NICE. Monaco overcome Nice.
Dante received a red card (54′). This red card was one of the reason why Nice lost the match.
The match was played at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Eric Wattellier with the help of Christophe Mouysset and Aurélien Drouet. The 4th official was Bastien Dechepy. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 13.4 degrees Celsius or 56.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Nice was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Monaco that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Nice was more aggressive with 47 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. Even so, Monaco was able to find the solution to win this contest.
Nice shot 15 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Monaco shot 9 times, 5 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Nice received 5 yellow cards (Evann Guessand, Youssouf Ndayishimiye, Jordan Lotomba, Tom Louchet and Hicham Boudaoui). On the opposite side, Monaco received 4 yellow cards (Maghnes Akliouche, Denis Zakaria, Aleksandr Golovin and Thilo Kehrer).
(Nice) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (54′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Nice stays with 39 points to hold in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Monaco will has 38 points to sit in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Nice will play away against Olympique Lyonnais on the 18th of February with a 18-11 head to head stats in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (12 draws).
Monaco will host Toulouse on the 18th of February with a 15-5 head to head in favor of Monaco (10 draws).
Nice – Formation
Nice
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Nice adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Francesco Farioli decided to play with the following team: Marcin Bulka , Jordan Lotomba , Jean-Clair Todibo , Dante , Melvin Bard , Hicham Boudaoui , Youssouf Ndayishimiye , Morgan Sanson , Gaëtan Laborde , Evann Guessand and Tom Louchet .
The home team had on the bench: Valentin Rosier , Pablo Rosario , Romain Perraud , Alexis Claude-Maurice, Aliou Baldé, Maxime Dupé, Antoine Mendy, Khéphren Thuram and Mohamed-Ali Cho .
Substitutions
Nice made 5 changes: Jordan Lotomba for Pablo Rosario (67′), Tom Louchet for Khéphren Thuram (67′), Gaëtan Laborde for Mohamed-Ali Cho (75′), Hicham Boudaoui for Romain Perraud (75′) and Morgan Sanson for Valentin Rosier (83′).
Player of the match: Youssouf Ndayishimiye
The player that probably impressed the most for Nice was Youssouf Ndayishimiye.
His rating is with 55 passes (94% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 14 duels out of 19.
Monaco – Formation
Monaco
Also Monaco adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Adolf Hütter played with: Philipp Köhn , Thilo Kehrer , Guillermo Maripán , Mohammed Salisu , Ismail Jakobs , Youssouf Fofana , Denis Zakaria , Mohamed Camara , Takumi Minamino , Wissam Ben Yedder and Aleksandr Golovin .
They had on the bench: Eliesse Ben Seghir, Kassoum Ouattara, Folarin Balogun , Mamadou Coulibaly, Lucas Michal, Soungoutou Magassa, Radosław Majecki, Edan Diop and Maghnes Akliouche .
Substitutions
Monaco made 3 changes: Takumi Minamino for Maghnes Akliouche (79′), Aleksandr Golovin for Folarin Balogun (80′) and Mohamed Camara for Edan Diop (90′).
Player of the match: Denis Zakaria
The most impressive player for Monaco was Denis Zakaria.
His rating is with 2 goals, 55 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 9.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Montpellier – Olympique Lyonnais – 1-2
- Le Havre – Rennes – 0-1
- Clermont – Brest – 1-1
- Nice – Monaco – 2-3
- Lorient – Reims – 2-0
- Toulouse – Nantes – 1-2
