NANTES. Nantes tops Troyes with a 2-0 win with a goal from A. Girotto (58′) and a penalty scored byL. Blas (69′).
The match was played at the Stade de la Beaujoire – Louis Fonteneau stadium in Nantes on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Jérôme Brisard with the assistance of Benjamin Pages and Alexis Auger. The 4th official was Samir Zolota. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.9 degrees Celsius or 64.2 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.
Match Statistics
Nantes was in firm control of the ball 55% while Troyes was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Troyes was more aggressive with 59 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. Still, Nantes found a way to find the solution to win this contest.
Nantes shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Troyes shot 14 times, 3 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Nantes received 2 yellow cards (J. Castelletto and P. Chirivella). On the other side, Troyes received 2 yellow cards (G. Rodrigues and N. Chadli).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Nantes will have 13 points like Olympique Lyonnais to stay in the 9th place. On the other side, Troyes will stay with 6 points like Metz to stay in the 18th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Nantes will play away with Bordeaux on the 17th of October with a 11-5 head to head in favor of Bordeaux (6 draws).
Troyes will host Nice on the 17th of October with a 5-2 head to head stats in favor of Nice (3 draws).
Nantes – Formation
Nantes
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Nantes started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
The manager Antoine Kombouare decided to play with the following team: Alban Lafont , Dennis Appiah , Jean-Charles Castelletto , Andrei Girotto , Charles Traoré , Willem Geubbels , Wylan Cyprien , Pedro Chirivella , Moses Simon , Ludovic Blas and Randal Kolo Muani .
The home team had on the bench: Roli Pereira De Sa, Rémy Descamps, Sébastien Corchia , Marcus Coco , Osman Bukari , Nicolas Pallois , Kalifa Coulibaly, Samuel Moutoussamy and Quentin Merlin.
Nantes could not rely on the presence of O. Bukari (injured).
Substitutions
Nantes made 5 changes: W. Geubbels for O. Bukari (25′), M. Simon for S. Moutoussamy (81′), C. Traore for S. Corchia (86′), L. Blas for M. Coco (86′) and J. Castelletto for N. Pallois (86′).
Best player: Andrei Girotto
The player that probably impressed the most for Nantes was Andrei Girotto.
His rating is with 1 goal, 54 passes (96% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12.
Troyes – Formation
Troyes
Troyes started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
On the other side, Laurent Batlles played with: Gauthier Gallon , Oualid El Hajjam , Yoann Salmier , Erik Palmer-Brown , Issa Kabore , Rominigue Kouame , Xavier Chavalerin , Youssouf Koné , Mama Baldé , Renaud Ripart and Gerson Rodrigues .
They had on the bench: Nassim Chadli , Jessy Moulin, Dylan Chambost, Levi Lumeka , Gabriel Mutombo, Hyun-Jun Suk , Yasser Larouci , Brandon Domingues and Derek Mazou-Sacko.
Substitutions
Troyes made 5 changes: Y. Kone for Y. Larouci (76′), E. Palmer-Brown for B. Domingues (76′), R. Ripart for N. Chadli (77′), M. Balde for Suk Hyun-Jun (77′) and G. Rodrigues for L. Lumeka (85′).
Best player: Issa Kabore
The player that probably impressed the most for Troyes was Issa Kabore.
His rating is with 34 passes (91% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 10 duels out of 17. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Angers SCO – Metz – 3-2
- Lille – Olympique Marseille – 2-0
- Lorient – Clermont – 1-1
- Monaco – Bordeaux – 3-0
- Nantes – Troyes – 2-0
- Rennes – Paris Saint Germain – 2-0
- Saint-Étienne – Olympique Lyonnais – 1-1
