NANTES. Nantes found a way to reverse the score against Toulouse. It was Toulouse to score first with a goal from Z. Aboukhlal. Nevertheless, later Nantes found the way to reverse the score scoring 3 consecutive goals with E. Guessand (50′), Mostafa Mohamed (55′) and M. Simon (61′).
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 Mathieu Vernice with the support of Florian Gonçalves de Araujo and Laurent Coniglio. The 4th official was Ahmed Taleb. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 26.8 degrees Celsius or 80.15 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 36%.
Match Statistics
The overall ball possession was just identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Nantes was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Toulouse that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Nantes was more pushing with 57 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Nantes won the match.
Nantes shot 17 times, 9 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Toulouse shot 8 times, 1 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Nantes didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Toulouse received 3 yellow cards (B. van den Boomen, B. Dejaegere and R. Nicolaisen).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Nantes will have 5 points like Toulouse and Monaco to sit in the 11th place. On the opposite side, Toulouse will stay with 5 points like Nantes and Monaco to remain in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ligue 1, Nantes will host Paris Saint Germain on the 3rd of September with a 23-3 head to head statistic in favor of Paris Saint Germain (2 draws).
Toulouse will host Paris Saint Germain on the 31st of August with a 22-7 head to head stats in favor of Paris Saint Germain (4 draws).
Nantes – Formation
Nantes started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Antoine Kombouare decided to play with the following team: Alban Lafont , Fábio , Jean-Charles Castelletto , Nicolas Pallois , Quentin Merlin , Samuel Moutoussamy , Andrei Girotto , Pedro Chirivella , Marcus Coco , Evann Guessand and Moses Simon .
The home team had on the bench: Abdoul Kader Bamba, Denis Petrić, Mohamed Achi, Dennis Appiah , Sébastien Corchia , Mostafa Mohamed , Lohann Doucet , Gor Manvelyan and Ludovic Blas .
Nantes could not rely on the presence of D. Appiah (injured) and L. Doucet (injured).
Substitutions
Nantes made 5 changes: M. Coco for Mostafa Mohamed (46′), S. Moutoussamy for L. Blas (46′), Fabio for S. Corchia (59′), Q. Merlin for D. Appiah (74′) and M. Simon for L. Doucet (80′).
Best player: Moses Simon
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Nantes was Moses Simon.
His rating is with 1 goal, 20 passes (70% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 6 crosses.
Toulouse – Formation
Toulouse started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Philippe Montanier played with: Maxime Dupé , Mikkel Desler , Anthony Rouault , Rasmus Nicolaisen , Zakaria Aboukhlal , Stijn Spierings , Branco Van den Boomen , Yanis Begraoui , Brecht Dejaegere , Rafael Ratão and Thijs Dallinga .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Moussa Diarra, Kjetil Haug, Ado Onaiwu , Denis Genreau, Kévin Keben Biakolo , Logan Costa, Steve Mvoué, Oliver Zandén and Fares Chaibi .
Substitutions
Toulouse made 4 changes: Y. Begraoui for A. Onaiwu (46′), R. Ratao for O. Zanden (59′), B. Dejaegere for C. Fares (69′) and M. Desler for K. Keben (79′).
Best player: Branco Van den Boomen
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Toulouse was Branco Van den Boomen.
His rating is with 49 passes (83% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 4. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Ligue 1.
- Troyes – Angers SCO – 3-1
- Reims – Olympique Lyonnais – 1-1
- Paris Saint Germain – Monaco – 1-1
- Nice – Olympique Marseille – 0-3
- Brest – Montpellier – 0-7
- Nantes – Toulouse – 3-1
- Lorient – Clermont – 2-1