NICE. Nice tops Lens 2-0 after T. Moffi scores 2 goals.
The match was played at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice on Wednesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Hakim Ben El Hadj who had the assistance of François Boudikian and Julien Garrigues. The 4th official was Nicolas Rainville. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 12.57 degrees Celsius or 54.63 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Lens had a strong ball possession 60% while Nice was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Nice was putting more pressure with 38 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Nice won the match.
Nice shot 14 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Lens shot 10 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Nice received 2 yellow cards (Dante and Jordan Lotomba). On the other side, Lens received 1 yellow card (Morgan Guilavogui).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Nice has 35 points to remain in the 2nd place. On the other side, Lens will stays with 26 points like Reims to hold in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Nice will play away with Rennes on the 14th of January with a 16-10 head to head statistic in favor of Nice (14 draws).
Lens will host Paris Saint Germain on the 14th of January with a 11-4 head to head statistic in favor of Paris Saint Germain (7 draws).
Nice – Formation
Nice
90'
85'
76', 78'
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 , Antoine Mendy , Dante , Melvin Bard , Morgan Sanson , Hicham Boudaoui , Pablo Rosario , Gaëtan Laborde , Evann Guessand and Jérémie Boga .
The home team had on the bench: Terem Moffi , Romain Perraud , Alexis Claude-Maurice , Salvatore Sirigu, Tom Louchet , Reda Belahyane, Ayoub Amraoui, Daouda Traore and Teddy Boulhendi.
Substitutions
Nice made 4 changes: Antoine Mendy for Alexis Claude-Maurice (85′), Jérémie Boga for Tom Louchet (88′), Gaëtan Laborde for Terem Moffi (73′) and Hicham Boudaoui for Romain Perraud (89′).
Player of the match: Terem Moffi
The player that probably impressed the most for Nice was Terem Moffi.
His rating is with 2 goals, 5 passes (60% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 4.
His performance was amazing also because he started the encounter from the bench before entering in the 73′.
Lens – Formation
Lens
Lens started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Franck Haise played with: Brice Samba , Abdukodir Khusanov , Facundo Medina , Massadio Haidara , Ruben Aguilar , Neil El Aynaoui , Salis Abdul Samed , Przemyslaw Frankowski , Florian Sotoca , David da Costa , Wesley Saïd .
They had on the bench: Angelo Fulgini , Elye Wahi , Oscar Cortés , Jean-Louis Leca, Andy Diouf , Faitout Maouassa, Morgan Guilavogui , Adrien Thomasson and Keny Mbala.
Substitutions
Lens made 5 changes: Neil El Aynaoui for Oscar Cortés (82′), Florian Sotoca for Morgan Guilavogui (82′), Przemyslaw Frankowski for Angelo Fulgini (74′), Wesley Saïd for Elye Wahi (74′) and David da Costa for Andy Diouf (74′).
Player of the match: David da Costa
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Lens was David da Costa.
His rating is with 35 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 4. He performed 6 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Montpellier – Olympique Marseille – 1-1
- Olympique Lyonnais – Nantes – 1-0
- Paris Saint Germain – Metz – 3-1
- Brest – Lorient – 4-0
- Reims – Le Havre – 1-0
- Clermont – Rennes – 1-3
- Nice – Lens – 2-0
- Toulouse – Monaco – 1-2
- Strasbourg – LOSC Lille – 2-1
