Le Havre beats Nice 3-1

LE HAVRE. Le Havre tops Nice 3-1.

By
David Brown
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Le Havre beats Nice 3-1

LE HAVRE. Le Havre defeats Nice 3-1. Le Havre was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Emmanuel Sabbi (5′), Emmanuel Sabbi (35′) and Mohamed Bayo (51′). Nice reduced the distance with a goal (90′ + 1′) by Tom Louchet, but there was not much to do for them. Nice was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (62%).​

Le Havre remained with 10 players after Samuel Grandsir received a red card in the 81′. Nevertheless, Le Havre still was capable to win this match playing only in 10​.

The match was played at the Stade Océane stadium in Le Havre on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Jérémie Pignard with the assistance of Aurélien Drouet and Nicolas Danos. The 4th official was Anthony Ustaritz. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.5 degrees Celsius or 47.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Le Havre

3 - 1

Team 1

Nice

  • ! 38 Ball Possession 62
Shots
  • 9 Total 13
  • 5 On Target 6
  • 2 Off Target 4
  • 3 Shots blocked 3
  • 63 Attack 111
  • 22 Dangerous attack 48
  • 58 Ball safe 51
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 2 Corners 9
Fouls
  • 10 Total 9
  • 3 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 1 Red Card 1
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Nice had a superior ball possession 62% while Le Havre was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Nice was more pushing with 48 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 6 were on target. Even so, Le Havre was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Le Havre shot 9 times, 5 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Nice shot 13 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Le Havre received 3 yellow cards (Samuel Grandsir, Oussama Targhalline and Emmanuel Sabbi). On the other side, Nice received 2 yellow cards (Dante and Melvin Bard).

(Le Havre) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (81′).

Also, Nice didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Jean-Clair Todibo (Nice) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (81′).

Match Timeline

Emmanuel Sabbi(goal)
5'
Emmanuel Sabbi- Yellow
27'
Emmanuel Sabbi(goal)Mohamed Bayo
35'
46'
Morgan Sanson- sub ->Youssouf Ndayishimiye
Mohamed Bayo(penalty)
51'
56'
Melvin Bard- Yellow
61'
Aliou Baldé- sub ->Evann Guessand
61'
Romain Perraud- sub ->Melvin Bard
Oussama Targhalline- Yellow
62'
Abdoulaye Touré- sub ->Oussama Targhalline
65'
Antoine Joujou- sub ->Emmanuel Sabbi
65'
72'
Alexis Claude-Maurice- sub ->Hicham Boudaoui
Samuel Grandsir- sub ->Josué Casimir
74'
74'
Tom Louchet- sub ->Aliou Baldé
79'
Dante - Yellow
Samuel Grandsir- Yellow
80'
Samuel Grandsir- Red
81'
81'
Jean-Clair Todibo- Red
André Ayew - sub ->Yassine Kechta
84'
Daler Kuzyaev- sub ->Mohamed Bayo
84'
90'
Tom Louchet(goal)

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Paris Saint Germain
70
31
Monaco
61
32
Brest
57
32
LOSC Lille
55
32
Nice
51
31
Lens
49
32
Olympique Lyonnais
47
32
Rennes
45
32
Olympique Marseille
44
31
Montpellier
40
32
Toulouse
40
32
Reims
40
31
Strasbourg
36
32
Nantes
33
32
Le Havre
32
32
Metz
29
32
Lorient
26
32
Clermont
25
32

After this match, Le Havre has 19 points to hold in the 9th place. Talking about the opposition, Nice will stays with 32 points to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Le Havre will play away against Reims on the 20th of December with a 8-5 head to head record in favor of Le Havre (5 draws).

Nice will host Lens on the 20th of December with a 6-5 head to head record in favor of Nice (7 draws).

