NICE. Nice snatched a late win Troyes 1-0 after K. Thuram scored just 1 goal (90′). Nice was decisively better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice. The referee was Hakim Ben El Hadj who had the assistance of Mohamed Benkemouche and Gilles Lang. The 4th official was Aurélien Petit. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.2 degrees Celsius or 46.71 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.​

Match Statistics​

Nice

1 - 0

Troyes

  • ! 62 Ball Possession 38
Shots
  • 18 Total 10
  • 2 On Target 4
  • 16 Off Target 6
  • 2 Shots blocked 1
  • 127 Attack 90
  • 79 Dangerous attack 39
  • 93 Ball safe 92
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 7 Corners 3
  • 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
  • 18 Total 11
  • 1 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Nice had a superior ball possession 62% while Troyes was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Nice had a more offensive attitude with 79 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Nice won the match​.

Nice shot 18 times, 2 on target, 16 off target. On the other side, Troyes shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Nice received 1 yellow card (). Regarding the opposition, Troyes received 1 yellow card (F. Tardieu).

Match Timeline

65'
Khéphren Thuram- sub ->H. Boudaoui
65'
70'
71'
E. N'jo- sub ->A. Conte
Melvin Bard- sub ->J. Amavi
78'
Evann Guessand- sub ->K. Dolberg
78'
81'
82'
90'
Khéphren Thuram(goal)E. Guessand
90'
Jordan Lotomba- Yellow
90'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Paris Saint Germain
86
38
Olympique Marseille
71
38
Monaco
69
38
Rennes
66
38
Nice
66
38
Strasbourg
63
38
Lens
62
38
Olympique Lyonnais
61
38
Nantes
55
38
LOSC Lille
55
38
Brest
48
38
Reims
46
38
Montpellier
43
38
Angers SCO
41
38
Troyes
38
38
Lorient
36
38
Clermont
36
38
Saint-Étienne
32
38
Metz
31
38
Bordeaux
31
38

After playing this contest, Nice will have 57 points to remain in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, Troyes will stay with 33 points like Clermont to hold in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Ligue 1, Nice will play away against Bordeaux on the 1st of May with a 11-11 head to head statistic.

Troyes will host Lille on the 1st of May with a 4-4 head to head record.

Nice – Formation

Nice
G
Walter Benítez 40.Argentina
7.9
D
Dante 4.Brazil
7.9
D
Jordan Amavi 12.France
7.0
78'
D
Jordan Lotomba 23.Switzerland
7.4
82' 90'
D
Jean-Clair Todibo 25.France
7.7
M
Pablo Rosario 8.Netherlands
7.1
M
Hicham Boudaoui 28.Algeria
7.0
65'
M
Justin Kluivert 21.Netherlands
6.8
M
Amine Gouiri 11.Algeria
6.3
65'
F
Andy Delort 7.Algeria
6.4
F
Kasper Dolberg 9.Denmark
6.9
78'
Substitutes
G
M. Bułka 1.Poland
D
Melvin Bard 26.France
6.3
78'
D
Flavius Daniliuc 5.Austria
6.4
82'
M
Khéphren Thuram 19.France
7.4
65' 90'
M
Danilo Barbosa 15.Brazil
M
Mario Lemina 18.Gabon
F
Evann Guessand 24.France
7.3
78'
F
C. Stengs 22.Netherlands
F
Billal Brahimi 14.Algeria
6.8
65'

Nice started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Christophe Galtier decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Nice made 5 changes: A. Gouiri for B. Brahimi (65′), H. Boudaoui for K. Thuram (65′), J. Amavi for M. Bard (78′), K. Dolberg for E. Guessand (78′) and J. Lotomba for F. Daniliuc (82′).

Troyes – Formation

Troyes
G
Jessy Moulin 40.France
7.0
D
Youssouf Koné 3.Mali
6.6
D
Erik Palmer-Brown 2.United States
7.8
D
Abdu Conté 12.Portugal
6.9
71'
D
G. Biancone 4.France
7.4
D
Issa Kaboré 29.Burkina Faso
7.2
M
Xavier Chavalerin 24.France
6.4
M
Florian Tardieu 10.France
7.1
90'
M
Rominigue Kouamé 6.Mali
7.6
M
R. Ripart 20.France
6.5
81'
F
Yoann Touzghar 7.Tunisia
6.3
70'
Substitutes
G
Sebastien Renot 16.France
D
R. Kohon 38.France
M
Dylan Chambost 14.France
M
Tristan Dingome 5.France
F
Alexis Lefebvre 36.France
F
Iké Ugbo 13.Canada
6.4
81'
F
Lebo Mothiba 26.South Africa
6.2
70'
F
M. Camara 34.France
90'
F
E. N'jo 37.France
6.6
71'

Troyes started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

Bruno Irles played with: .

Troyes could not rely on the presence of E. N’jo (injured).

Substitutions

Troyes made 4 changes: Y. Touzghar for L. Mothiba (70′), A. Conte for E. N’jo (71′), R. Ripart for I. Ugbo (81′) and L. Mothiba for M. Camara (90′).

Results of the day

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