NICE. Nice conquers Olympique Marseille 1-0 after E. Guessand scored just 1 goal (79′).
The match was played at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Ruddy Buquet with the support of Guillaume Debart and Julien Pacelli. The 4th official was Guillaume Paradis. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 20.78 degrees Celsius or 69.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 10 Total 9
- 2 On Target 1
- 5 Off Target 6
- 3 Shots blocked 2
- 77 Attack 121
- 37 Dangerous attack 39
- 31 Ball safe 32
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 2
Fouls
- 5 Total 1
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Nice was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Olympique Marseille that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Olympique Marseille was more pushing with 39 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 1 were on target. Nonetheless, Nice managed to find the solution to win this match.
Nice shot 10 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Olympique Marseille shot 9 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Nice received 4 yellow cards (Terem Moffi, Hicham Boudaoui, Jérémie Boga and Dante). Regarding the opposition, Olympique Marseille received 2 yellow cards (Leonardo Balerdi and Michael Murillo).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Nice will have 19 points to remain in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Olympique Marseille will stay with 12 points to remain in the 8th 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 in favor of Paris Saint Germain (7 draws).
Olympique Marseille will play away agasint Le Havre on the 18th of May with a 4-0 head to head stats in favor of Olympique Marseille (1 draw).
Nice – Formation
Nice
15'
43'
79'Nice started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Francesco Farioli decided to play with the following team: Marcin Bułka , Jordan Lotomba , Jean-Clair Todibo , Dante , Melvin Bard , Hicham Boudaoui , Youssouf Ndayishimiye , Morgan Sanson , Gaëtan Laborde , Terem Moffi and Jérémie Boga .
The home team had on the bench: Pablo Rosario , Romain Perraud, Alexis Claude-Maurice , Badredine Bouanani, Aliou Baldé, Evann Guessand , Salvatore Sirigu, Tom Louchet and Antoine Mendy.
Substitutions
Nice made 4 changes: Jordan Lotomba for Pablo Rosario (43′), Morgan Sanson for Alexis Claude-Maurice (72′), Terem Moffi for Evann Guessand (72′) and Jérémie Boga for Romain Perraud (90′).
Best player: Jean-Clair Todibo
The player that probably impressed the most for Nice was Jean-Clair Todibo even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 98 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 12.
Olympique Marseille – Formation
Olympique Marseille
Olympique Marseille started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Ivan Gennaro Gattuso played with: Samuel Gigot, Pau López , Jonathan Clauss , Chancel Mbemba , Leonardo Balerdi , Renan Lodi , Azzedine Ounahi , Valentin Rongier , Ismaïla Sarr , Amine Harit and Iliman Ndiaye , Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang .
They had on the bench: Michael Murillo , Vitinha, Bamo Meïté , Geoffrey Kondogbia , François Mughe, Jordan Veretout , Bilal Nadir, Rubén Blanco and Noam Mayoka-Tika.
Olympique Marseille could not rely on the presence of Rubén Blanco (injured) and Geoffrey Kondogbia (injured).
Substitutions
Olympique Marseille made 5 changes: Pau López for Rubén Blanco (60′), Azzedine Ounahi for Jordan Veretout (56′), Amine Harit for Bamo Meïté (81′), Jonathan Clauss for Michael Murillo (46′) and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for Geoffrey Kondogbia (81′).
Best player: Jordan Veretout
The player that probably impressed the most for Olympique Marseille was Jordan Veretout.
His rating is with 14 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He performed 4 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 56′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
