CLERMONT-FERRAND. Nice managed to find the solution against Clermont to win 2-1. A. Gouiri was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Clermont to strike first with a goal of F. Ogier at the 17′. Then it was a goal in the 76′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, A. Gouiri gave the win to Nice in the 82′ minute with a goal scoring a double.
The match was played at the Stade Gabriel Montpied stadium in Clermont-Ferrand on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Stéphanie Frappart assisted by Mikael Berchebru and Gilles Lang. The 4th official was Romain Lissorgue.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Clermont was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Nice that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Nice was putting more pressure with 41 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Nice won the contest.
Clermont shot 17 times, 5 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Nice shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Clermont received 1 yellow card (S. Abdul Samed). On the other side, Nice received 4 yellow cards (A. Delort, M. Lemina, P. Rosario and A. Gouiri).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Clermont will stay with 13 points like Reims, Bordeaux and Troyes to sit in the 18th place. On the other side, Nice will have 26 points to sit in the 2nd place.
Next matches
Clermont – Formation
Clermont
17'
62'
53'
Clermont started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Pascal Gastien decided to play with the following team: Ouparine Djoco , Akim Zedadka , Jean Claude Billong , Florent Ogier , Vital N’Simba , Salis Abdul Samed , Johan Gastien , Elbasan Rashani , Jason Berthomier , Jim Allevinah and Mohamed Bayo .
The home team had on the bench: Josue Albert, Pierre-Yves Hamel, Arial Mendy, Jonathan Iglesias , Jodel Dossou , Oriol Busquets , Arthur Desmas, Jordan Tell and Alidu Seidu.
Substitutions
Clermont made 4 changes: S. Abdul Samed for J. Iglesias (62′), E. Rashani for J. Tell (62′), J. Berthomier for O. Busquets (78′) and J. Allevinah for J. Dossou (88′).
Best player: Johan Gastien
The most impressive player for Clermont was Johan Gastien.
His rating is with 86 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Nice – Formation
Nice
Nice started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Christophe Galtier played with: Walter Benítez , Jordan Lotomba , Jean-Clair Todibo , Flavius Daniliuc , Melvin Bard , Lucas Da Cunha , Pablo Rosario , Khépren Thuram , Amine Gouiri , Kasper Dolberg and Andy Delort .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Mario Lemina , Justin Smith, Teddy Boulhendi, Morgan Schneiderlin , Marcin Bułka, Alexis Claude-Maurice, Calvin Stengs , Hassane Kamara and Justin Kluivert .
Substitutions
Nice made 5 changes: P. Rosario for M. Lemina (62′), L. Da Cunha for J. Kluivert (63′), K. Thuram for M. Schneiderlin (73′), K. Dolberg for C. Stengs (73′) and A. Gouiri for H. Kamara (90′).
Best player: Flavius Daniliuc
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Nice was Flavius Daniliuc even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 79 passes (89% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Angers SCO – Lorient – 1-0
- Brest – Lens – 4-0
- Clermont – Nice – 1-2
- Metz – Bordeaux – 3-3
- Strasbourg – Reims – 1-1
- Troyes – Saint-Étienne – 0-1
