NîMES. Toulouse beat Nîmes to win 2-1. It was Toulouse to strike first with an early goal of R. Nicolaisen at the 3′. Then R. Healey scored again for Toulouse in the 60′ minute with a goal. Eventually, A. Cubas reduced the distance for Nîmes with a goal. Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the Stade des Costières stadium in Nîmes on Tuesday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Willy Delajod with the assistance of Erwan Finjean and Philippe Jeanne. The 4th official was Yann Gazagnes. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 4.3 degrees Celsius or 39.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Nîmes was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Toulouse that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Toulouse was putting more pressure with 54 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Toulouse won the match.
Nîmes shot 9 times, 7 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Toulouse shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Nîmes received 4 yellow cards (M. Kone, N. Eliasson, A. Cubas and P. Martinez). On the other side, Toulouse received 3 yellow cards (M. Diarra, A. Onaiwu and D. Genreau).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Nîmes will stay with 23 points like Dijon to hold in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, Toulouse will have 37 points to sit in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Nîmes will play away with Dijon on the 8th of January with a 9-9 head to head stats.
Toulouse will host Nancy on the 10th of January with a 11-4 head to head record in favor of Toulouse (8 draws).
Nîmes – Formation
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Nîmes started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).
The manager Pascal Plancque decided to play with the following team: Per Kristian Bråtveit , Naomichi Ueda , Pablo Martinez , Theo Sainte Luce , Andrés Cubas , Patrick Burner , Moussa Koné , Lamine Fomba , Niclas Eliasson , Yassine Benrahou and Elías Már Ómarsson .
The home team had on the bench: Gaëtan Paquiez, Lucas Dias, Antoine Valerio, Mahamadou Doucouré , Julien Ponceau , Leon Delpech and Enzo Philibert .
Substitutions
Nîmes made 4 changes: P. Burner for J. Ponceau (73′), Y. Benrahou for M. Doucoure (73′), T. Sainte-Luce for E. Philibert (79′) and L. Fomba for L. Delpech (88′).
Best player: Andrés Cubas
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Nîmes was Andrés Cubas.
His rating is with 1 goal, 40 passes (62% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 18.
Toulouse – Formation
Toulouse
Toulouse started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Philippe Montanier played with: Maxime Dupé , Bafodé Diakité , Steve Mvoué , Rasmus Nicolaisen , Mikkel Desler , Branco Van den Boomen , Denis Genreau , Issiaga Sylla , Ado Onaiwu , Brecht Dejaegere and Rhys Healey .
These were the players on the bench: Sam Sanna , Mamady Bangre, Isak Pettersson, Logan Costa, Moussa Diarra , Naatan Skyttä and Yanis Begraoui.
Substitutions
Toulouse made 3 changes: S. Mvoue for M. Diarra (57′), B. Dejaegere for S. Sanna (72′) and A. Onaiwu for L. Costa (90′).
Best player: Rasmus Nicolaisen
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Toulouse was Rasmus Nicolaisen.
His rating is with 1 goal, 51 passes (74% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 9.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.
- Ajaccio – Grenoble Foot 38 – 1-0
- Auxerre – Le Havre – 2-3
- Guingamp – Dunkerque – 2-1
- Nancy – Dijon – 0-3
- Nîmes – Toulouse – 1-2
- Niort – Pau – 3-0
- Paris – Amiens SC – 1-0
- Quevilly Rouen – Caen – 2-2
- Rodez – Bastia – 0-0
- Sochaux – Valenciennes – 1-1
