TOULOUSE. Toulouse obliterates Nancy 4-0 with goals of A. Onaiwu (29′), D. Genreau (30′), B. van den Boomen (55′) and R. Ratao (88′). Toulouse was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadium de Toulouse (Toulouse) stadium in Toulouse on Wednesday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Olivier Thual assisted by Cyril Saint-Cricq Lompre and Yohann Larhant. The 4th official was Guillaume Bousquet. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 6.1 degrees Celsius or 43.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Toulouse had a superior ball possession 64% while Nancy was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Toulouse was more aggressive with 56 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Toulouse won the match.
Toulouse shot 13 times, 7 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Nancy shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Toulouse received 2 yellow cards (D. Genreau and R. Nicolaisen). Regarding the opposition, Nancy received 2 yellow cards (W. Bianda and A. Bobichon).
Also, Nancy didn’t finish the match with 11 players after T. Basila (Nancy) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (25′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Toulouse will have 41 points like Ajaccio to sit in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Nancy will stay with 15 points to sit in the 20th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 2, Toulouse will play away against Bastia on the 22nd of January with a 5-3 head to head record in favor of Bastia (3 draws).
Nancy will play away agasint Valenciennes on the 1st of February with a 10-7 head to head stats in favor of Nancy (10 draws).
Toulouse – Formation
Toulouse started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Philippe Montanier decided to play with the following team: Maxime Dupé
, Mikkel Desler , Anthony Rouault , Rasmus Nicolaisen , Bafodé Diakité , Denis Genreau , Stijn Spierings , Branco Van den Boomen , Nathan N’Goumou , Rhys Healey and Ado Onaiwu .The home team had on the bench: Sam Sanna
, Steve Mvoué, Rafael Ratão , Moussa Diarra , Isak Pettersson, Yanis Begraoui and Naatan Skyttä .Substitutions
Toulouse made 5 changes: A. Onaiwu for R. Ratao (46′), B. van den Boomen for N. Skytta (63′), M. Desler for S. Sanna (64′), A. Rouault for M. Diarra (72′) and R. Healey for Y. Begraoui (80′).
Best player: Branco Van den Boomen
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Toulouse was Branco Van den Boomen.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 53 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 6 crosses.Nancy – Formation
Nancy started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Albert Cartier played with: Nathan Trott
, Shaquil Delos , Thomas Basila , William Bianda , Rosario Latouchent , Gregoire Lefebvre , Sieben Dewaele , Mamadou Thiam , Antonin Bobichon , Warren Bondo and Andrew Jung .They had on the bench: Neil El Aynaoui
, Dorian Bertrand , Baptiste Valette, Lamine Cisse , Soares, Ogou Akichi and Elliot Simoes .Nancy could not rely on the presence of L. Cisse (injured).
Substitutions
Nancy made 5 changes: W. Bondo for O. Akichi (30′), M. Thiam for L. Cisse (44′), L. Cisse for E. Simoes (71′), A. Bobichon for N. El Aynaoui (71′) and S. Dewaele for D. Bertrand (71′).
Best player: Neil El Aynaoui
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Nancy was Neil El Aynaoui.
His rating is
with 21 passes (95% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 2. He performed 4 crosses.His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 71′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 2.