NICE. Nice overcomes Metz 1-0 after E. Guessand scored a penalty (77′). Nice was truly better in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Stéphanie Frappart who was helped by Mikael Berchebru and Cédric Favre. The 4th official was Aurélien Petit. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 14.49 degrees Celsius or 58.08 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 64%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Nice was in firm control of the ball 66% while Metz was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Nice was more aggressive with 47 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Nice won the match​.

Nice shot 15 times, 9 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Metz shot 2 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Nice received 1 yellow card (Melvin Bard). Regarding the opposition, Metz received 1 yellow card (Cheick Tidiane Sabaly).

Standings

After playing this match, Nice has 38 points to hold in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Metz will stays with 16 points like Olympique Lyonnais to remain in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Nice will play away with Brest on the 4th of February with a 7-4 head to head stats in favor of Nice (6 draws).

Metz will host Lorient on the 4th of February with a 7-6 head to head in favor of Lorient (2 draws).

Nice – Formation

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

The manager Francesco Farioli decided to play with the following team: Marcin Bulka (7.1), Jordan Lotomba (7.5), Jean-Clair Todibo (7.5), Dante (7.8), Melvin Bard (7.3), Morgan Sanson (7.3), Youssouf Ndayishimiye (7.1), Khéphren Thuram (7.3), Gaëtan Laborde (7.1), Evann Guessand (7.5) and Mohamed-Ali Cho (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Pablo Rosario (6.8), Sofiane Diop (6.4), Romain Perraud, Alexis Claude-Maurice (7.3), Badredine Bouanani, Aliou Baldé, Hicham Boudaoui (6.4), Tom Louchet and Teddy Boulhendi.

Substitutions

Nice made 5 changes: Morgan Sanson for Hicham Boudaoui (82′), Jordan Lotomba for Pablo Rosario (82′), Khéphren Thuram for Alexis Claude-Maurice (66′), Mohamed-Ali Cho for Sofiane Diop (66′) and Gaëtan Laborde for Romain Perraud (90′).

Player of the match: Dante​

The most impressive player for Nice was Dante even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 7.8 with 74 passes (92% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Metz – Formation

Metz started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

László Bölöni played with: Ibou Sane, Alexandre Oukidja (8.9), Maxime Colin (6.8), Ismaël Traoré (6.7), Fali Candé (6.7), Matthieu Udol (7.0), Kévin N’Doram (6.8), Kevin Van Den Kerkhof (6.3), Joseph N’Duquidi (6.4), Danley Jean Jacques (7.0) and Cheick Tidiane Sabaly (6.8), Georges Mikautadze (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Benjamin Tetteh (6.8), Arthur Atta (6.8), Guillaume Dietsch, Óscar Estupiñán (6.4), Aboubacar Lô, Jean N’Guessan (6.3), Malick Mbaye (6.4), Sadibou Sané and Joel Asoro.

Substitutions

Metz made 5 changes: Joseph N’Duquidi for Jean N’Guessan (79′), Cheick Tidiane Sabaly for Benjamin Tetteh (79′), Georges Mikautadze for Óscar Estupiñán (83′), Kevin Van Den Kerkhof for Malick Mbaye (83′) and Kévin N’Doram for Arthur Atta (83′).

Player of the match: Alexandre Oukidja​

The most impressive player for Metz was the goalkeeper: Alexandre Oukidja. His rating is 8.87. He performed 8 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Olympique Marseille – Monaco – 2-2
• Nice – Metz – 1-0