TROYES. Troyes beats Nantes 1-0 after I. Ugbo scored just 1 goal (43′). Nantes lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Stade de l’Aube stadium in Troyes on Saturday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Stéphanie Frappart who was helped by Mikael Berchebru and Christophe Mouysset. The 4th official was Mickaël Leleu. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 8 degrees Celsius or 46.45 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Nantes was in firm control of the ball 56% while Troyes was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Nantes was putting more pressure with 60 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 1 were on target. Nevertheless, Troyes was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Troyes shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Nantes shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Troyes received 1 yellow card (A. Conte). Regarding the opposition, Nantes received 1 yellow card (M. Simon).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Troyes will have 28 points like Clermont to hold in the 15th place. On the other side, Nantes will stay with 42 points to hold in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Troyes will play away against Saint-Étienne on the 18th of March with a 6-2 head to head in favor of Saint-Étienne (5 draws).
Nantes will host Lille on the 19th of March with a 16-1 head to head in favor of Lille (10 draws).
Troyes – Formation
Troyes
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Troyes started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
The manager Bruno Irles decided to play with the following team: Gauthier Gallon , Issa Kabore , Erik Palmer-Brown , Yoann Salmier , Abdu Conte , Yasser Larouci , Lebo Mothiba , Rominigue Kouame , Florian Tardieu , Xavier Chavalerin and Ike Ugbo .
The home team had on the bench: Sebastien Renot, Oualid El Hajjam , Tristan Dingome , Renaud Ripart , Dylan Chambost, Mamadou Camara, Alexis Lefebvre, Mathis Hamdi, M. Hamdi and N. Gassama.
Substitutions
Troyes made 3 changes: L. Mothiba for R. Ripart (59′), I. Ugbo for T. Dingome (77′) and Y. Larouci for O. El Hajjam (82′).
Best player: Florian Tardieu
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Troyes was Florian Tardieu even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 72 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 12 duels out of 13. He performed 5 crosses.
Nantes – Formation
Nantes
Nantes started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Antoine Kombouare played with: Alban Lafont , Jean-Charles Castelletto , Andrei Girotto , Nicolas Pallois , Dennis Appiah , Samuel Moutoussamy , Pedro Chirivella , Quentin Merlin , Ludovic Blas , Randal Kolo Muani and Moses Simon .
These were the players on the bench: Denis Petrić, Abdoulaye Sylla, Charles Traoré , Osman Bukari , Wylan Cyprien , Lohann Doucet, Roli Pereira de Sa, Kalifa Coulibaly and Willem Geubbels .
Nantes could not rely on the presence of C. Traore (injured) and W. Cyprien (injured).
Substitutions
Nantes made 4 changes: N. Pallois for C. Traore (15′), A. Girotto for O. Bukari (55′), L. Blas for W. Geubbels (66′) and C. Traore for W. Cyprien (66′).
Best player: Pedro Chirivella
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Nantes was Pedro Chirivella.
His rating is with 86 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
