STRASBOURG. Strasbourg prevails over Nantes 1-0 after D. Lienard scored just 1 goal (74′).

The match was played at the Stade de la Meinau stadium in Strasbourg on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Amaury Delerue with the assistance of Alexandre Viala and Mikael Berchebru. The 4th official was Mehdi Mokhtari. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.5 degrees Celsius or 43.72 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Strasbourg was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Nantes that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Strasbourg was more aggressive with 56 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Strasbourg won the match​.

Strasbourg shot 12 times, 2 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Nantes shot 11 times, 2 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Strasbourg received 3 yellow cards (G. Nyamsi, D. Lienard and M. Sels). On the opposite side, Nantes received 3 yellow cards (P. Chirivella, N. Pallois and W. Geubbels).

Standings

After playing this match, Strasbourg will have 38 points to sit in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Nantes will stay with 32 points like Lille to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Strasbourg will play away with Angers SCO on the 13th of February with a 6-2 head to head stats in favor of Angers SCO (5 draws).

Nantes will host Reims on the 13th of February with a 8-4 head to head stats in favor of Reims (7 draws).

Strasbourg – Formation

Strasbourg started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Julien Stéphan decided to play with the following team: Matz Sels (7.6), Lucas Perrin (6.6), Gerzino Nyamsi (7.8), Anthony Caci (7.2), Frédéric Guilbert (8.3), Adrien Thomasson (7.5), Sanjin Prcić (6.7), Ibrahima Sissoko (7.3), Dimitri Liénard (7.2), Majeed Waris (6.9) and Ludovic Ajorque (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Jean-Eudes Aholou, Karol Fila, Eiji Kawashima, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (6.4), Ismael Doukoure, Nordine Kandil, Alexander Djiku, Dion Moise Sahi (6.7) and Habib Diarra.

Strasbourg could not rely on the presence of K. Fila (injured).

Substitutions

Strasbourg made 3 changes: W. Majeed for M. S. Dion (68′), S. Prcic for J. Bellegarde (75′) and F. Guilbert for K. Fila (90′).

Best player: Frédéric Guilbert​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Strasbourg was Frédéric Guilbert even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.3) with 51 passes (74% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 12. He performed 15 crosses.

Nantes – Formation

Nantes started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Antoine Kombouare played with: Alban Lafont (6.5), Fábio (6.0), Dennis Appiah (7.7), Andrei Girotto (6.9), Nicolas Pallois (7.4), Quentin Merlin (7.2), Samuel Moutoussamy (7.0), Pedro Chirivella (6.8), Moses Simon (6.8), Randal Kolo Muani (6.4) and Ludovic Blas (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Denis Petrić, Jean-Kévin Augustin (6.3), Willem Geubbels (6.5), Marcus Coco (6.1), Mohamed Achi, Lohann Doucet, Osman Bukari, Sébastien Corchia (7.0) and Roli Pereira de Sa (6.1).

Nantes could not rely on the presence of R. Perreira de Sa (injured).

Substitutions

Nantes made 5 changes: S. Moutoussamy for R. Perreira de Sa (66′), Fabio for M. Coco (77′), M. Simon for W. Geubbels (78′), Q. Merlin for S. Corchia (78′) and P. Chirivella for J. Augustin (86′).

Best player: Dennis Appiah​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Nantes was Dennis Appiah.

His rating is (7.7) with 68 passes (72% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 13.

Results of the day

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

• Lille – Paris Saint Germain – 1-5
• Lorient – Lens – 2-0
• Nice – Clermont – 0-1
• Reims – Bordeaux – 5-0
• Rennes – Brest – 2-0
• Strasbourg – Nantes – 1-0
• Troyes – Metz – 0-0