CLERMONT-FERRAND. Clermont prevails over Nice 1-0 after S. Khaoui scored just 1 goal (6′).

Also, Nice had 2 players sent off: M. Lemina (80′ for a red card) and J. Todibo (82′ for a double yellow card).

The match was played at the Stade Gabriel Montpied stadium in Clermont-Ferrand on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Thomas Léonard with the help of Cédric Favre and Mikael Berchebru. The 4th official was Brendan Roffet.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Clermont was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Nice that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Nice was more aggressive with 55 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Clermont managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Clermont shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Nice shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Clermont received 1 yellow card (M. Gonalons). On the opposite side, Nice received 1 yellow card (J. Todibo).

Also, Nice didn’t finish the match with 11 players after J. Todibo (Nice) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (82′).

M. Lemina (Nice) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (80′).

Standings

After this contest, Clermont has 0 points to occupy the 5th place in the standings. On the opposite side, Nice stays with 0 points (12th).

Next matches

Clermont – Formation

Clermont adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Pascal Gastien decided to play with the following team: Mory Diaw (8.2), Alidu Seidu (7.8), Mateusz Wieteska (6.8), Florent Ogier (7.8), Neto Borges (7.7), Maxime Gonalons (7.4), Johan Gastien (7.1), Saîf-Eddine Khaoui (7.2), Muhammed Cham (6.8), Jim Allevinah (6.6) and Komnen Andrić (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Brandon Baiye, Jodel Dossou, Yohann Magnin (7.0), Jason Berthomier (6.6), Ouparine Djoco, Jérémie Bela (6.5), Grejohn Kyei (6.2), Jean Claude Billong and Arial Mendy.

Substitutions

Clermont made 4 changes: Muhammed Cham for J. Berthomier (70′), M. Gonalons for Y. Magnin (70′), S. Khaoui for J. Bela (83′) and K. Andric for G. Kyei (84′).

Best player: Mory Diaw​

The most impressive player for Clermont was the goalkeeper: Mory Diaw. His rating is 8.15. He performed 4 saves.

Nice – Formation

Also Nice adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Lucien Favre played with: Kasper Schmeichel (6.4), Flavius Daniliuc (6.8), Jean-Clair Todibo (6.2), Dante (6.9), Jordan Lotomba (6.2), Pablo Rosario (6.7), Mario Lemina (7.2), Calvin Stengs (6.2), Khépren Thuram (6.4), Amine Gouiri (6.2) and Bilal Brahimi (6.4).

They had on the bench: Melvin Bard (7.0), Alexis Beka Beka, Youcef Atal (7.0), Alexis Claude-Maurice (6.4), Rares Ilie, Andy Delort (7.1), Marcin Bułka, Mattia Viti and Aaron Ramsey (5.8).

Substitutions

Nice made 5 changes: C. Stengs for Y. Atal (57′), B. Brahimi for A. Delort (58′), J. Lotomba for M. Bard (58′), P. Rosario for A. Ramsey (65′) and K. Thuram for A. Claude-Maurice (72′).

Best player: Mario Lemina​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Nice was Mario Lemina.

His rating is (7.2) with 70 passes (87% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

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

• Lille – Paris Saint Germain – 1-7
• Angers SCO – Brest – 1-3
• Toulouse – Lorient – 2-2
• Rennes – Ajaccio – 2-1
• Strasbourg – Reims – 1-1
• Montpellier – Auxerre – 1-2
• Clermont – Nice – 1-0