NICE. Nice defeats Toulouse 1-0 after T. Moffi scored just 1 goal (54′).
The match was played at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was François Letexier with the collaboration of Cyril Mugnier and Mehdi Rahmouni. The 4th official was Romain Delpech. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 12.31 degrees Celsius or 54.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Nice was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Toulouse that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Toulouse was more aggressive with 57 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Nice found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.
Nice shot 8 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Toulouse shot 19 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Nice didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Toulouse received 4 yellow cards (Cristian Sleiker Cásseres Yepes, César Gelabert, Mamady Bangré and Mikkel Desler).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Nice will have 29 points to hold in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Toulouse will stay with 12 points like Montpellier to sit in the 15th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Nice will host Paris Saint Germain on the 4th of May with a 17-12 head to head stats in favor of Paris Saint Germain (8 draws).
Toulouse will play away agasint Paris Saint Germain on the 11th of May with a 24-7 head to head record in favor of Paris Saint Germain (5 draws).
Nice – Formation
Nice started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Francesco Farioli decided to play with the following team: Yannis Nahounou, Marcin Bulka , Jordan Lotomba , Pablo Rosario , Dante , Melvin Bard , Morgan Sanson , Khéphren Thuram , Sofiane Diop , Gaëtan Laborde , Terem Moffi and Jérémie Boga .
The home team had on the bench: Evann Guessand , Romain Perraud , Alexis Claude-Maurice , Badredine Bouanani, Aliou Baldé, Tom Louchet , Antoine Mendy , Reda Belahyane and Teddy Boulhendi.
Substitutions
Nice made 5 changes: Gaëtan Laborde for Evann Guessand (66′), Jordan Lotomba for Tom Louchet (72′), Sofiane Diop for Alexis Claude-Maurice (46′), Jérémie Boga for Romain Perraud (72′) and Terem Moffi for Antoine Mendy (84′).
Player of the match: Morgan Sanson
The most impressive player for Nice was Morgan Sanson even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 44 passes (93% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 15. He performed 5 crosses.
Toulouse – Formation
Toulouse started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Carles Martínez Novell played with: Guillaume Restes , Mikkel Desler , Logan Costa , Rasmus Nicolaisen , Gabriel Suazo , Cristian Sleiker Cásseres Yepes , Stijn Spierings , Warren Kamanzi , Vincent Sierro , Aron Dønnum , Frank Magri .
These were the players on the bench: César Gelabert , Yanis Begraoui, Denis Genreau, Ibrahim Cissoko , Christian Mawissa, Mamady Bangré , Moussa Diarra , Kévin Keben Biakolo and Alex Domínguez.
Substitutions
Toulouse made 5 changes: Cristian Sleiker Cásseres Yepes for César Gelabert (65′), Aron Dønnum for Mamady Bangré (79′), Gabriel Suazo for Ibrahim Cissoko (79′), Vincent Sierro for Yanis Begraoui (90′) and Warren Kamanzi for Moussa Diarra (65′).
Player of the match: Mikkel Desler
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Toulouse was Mikkel Desler.
His rating is with 44 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Olympique Lyonnais – LOSC Lille – 0-2
- Montpellier – Brest – 1-3
- Nantes – Le Havre – 0-0
- Nice – Toulouse – 1-0
- Lorient – Metz – 2-3
- Rennes – Reims – 3-1