NICE. Nantes defeated Nice to win 2-1. It was Nantes to strike first with a goal of Matthis Abline at the 19′. Then it was a penalty in the 72′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Mostafa Mohamed gave the win to Nantes in the 76′ minute with a penalty. Nice lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 21,142 spectators. The referee was Bastien Dechepy with the assistance of Brice Parinet Le Tellier and Julien Haulbert. The 4th official was Abdelatif Kherradji. The weather was heavy intensity rain. The temperature was cold at 12.64 degrees Celsius or 54.75 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Nice had a strong ball possession 57% while Nantes was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Nice was more aggressive with 54 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. Even so, Nantes was able to find the solution to win this match.
Nice shot 12 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Nantes shot 13 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Nice received 2 yellow cards (Gaëtan Laborde and Jordan Lotomba). Regarding the opposition, Nantes received 5 yellow cards (Marcus Coco, Pedro Chirivella , Matthis Abline, Eray Cömert and Nicolas Cozza).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Nice stays with 43 points to hold in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Nantes will has 28 points to sit in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Nice will play away against Reims on the 7th of April with a 6-3 head to head record in favor of Nice (11 draws).
Nantes will host Olympique Lyonnais on the 7th of April with a 18-5 head to head record in favor of Olympique Lyonnais (7 draws).
Nice – Formation
Nice
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58'
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Nice started with a 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 , Romain Perraud , Hicham Boudaoui , Youssouf Ndayishimiye, T. Louchet , Morgan Sanson, Alexis Claude-Maurice , Mohamed-Ali Cho , Terem Moffi and Jérémie Boga .
The home team had on the bench: Valentin Rosier, Aliou Baldé , Evann Guessand , Maxime Dupé, A. Mendy , D. Traoré, A. Doumbouya, Melvin Bard and Gaëtan Laborde .
Substitutions
Nice made 5 changes: Jordan Lotomba for Aliou Baldé (84′), Jérémie Boga for Gaëtan Laborde (77′), T. Louchet for A. Mendy (60′), Mohamed-Ali Cho for Evann Guessand (60′) and Romain Perraud for Melvin Bard (60′).
Player of the match: T. Louchet
The most impressive player for Nice was T. Louchet.
His rating is with 51 passes (96% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 3. He performed 5 crosses.
Nantes – Formation
Nantes
Nantes started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Antoine Kombouare played with: Alban Lafont , Kelvin Amian , J. Castelletto , Eray Cömert , Nicolas Cozza , Douglas Augusto , Pedro Chirivella , Florent Mollet , Boris Savic , Matthis Abline , Mostafa Mohamed .
They had on the bench: Jean-Kévin Duverne, Nicolas Pallois, Marcus Coco , Abdoul Kader Bamba, D. Petrić, Bénie Traoré, N. Zézé, Samuel Moutoussamy and Tino Kadewere .
Substitutions
Nantes made 4 changes: Matthis Abline for Tino Kadewere (79′), Florent Mollet for Samuel Moutoussamy (87′), Mostafa Mohamed for Marcus Coco (87′) and Douglas Augusto for N. Zézé (90′).
Player of the match: Matthis Abline
The player that probably impressed the most for Nantes was Matthis Abline.
His rating is with 1 goal, 27 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 16. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Olympique Marseille – Paris Saint Germain – 0-2
- Le Havre – Montpellier – 0-2
- Clermont – Toulouse – 0-3
- Nice – Nantes – 1-2
- Lorient – Brest – 0-1
- Strasbourg – Rennes – 2-0
