient – Montpellier – 0-3
• Toulouse – Metz – 3-0
• Rennes – Nantes – 3-1