Le Havre – Formation

Le Havre
G
Arthur Desmas 30.France
7.1
D
Gautier Lloris 4.France
6.8
D
Étienne Youté Kinkoué 6.France
7.3
D
Christopher Operi 27.France
7.0
D
Arouna Sangante 93.Senegal
7.0
M
Loïc Nego 7.Hungary
6.4
M
Yassine Kechta 8.Morocco
6.7
84'
M
Oussama Targhalline 5.Morocco
6.8
65' 62'
M
Emmanuel Sabbi 11.United States
8.4
65' 27' Goals5', 35'
M
Josue Casimir 23.Guadeloupe
6.7
74'
F
Mohamed Bayo 9.Guinea
8.1
84' Goals51'
Substitutes
G
M. Koné 16.France
D
Oualid El Hajjam 17.Morocco
D
Yoann Salmier 22.French Guiana
M
Daler Kuzyaev 14.Russia
6.7
84'
M
Abdoulaye Touré 94.Guinea
6.8
65'
F
Nabil Alioui 10.France
F
Antoine Joujou 21.France
6.6
65'
F
André Ayew  28.Ghana
6.6
84'
F
Samuel Grandsir 29.France
5.6
74' 80' 81'

Le Havre started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Luka Elsner decided to play with the following team: Arthur Desmas (7.1), Arouna Sangante (7.0), Étienne Youté Kinkoué (7.3), Gautier Lloris (6.8), Christopher Operi (7.0), Loïc Nego (6.4), Oussama Targhalline (6.8), Yassine Kechta (6.7), Emmanuel Sabbi (8.4), Josué Casimir (6.7) and Mohamed Bayo (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Mohamed Koné, Oualid El Hajjam, Antoine Joujou (6.6), Yoann Salmier, André Ayew (6.6), Samuel Grandsir (5.6), Daler Kuzyaev (6.7), Abdoulaye Touré (6.8) and Nabil Alioui.

Le Havre could not rely on the presence of André Ayew (injured).

Substitutions

Le Havre made 5 changes: Yassine Kechta for André Ayew (84′), Mohamed Bayo for Daler Kuzyaev (84′), Emmanuel Sabbi for Antoine Joujou (65′), Oussama Targhalline for Abdoulaye Touré (65′) and Josué Casimir for Samuel Grandsir (74′).

Player of the match: Emmanuel Sabbi​

The player that probably impressed the most for Le Havre was Emmanuel Sabbi.

His rating is 8.4 with 2 goals, 10 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 9.

Nice – Formation

Nice
G
Marcin Bulka 1.Poland
6.0
D
Dante  4.Brazil
7.0
79'
D
Jean-Clair Todibo 6.France
6.3
81'
D
Jordan Lotomba 23.Switzerland
7.0
D
Melvin Bard 26.France
6.1
61' 56'
M
Hicham Boudaoui 28.Algeria
6.7
72'
M
Youssouf Ndayishimiye 55.Burundi
6.7
46'
M
Pablo Rosario 8.Netherlands
7.5
F
Jérémie Boga 7.Ivory Coast
7.3
F
Terem Moffi 9.Nigeria
F
Gaëtan Laborde 24.France
7.0
F
Evann Guessand 29.France
7.1
61'
Substitutes
G
Salvatore Sirigu 31.Italy
D
Romain Perraud 15.France
7.0
61'
D
Antoine Mendy 33.France
D
A. Amraoui 38.Morocco
M
Morgan Sanson 11.France
6.4
46'
M
Tom Louchet 32.France
7.5
74' Goals90'
M
Reda Belahyane 37.France
F
Alexis Claude-Maurice 18.France
6.8
72'
F
Aliou Baldé 27.Senegal
7.0
61'

Nice started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Francesco Farioli played with: Terem Moffi, Marcin Bulka (6.0), Jordan Lotomba (7.0), Jean-Clair Todibo (6.3), Dante (7.0), Melvin Bard (6.1), Hicham Boudaoui (6.7), Youssouf Ndayishimiye (6.7), Pablo Rosario (7.5), Gaëtan Laborde (7.0) and Evann Guessand (7.1), Jérémie Boga (7.3).

They had on the bench: Romain Perraud (7.0), Alexis Claude-Maurice (6.8), Aliou Baldé (7.0), Salvatore Sirigu, Tom Louchet (7.5), Antoine Mendy, Reda Belahyane, Ayoub Amraoui and Morgan Sanson (6.4).

Nice could not rely on the presence of Tom Louchet (injured).

Substitutions

Nice made 5 changes: Youssouf Ndayishimiye for Morgan Sanson (46′), Hicham Boudaoui for Alexis Claude-Maurice (72′), Evann Guessand for Aliou Baldé (61′), Melvin Bard for Romain Perraud (61′) and Aliou Baldé for Tom Louchet (74′).

Player of the match: Pablo Rosario​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Nice was Pablo Rosario.

His rating is 7.5 with 46 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.​